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Expect an emergency road closure tomorrow, Friday, December 16th, that will require South Texas Road to be shut-down. The repair, according to The Capital Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke, is for the water line in the area. Therefore, South Texas Road will be closed on the south side of the railroad crossing, weather […]

A rally is being organized in downtown Montreal this weekend to honour the lives of 4 Indigenous women who were killed in Winnipeg. They will honour the lives of the Marcedes Myran, Morgan Harris, Rebecca Contois, and Mashkode Bizhiki. The Winnipeg police say they will not search the Prairie Green landfill, where 2 of the […]

The annual Christmas Bird Count is scheduled for this Saturday in Kahnawake. Kahnawa’kehró:non interested in participating in this year’s bird count are asked to contact KEPO to register. Copies of the new Kanien’kéha Bird Field Guide are available for participants. This will be the first year that the Kanien’kéha /English Bird Field Guide is available to […]

A former Olympic athlete from Kahnàwake is calling for an inquiry into amateur sport in Canada to address systemic sexual, physical and verbal abuse of athletes. Waneek Horn-Miller is the former co-captain of Canada’s Olympic women’s water polo team who was testifying yesterday in front of MPs in Ottawa about abuse in sport: “I guess […]

There was a car chase early this morning in Kahnawake. It all began when Chateauguay Police called the Peacekeepers to report a stolen vehicle just before 1 am. The Peacekeepers then spotted the car on the Old Malone Highway passing by Step x Step at around 1:05 this morning. When an attempt was made to […]

The Kahnawà:ke Environment Protection Office (KEPO) will be conducting a study on fish health this winter. KEPO is looking to collaborate with local community ice-fishing members to collect samples for analysis and are inviting those interested in Kahnawà:ke fish health, including the contribution of fish samples for the study, to join KEPO for an information […]

Expect weekend roadwork on the Mercier bridge, heading from Montréal towards Kahnawà:ke. There will be only 1 lane available on Saturday with the closure of the 2nd lane running from 12 Noon until midnight.

Residents on War Eagle Road can expect a water shutoff to start next week. The Capital Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke saying that the water service will be temporarily turned off on a section of War Eagle Road on Monday, December 12th or Tuesday, December 13th, between 8am and 3pm, weather permitting. The […]

The viewing and the funeral for Dr. Suzanne Jones will be held this weekend in Montreal at the Centre Funéraire Côte-des-Neiges in Montreal at 4525 Côte-des-Neiges: Saturday from Noon to 5pm and 7pm to 9pm and on Sunday between Noon and 5pm. The memorial service will be held on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. and it […]

The COP15 conference on biodiversity continues today in downtown Montreal. Kenneth Deer of Kahnawà:ke is playing a vital role as he has been advising organizers on Indigenous participation and opening thanksgivings at various events: “Your whole issue of land acknowledgment and we want to make sure that they understood that they were on Mohawk Territory […]