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Due to rising costs and inflation, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke’s Social Assistance Program has announced that more benefits and supplements will be distributed to Social Assistance clients over the next two months. These essentials include: a winter clothing benefit for all active clients and their dependents; heating supplements (to be issued only to heads […]

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke Ietsénhaienhs Jessica Lazare is taking part in the First Nation Languages & Education Forum taking place  in Toronto. The event runs until Thursday and is being hosted by the Chiefs of Ontario and the Technical Committee on Languages & Learning. Agenda items include: information sharing sessions; and breakout sessions focused […]

Kahnàwake Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS) says that it is once again at capacity due to the sheer volume of requests for mental health services. As a result, they have re-implemented a waiting list system. According to a release from KSCS, a triage system is in place whereby the individuals on the wait list can expect […]

Time to visit with another Community Engagement Kiosk that will take place this Friday, February 10th, from 1pm until 5pm at the Golden Age Club. Items expected to be discussed include the recent MCK Portfolio Review & Allocations, the draft regulations for the Administrative Tribunal, draft regulations on Eviction Orders and the survey on the […]

Harry Rice of Kahnawake as well as Lylee Horn, Melody Horn, Rachel Leborgne and Journey Jacobs are off to the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame. They were part of the The NIFA Ladies Team Indigenous Canada, which won gold in 2015 in Brazil and in Edmonton in 2017. After reaching the pinnacle, Rice […]

A new, safe center turning lane will being added to Route 37 that runs through Akwesasne and St Regis. According to Colleen Thomas, the Director of planning and Infrastructure for The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, it’s not a moment too soon. From February 2016 to January, 2021. They recorded 803 vehicle crashes; where 172 involved […]

Lou Ann Stacey has been named the new project director at Kahnawake Collective Impact. . Stacey, currently a member of the K1037 Board of Directors and will remain in that role, starting her new position next Monday. She’s familiar with KCI the organization through her experience on radio: “I’m excited about it. I’ve been working […]

The inclement weather has created havoc in the community as high-tension wires are down with utility poles down on Old Malone Highway. 1 823 customers in the community are currently without electricity. Kyle Zachary is a spokesperson with the Kahnàwake Peacekeepers: “Several utility poles have fallen in the area of the Old Malone Highway, in […]

The Winners were Announced for the “2022 BroadwayWorld Montreal Awards” and Urinetown: The Musical, cleaned-up capturing 11 awards including: Best Musical; Best Performer in a Musical by Iakotonhnhetsheraka:ion Scout Marquis; and Best Direction of a musical by Kirk Elsmore and Kyle Zachary. Zachary was genuinely excited: “It’s really awesome, BroadwayWorld is a big website, they […]

There was a violent incident between the 2 teams following a GMAA basketball game yesterday at Kahnàwake Survival School. A video is circulating of a fight on the court following the KSS Akweks loss to the visitors from Emmanuel Christian School. The fracas may have also involved some spectators and non playing members of the […]