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The Family Drop-Off for Residents of Inpatient Care is scheduled for this coming Sunday, January 16th from 12pm until 2pm. The drop-off will be conducted at the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center Covid-19 testing site and will be only open to Friends and Family members of KMHC residents. As for a guideline list of items that […]

The two pharmacies in Kahnawake will once again be receiving some of the COVID-19 testing kits. However, an employee at the Old Malone Pharmacy says they are supposed to be getting more. However, they are unsure of the quantity or even when they will be delivered. They received approximately 100 kits in December but they […]

Vaccinations in the community have been moved back to the Bingo Hall on the 138. That started today in Kahnàwake in response to the 5th wave. A newly updated schedule was released by Public Safety and the KMHC today, with the clinic now remaining open until 7:30 pm tonight, operating again both tomorrow and Wednesday […]

Pictures have circulated by the media and on social media highlighting the removal of the central span portion of the Old Champlain Bridge. Images of the distinct green middle-superstructure being lowered onto a barge and taken away were on full display over the weekend. Eugene Diabo is a retired Ironworker. He worked from the ground […]

Lisa Westaway, the Executive Director of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC), has come down with COVID-19. Westaway released a statement to K1037 News on Wednesday afternoon after choosing not to speak further about it. “It was a difficult decision to come away but I made a decision for my family.  I am not just […]

There are now (Wednesday morning) 124 active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake. Nine people recovered over the last 24 hours, however, there were five newly diagnosed. It remains impossible for the Public Health team to determine the number of people in isolation because of close contact, but they are certain it remains in the hundreds.

Water pressure dropped or was non existant for many residents of Kahnawake for about 30 minutes Monday afternoon. Mark Morris, an operator at the Water Filtration plant, says the generator was scheduled to go on at 3:50 pm. However, he says the battery backup system for the disribution pumps either failed or was fried in […]

“We are in crisis mode,” Public Safety Commissioner Lloyd Phillips said as he appeared on Kahnawake 911 on Facebook on New Year’s Eve afternoon. The curfew will not apply in Kahnawake, according to Peacekeeper Chief Dwayne Zacharie. However, once you leave Kahnawake, you could be subject to the Quebec curfew rules which go into effect […]

Some of the main measures from Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s news conference from Thursday afternoon: Curfew from 10:00 p.m. – 5:00 a.m. beginning New Year’s Eve. Schools in the Province to remain closed until January 17. in Kahnawake teachers were slated to return on January 10 with students following on the 11th. However, The Kahnawake […]

There are 122 active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake. There is one person who is in Intensive Care in hospital at this time. There have been seven total hospitalizations since the beginning of the pandemic. However, one death in Kahnawake has been attributed to the novel coronavirus according to Commissioner of Public Safety Lloyd Phillips, […]