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Tonight’s planned work on the Mercier Bridge has been postponed. The MTQ has rescheduled this maintenance and repair work for Saturday, November 27th from 10:30pm lasting until Sunday morning at 10am. One (1) lane will be available in each direction in the area between the two superstructures.

Additionally, the (JCCBI) Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated has advised the MCK that the 138 east up-ramp (from Chateauguay towards Montreal) will be closed Sunday, from 8pm until 5am on Monday. A detour will be in place via the 132.

The Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) and Public Safety Commission announcing the first COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic for children aged 5 to 11 years of age. Commissioner of Public Safety Lloyd Phillips saying that the clinics for the 5-to-11-year old’s will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall on the following dates: Friday, November 26th from 3pm to 8pm and again Saturday, November 27th from 9am to 5pm. More clinics on again next week:
Tuesday, November 30: 3pm to 8pm
Wednesday, December 1: 3:30pm to 8pm
Friday, December 3: 3pm to 8pm
Saturday, December 4: 9am to 5pm

A parent/guardian must accompany the child in order to provide informed consent. It is recommended to keep other children/family members at home in an effort to keep the number of people within the vaccination clinic at a minimum.

Step by Step Child and Family Center announcing today that there is currently a Covid-19 outbreak in a classroom bubble, the situation is under control with all parents and guardian having been notified. Families are being asked to continue following safety measures and to monitor children for any symptoms.

The latest statistics from public health paints the current picture in Kahnawà:ke as of late yesterday. There have been a total of 158 positive cases in community during the 4^th wave, with 291 overall since the outset of the pandemic. There are currently 5 new total active case in town with 10 Kahnawa’kehró:non currently in isolation. Those who are unvaccinated making up 82% of all cases during the 4^th wave.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke has condemned the unwarranted and aggressive actions taken by the RCMP and Coastal GasLink as an affront to the Wet’suwet’en on their traditional Territory.

The MCK says no one wants a repeat of events in 2020, when anger and frustration with the RCMP’s heavy handed actions boiled over into protests across the country.

The MCK continues to advocate for common sense solutions that come from face-to-face discussion at the appropriate levels.

“It often takes great patience and wisdom to come to a suitable resolve,” said Ohén:ton Í:iente ne Ratitsénhaienhs (Grand Chief) Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer. “Canada must act quickly to bring an immediate end to the current volatile situation by working diligently with leadership to find a solution that all sides can accept.”

The MCK wishes points out that during the winter of 2020, a ceremony was held to formalize a relationship between the Wet’suwet’en Traditional Chiefs and the Mohawk Nation at Kahnawà:ke. The MCK is committed to respecting and supporting this relationship by remaining available to offer its assistance, should this be requested.

Further developments in the Dasia Rose Diabo case coming from The Kahnawake Peacekeepers this afternoon. K1037 has learned that according to the Peacekeepers, they received the initial report at 3:27 pm, with investigators contacting the Sûreté du Québec. This began the process of issuing an Amber Alert. When the alert was issued at 5:59 pm, the subject and suspect were at the United States Customs Office in Highgate Springs, Vermont. Because the child was located and determined to not be in danger, the Amber Alert was cancelled. The Peacekeepers were later advised that the subject and the suspect were allowed to leave the customs office, because documentation regarding custody agreements were not considered official. The investigation is on-going and charges related to the incident are to be determined. The Kahnawake Peacekeepers still consider Diabo missing at this time.  Dasia  turns eight years old tomorrow (Tuesday). The file remains active, and the Peacekeepers are investigating.

Seeding is taking place on restored areas on the south side (mainland) of the bay as well as on the island as part of the Tekakwitha Island and Bay Restoration Project and The Kahnawà:ke Environment Protection Office (KEPO) is asking the community to try and avoid these zones. Newly seeded areas are very sensitive to disturbance and you are asked to avoid any activities within these locations including: walking, biking and ATV’ing as KEPO continues to progress towards completion of the project. Areas can be identified by the green color that is mixed in with the seeds to help them adhere to the soil with fencing having been installed along the bike path.

For more information, you can reach KEPO at: bayproject@mck.ca or 450-635-0600.

There will be a road crew working on a water break in the area of Matty’s Park. An intersection in the area will be closed from 7am Monday, November 22^nd until the work is completed. The work is subject to change due to weather conditions, operational constraints or work progression.

Deloitte Forensics. Inc. prepared a Final Report for The Asbestos Civil Investigation that was presented to the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and accepted at Monday’s duly convened council meeting. Now the council will meet with each affected department to, as per an MCK press release, quote: “act accordingly and exercise obligation to apply appropriate corrective measures that ensure a safer future for lands in the Territory.”

Cody Diabo is the elected official on the asbestos file:

“There’s a few recommendations and it’s important to note that it’s not say like a singular incident that it just a systemic failure on the MCK over time. So, it’s not something that just happened last year or the year before, this is a long process that sort of compounded and compounded kind of like when you’re renovating your house and all of a sudden the roof is gone and all kinds of stuff, but really it started with a small leak, that leak didn’t get fixed, it got bigger and bigger and now all of a sudden you need a new roof.”

Diabo is hopeful that the executive summary of the ‘Final Report’ will be made available to the community in about 2 weeks. Back in May of this year, the MCK engaged Deloitte to begin their independent investigation.