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The 138 down ramp towards Kahnawake and Châteauguay will have one of two lanes closed tonight between 7pm and 6 am Thursday. As well Highway 20 East towards downtown Montreal will be completely closed from the end of the 138 to the Turcot interchange from 9 PM until 5 AM Thursday.

The tributes to Father John Walsh have been pouring in since he suddenly passed away on Monday morning. Several Kahnawa’kehró:non had close ties to the 78 year old retired Priest. Walsh was often in Kahnawake over the years. “He was a wonderful man,” said Father Vincent Esprit, the Priest at the Sanctuary of Saint Kateri […]

There are currently 2 active cases of Covid-19 in Kahnawà:ke and they are in the same household. Barton Goodleaf saying that he started feeling sick last Saturday evening: “Flags are raised in my mind that I should get tested, which we did on Monday morning. So, Sunday we just had a flu-like little symptoms, fever, […]

The Mercier Bridge will be down to one lane in each direction this weekend. The work begins tonight at 10 pm until Monday at 5 am. The Airlie entrance to the Kahnawake bound bridge will also be closed. Highway 20 west between Turcot and the Ville-St-Pierre interchange and the ramp to the 138 from downtown […]

The Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) paid tribute to its staff by unveiling a mural directly across from the Hospital. “It’s been months that I’ve been trying to think about what we can do to demonstrate our thanks and respect for all the staff,” said Lisa Westaway, the Executive Director of the KMHC. “I was […]

The City of Montreal has unveiled its Reconciliation Strategy with Indigenous Peoples and The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) is welcoming the announcement. Representing Kahnawà:ke at the announcement was Chief Gina Deer from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke: Chief Deer has been impressed with Montreal’s response to the strategies: “I think Montreal has been […]

The Poppy Campaign is underway at the Legion Branch 219 – they will be open until 6 pm, today. This is Herb Rice an associate member of the Legion: “We’re here until 6 o’clock tonight selling poppies for the annual poppy campaign. We made it until 6 o’clock because we were advised that a lot […]

Three employees of the Kahnawake Peacekeepers were among the five people who were ticketed eight days ago for being at a private gathering in the community. The fines were for $1541 dollars each. Peacekeeper Chief Dwayne Zacharie says that it has now become an issue of human resources. “As far as the enforcement goes, that’s […]

A Kahnawakero:non who tested positive for COVID-19 has now recovered. Their positive is the 38th in the community since the beginning of the pandemic. The individual was tested outside of the community and the results were only transmitted to Kahnawake’s Public Health team after the person recovered.

Trick or treating will take place from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday in Kahnawà:ke, with new COVID-19 Task Force safety measures in effect for the Halloween weekend. The Task Force releasing the guidelines for this year’s festivities back on October 16th, declaring Kahnawà:ke’s Halloween for locals only. The Task Force is also reminding […]