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The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will fly over Montreal this afternoon as part of their cross Canada salute to frontline workers. They will lift off at 12:45 PM from Quebec City, and head towards Montreal where they are expected to land an hour later. The flyover is expected to take place over Kahnawà:ke at some point between […]

Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC) Executive Director Lisa Westaway says the Task Force has adopted a model that will help to keep the community safe as they slowly reopen for business. “The model we are putting in place will minimize the risk, but the risk will still be there,” Westaway said. We have contacted over […]

There will be a boil water advisory for Châteauguay and some surrounding communities early next week. Residents will be required to boil their water for at least one minute before consumption as the municipality works on its water system. The work will take place on Monday May 11th beginning at 8 A.M. The advisory will […]

On the 50th straight day of Kahnawake 911 live updates on Facebook, the Kahnawake Covid-19 Task Force. Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC) Executive Director Lisa Westaway says the community Health Check has been going very well. The team has completed 595 calls and so far 369 homes have agreed to participate. “It has led to […]

The Peregrine Falcon protected area at the Mercier Bridge in Kahnawake has been busy in the last few days. One of the two eggs that was laid five weeks ago, hatched this morning. Marilou Skelling is the Director of Operations with Falcon Environmental Services (FES). “We installed a camera in a nest box for the […]

Kahnawake Peacekeeper Chief Dwayne Zacharie appeared on the Kahnawake 911 Facebook live on Monday to remind the community about vehicle safety, especially now that roads on the territory are mostly clear due to the lack of incoming traffic from other communities. “ATVs (All-Terrain Vehicles) is a huge problem in our community,” Zacharie said. “There are […]

There was yet another brush fire in Kahnawake, this one occurring last night. Wishe Stacey is a Lieutenant with the Kahnawake Fire Brigade. He says the call came in right around midnight: “It was a brush fire along the Seaway road. It wasn’t a large fire initially, when I arrived as the officer in charge, […]

Before the pandemic hit, eight students were just weeks away from completing coursework in Kahnawake’s first local paramedics training program.  The 1-year Kahnawake Paramedic Program launched last year and was anticipated to address the shortage of paramedics in the community.  And right now, the Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB) is struggling to maintain proper coverage with […]

The vast majority of the parents who have been contacted by the Kahnawake Education Center (KEC) say they will not be sending their children off the territory to the elementary schools when they reopen. About 90 percent of the parents, of the 87 children who attend those schools, have responded. The Task Force also made […]