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There was a fire yesterday afternoon inside a unit of the town apartments in Kahnawake. It began at around 3:45 PM. Kim Mcgregor says her 14 year old daughter first noticed the smoke coming from the upstairs bathroom. Luckily Kim, her daughter, their 2 dogs and a cat were able to get out unhurt. “We […]

The Kahnawake Economic Measures Relief Fund (KERMF) will be made available for workers and businesses for a specified time even after businesses in Kahnawake reopen. The target date remains June 1. Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Business and Economic Development Officer Paul Rice says that employees who return to work at the businesses, which have been […]

The Kahnawake Peacekeepers and Kahnawake Fire Brigade are responding to a structure fire on Rice Road, near the MCK Apartments. There are no injuries. Please stay away from the area to allow the crews to operate. Posted at 4:20 PM Tuesday.

Mercier Bridge road work: There will be a complete night closure of the Highway 138 up ramp toward Montreal tonight from 10:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. Wednesday for drilling work.

A Surete du Quebec (SQ) helicopter briefly flew low over Kahnawake on its way to the St Lawrence River as around 3 PM Monday. According to an SQ spokesperson, the helicopter was dispatched from St-Hubert to assist the Gatineau Police Department in the search for a missing person. An officer at the Gatineau Police Department […]

Iron workers returning to Kahnawake from New York are being reminded they must self-isolate upon return.   “If someone comes from outside the country and they come to the community they have to self-isolate for 14 days,” said Arnold Lazare in a daily task force briefing on Saturday. Lazare reminded the community that 14-day self-isolation applies […]

Kahnawà:ke’s Environmental Health Services inspectors are once again performing their residential bacteriological water sampling on homes in the community. The sampling applies to the 350 or so homes that are not hooked up to the Town’s Water system. Donald Gilbert is the Team leader of the Environmental Health Service Program at KSCS and he says: […]

During the Kahnawake 911 Facebook live on Thursday, the Kahnawake Covid-19 Task Force unveiled an on-line measures hub for business owners to consult before opening. On it they will find a checklist on how they should be operating in the time of the pandemic. The documents can be found at: Covid-19.kmhc.ca and click on the […]

Commissioner of Public Safety Lloyd Phillips says the Task Force postponed today’s scheduled meeting until Friday. They are looking closely at all aspects of how things will proceed for businesses once phase one for the reopening is allowed (the target date is June 1st for Kahawake ). Phillips said they are still examining as to […]