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A fire in Kahnawake completely destroyed an abandoned residence at the beginning of the OCR Monday night. The blaze broke out in the building at 10:24 pm according the Kahnawake Peacekeepers. It quickly spread to two neighbouring homes. Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB) Chief David Scott says it was a difficult and intense fire. “The middle […]

Haudenosaunee men first stepped onto the iron in the 1880’s.  According to a story from online source, “Indian Country Today,” back then Mohawks in Quebec were hired as teamsters to deliver iron and construction materials by horse drawn wagons and after unloading they would climb the iron structures looking to see what all the commotion […]

There are 11 active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake. Lisa Westaway, the Executive Director of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC), appearing on the Morning D on K1037, said a good deal of those positives are the results of variants. “We still have a cluster that’s related to a variant, and that’s the UK variant,” Westaway […]

There are 17 active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake. Most of those are in the youth population under the age of 20, according to the COVID-19 Task Force. “It’s certainly alarming,” Commissioner of Public Safety Lloyd Phillips told K1037 News. “I think it’s the second highest number of active cases we had since the beginning […]

Crews will be conducting “uni-directional flushing” of the water distribution system beginning Monday, May 10th, weather permitting. The Public Works Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke saying that the work is expected to last about a month. Uni-directional flushing is the process of cleaning the water system by flowing water in one direction through […]

Health Canada says the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is now safe to give to children ages 12 and up. The federal health agency has announced it has approved the vaccine for children 12 to 15, after initially authorizing it for those 16 and older. Lisa Westaway is the Executive Director of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center […]

The Kahnawake Des Cultures Wind Farm Project is set to have the windmills put up in St-Remi and St Michel beginning next month. Marissa LeBlanc, the Office and Facilities Manager at Tewatohnhi’saktha, took part in an on-line consultation Tuesday evening with members of all three communities. It’s starting in June actually,” LeBlanc said “Starting next […]

Expect ramp closures necessary over the next few days for annual inspections and mobile cleaning works for the Mercier Bridge.The closures will take place on the following schedule: Tuesday, May 4th – Section over the Seaway to the St. Lawrence River in both directions from 9pm to 5am Wednesday, May 5th – Down-ramp towards Chateauguay & Up-ramp towards […]

The Kahnàwake beach is one step closer to opening. If all goes well with construction and set-up, it will open this summer. The sports and recreation unit has a new job posting to hire 3 lifeguards. Their training would begin soon after they are hired. Mackenzie Whyte is the Interim Director for Sports and recreation […]

It appears that there won’t be a major work blitz on the Federal portion, or Kahnawake side, of the Mercier Bridge this summer. However, there are eight weekend long closures scheduled, meaning one lane available in each direction. This may include some weeknight closures as well. The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges incorporated (JCCBI) announcing […]