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The Royal Canadian Air Force announcing on twitter yesterday that several CH-146 Griffon helicopters will conduct a flyby of the memorial service for Montreal firefighter Pierre Lacroix at approximately 11:45 a.m. Friday. Lacroix died when the rescue boat he was ridding in capsized in the Lachine Rapids more than a week ago.

The annual flu shot campaign will launch in Kahnawake on Monday along with the rest of the province. Appointments can be booked beginning Friday through the KMHC and Clic-Sante. The doses will be administered at the Knights of Columbus.

Dawn Montour Lazare is the Manager of Outpatient Care with the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center joined us live on the Morning D. She says the numbers for the season flu were way down last year, mostly due to the mask, hygiene and distancing measures that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19:

“The Hygiene practices that we have right now, certainly plays a huge part in it, but I think a huge factor which they have not said, is that they haven’t been testing for the flu. They’ve been so overrun doing all the Covid testing that they haven’t been testing for the flu very much. I don’t know if that’s going to change this year, I mean the swabs that we do for Covid are the same swabs we would do for the flu.”

Juanita Belanger is the Infections Prevention and Control Nurse at the KMHC saying that the flu is far from gone:

“It still exists, of course it still exist. What we are seeing is that when there are multiple types of viruses circulating, there can be some competition. And so, you can have exposure to multiple viruses but you won’t get both of them at the same time, so it’s possible that there was some thing called ‘viral interference’ whereby more people were getting Covid because it was just more dominant. So, definitely the flu still exists.”

After a brief stint ‘on the injured list’, the Minimax Recycling Collection Truck is back on the road following repairs to a cracked radiator. The Waste Management Department of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke apologizing for the inconvenience, thanking the community for patiently awaiting the completion of the repairs.

There were nine active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake as of 5 pm on Monday according to the latest from the Public Health team. 20 people are in isolation because of close contact. There have been 144 cases in the fourth wave.

The Minimax Recycling Collection truck is out of commission again until further notice. It’s due to a cracked radiator. The Waste Management Department of the Mohawk Council  of Kahnawake says that with the truck off the road, residents are being asked to place clear bags of recycling curbside until further notice. The old-school truck and trailer will once again be pressed into service. The Minimax Truck could be back on the road as early as Wednesday or Thursday depending on the availability of a part for the repair.

A COVID-19 outbreak has been identified within a department of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke organization. Contact tracing and isolation measures to mitigate the transmission were undertaken immediately with two (2) employees testing positive for COVID-19. Affected individuals are aware and have been advised to follow measures to ensure their own safety and that of their co-workers. The situation is being closely monitored by Kahnawà:ke Public Health and the MCK with any additional measures to be applied, if and when appropriate.

It is considered an outbreak when two or more persons are connected by an epidemiological link.

There was a small fire at a residence in the Clay Mountains area of Kahnawake overnight. The Kahnawake Peacekeepers and Fire Brigade received a call after 3:30 this morning. By the time they arrived, they say the homeowner was able to extinguish the flames.

“There were confirmed flames inside a residence at the bottom of Clay Mountains,” said KFB Captain Wishe Stacey. “Upon arrival the flames had been extinguished by both the Peacekeepers and the residents of the house.”

Stacey says the fire was accidental. He says the homeowners were prepared and all four members of the house were able to react, extinguish the flames and get out safely.

“The actual cause of the fire was narrowed down to electrical. This was accidental in nature. An individual in the bedroom at the time was awoken by both the flames and the smoke alarms in the house. So this is a true testament to  the fact that smoke alarms do save lives,” Stacey said.

Damage to the home was minimal.

Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs has been nominated for a Gotham Film and TV award. The Kahnawake actor is up for Outstanding Performance in a new series category.  It’s for their role in Reservation Dogs, which is available on Disney Plus in Canada. The series is also a finalist for best new breakthrough series in the under 40-minute category.  The 31st annual Gotham Awards will be presented on Monday, November 29^th in New York.

Kahnawake has lost one of its most recognized community members. Carl Wayne “Bo” Curotte passed away early this morning after a battle with kidney cancer. He was 68 years old. Bo was a US Marine who served in Vietnam. He is survived by his common law spouse Mary Sky, his son Kasitz, his sisters Christine and Deborah, and his brother Danny. Bo Curotte will be laid out at the Legion Branch 219 in Kahnawake tomorrow and Friday with the burial taking place on Saturday.