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For a third straight year as part of the ‘Playground Cares’ initiative, the business is providing support for those in need. They are assembling approximately 45 holiday-style food baskets for families to share. Mike Thomas works with Community Initiatives at Playground: “We were really overwhelmed with how many people were struggling at this time of […]

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) is seeking one individual to serve on the Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Board (KCCB).  The KCCB is comprised of three Kahnawa’kehró:non who are responsible for the ongoing development of the regulations required within the Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Law, as well as the administration and enforcement of the law in the Territory.

Expect a closure for the bridge access this weekend. The Mercier Bridge will have a night closure of the 132 up and down ramps on Sunday for work on the electrical system, with that complete closure in effect from 8 p.m. until 4am Monday morning.

Expect an emergency road closure tomorrow, Friday, December 16th, that will require South Texas Road to be shut-down. The repair, according to The Capital Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke, is for the water line in the area. Therefore, South Texas Road will be closed on the south side of the railroad crossing, weather […]

A rally is being organized in downtown Montreal this weekend to honour the lives of 4 Indigenous women who were killed in Winnipeg. They will honour the lives of the Marcedes Myran, Morgan Harris, Rebecca Contois, and Mashkode Bizhiki. The Winnipeg police say they will not search the Prairie Green landfill, where 2 of the […]

The annual Christmas Bird Count is scheduled for this Saturday in Kahnawake. Kahnawa’kehró:non interested in participating in this year’s bird count are asked to contact KEPO to register. Copies of the new Kanien’kéha Bird Field Guide are available for participants. This will be the first year that the Kanien’kéha /English Bird Field Guide is available to […]

A former Olympic athlete from Kahnàwake is calling for an inquiry into amateur sport in Canada to address systemic sexual, physical and verbal abuse of athletes. Waneek Horn-Miller is the former co-captain of Canada’s Olympic women’s water polo team who was testifying yesterday in front of MPs in Ottawa about abuse in sport: “I guess […]

There was a car chase early this morning in Kahnawake. It all began when Chateauguay Police called the Peacekeepers to report a stolen vehicle just before 1 am. The Peacekeepers then spotted the car on the Old Malone Highway passing by Step x Step at around 1:05 this morning. When an attempt was made to […]

The Kahnawà:ke Environment Protection Office (KEPO) will be conducting a study on fish health this winter. KEPO is looking to collaborate with local community ice-fishing members to collect samples for analysis and are inviting those interested in Kahnawà:ke fish health, including the contribution of fish samples for the study, to join KEPO for an information […]

Expect weekend roadwork on the Mercier bridge, heading from Montréal towards Kahnawà:ke. There will be only 1 lane available on Saturday with the closure of the 2nd lane running from 12 Noon until midnight.