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A parade of support for students of Kahnawake Survival School is underway in the community with a caravan of 15 or so cars driven by KSS teachers winding their way from the school on the 132 down into the village area and around town. Jackie Leclaire is the Principal at KSS. She says they are […]

Two days after announcing that an educator at the Step By Step Child and Family Center tested positive for COVID-19,  public health is keeping the children from her classroom bubbles home for a period of at least 48 hours. The educator was last in contact with anyone at the daycare on Thursday January 28. Dawn […]

There are currently 5 covid-19 cases in Kahnawà:ke. Lloyd Phillips the Commissioner of Public Safety and head of the COVID-19 Task Force joined us on the Morning D today on K1037. He says the task Force has been closely following the directives in Quebec, especially the re-openings on non-essential businesses: “January 29th with the visitations […]

There are new cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake. “We are at five active cases in the community. So there have been new cases identified today (Tuesday),” said Lisa Westaway, the Executive Director of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre who was appearing on Kahnawake 911 live on Facebook Tuesday afternoon. “We still want to make sure […]

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke has adopted new eligibility measures for current and future applicants regarding the KERM directive. MCK Elected Official Gina Deer explains: “It’s been brought to our attention through community members that there are people who have been not adhering to the the directives, so we wanted to address the issue. What […]

There have been 99 cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake since the outset of the pandemic began. Dawn Montour Lazare Manager Outpatient care at the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center and husband, Arnold Lazare from the Covid-19 task Force joined in on the Morning D today on K1037: “Today we’re at 3 cases, not related to each […]

The Kahnawà:ke COVID-19 Task Force is lifting Directive 54, the one that limited household visitations. As of this Friday, January 29th, household visits will once again be permitted. However, visitations will be limited to one household at a time and all safety measures must continue to be followed. The lifting of Directive 54 is a […]

Members of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake held a meeting with Quebec’s Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs, Ian Lafrenière on Monday afternoon. Held by videoconference, it was a second meeting in three months since he was named to the job. On the agenda: The Quebec-Kahnawake Relations Relationship Framework and the Mercier Bridge Memorandum of Understanding. […]

Covid-19 numbers are on the downturn in Kahnawà:ke. Lisa Westaway is the Executive Director of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre and she was on the Morning D today on K1037: “We have 1 active case and it’s a new case, so it’s not one that was from our previous cases. And we still have a […]

There are six active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake, down from a high of 23 three weeks ago. According to the Kahnawake COVID-19 Task Force approximately 40 people are in isolation either because of close contact or because of symptoms and/or awaiting test results. “I’m glad to report that we’re starting to see the trend […]