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Changes to the provincial curfew on the Island of Montreal and Laval that go into effect on Sunday, April 11 at 8:00 p.m. will not affect measures currently in place in Kahnawà:ke. As the surrounding municipalities on the South Shore remain with a 9:30 p.m. curfew, local businesses that have been permitted to be open […]

The increased risk presented by coronavirus variants may mean that Kahnawake’s COVID 19 Task Force will not be able to lift the state of emergency when it is re-evaluated later this month. Public Safety Director Lloyd Phillips appeared on K1037s morning “D”  and said, “We are probably going to have to re-load it again because […]

The Kahnawà:ke Waste Management Department has launched a modified version of the Kahnawà:ke Spring Clean-Up Challenge. Known as ‘The Challenge’ this year’s version once again is taking the pandemic into consideration: Iotshatena:wi Reed from Communications at Kahnawà:ke Waste Management on what can be expected: ‘This year’s Spring Cleanup Challenge is pretty much exactly like the […]

The vaccination site at the Bingo Hall on the 138 is open for walk-ins today (Thursday) 11 am to 7 pm and Friday 9 am to 5 pm. Approximately 70% of those 18 and over have now been vaccinated with at least their first dose according to Lisa Westaway, the Executive Director of the Kateri […]

Clinton Phillips says he won’t run for Council in the upcoming summer Mohawk Council of Kahnawake election. “I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it,” Phillips said. “I did this three years ago. Around this time I informed the community that I would not be running  for Council. At the time Grand […]

Kahnawà:ke Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services has issued a release in which they are asking for respect and courtesy when members of the community deal with their staff, the staff who are there to help. Cheryl Zacharie is the Director of Family Preservation Clinical Services at KSCS: “We understand that people are you know highly emotional, I’m […]

Despite one active case of COVID-19 in Kahnawake, the first in nearly a month, there is a loosening of pandemic measures in  the community today (Friday). “We are comfortable in issuing a directive that private home visits will be increased to a maximum of eight (8) people, outdoors only,” said Commissioner of Public Safety Lloyd […]

Today (Thursday), for a second straight day, those without appointments will be able to walk in and receive their first COVID-19 vaccine at the Bingo Hall on Highway 138. The hours for those without an appointment are from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. Please bring your Medicare card. Those who have already booked will have […]

The COVID-19 Task Force in Kahnawà:ke is hoping that more people can come and get vaccinated.  So much so that they are now accepting Kahnawa’kehró:non walk-ins at the Mass Vaccination Center Wednesday, March 24th, from 12pm until 5pm. Appointments will not be required for this time period. Only residents of Kahnawà:ke can present themselves at the Mohawk […]

Work continues on the Hydro-Québec Line 2 Dismantlement project. According to The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke that following the removal of contaminated soil, backfilling and site restoration last week at Tower #104 on the North Wall, decontamination of Tower #105 along the Seaway Road is underway and should take about a week. Work will also […]