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Ohén:ton Í:iente ne Ietsénhaienhs Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer is meeting with Federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Affairs Marc Miller this afternoon in Ottawa. Agenda items include Kahnawà:ke-Canada Relations, the Seigneury of Sault St. Louis and Ontario’s Online Gaming Model. Grand Chief Sky-Deer is being accompanied by Chief Political Advisor Winona Polson-Lahache

The Kahnawake Education Center (KEC) says it has completed an investigation into serious allegations made against one of its employees. In a statement the KEC says the allegations were brought forward in August. The KEC says it took immediate action and launched an independent investigation. “The independent investigation has been completed and the findings have […]

The sewage lift station off War Eagle road is operating again with one pump as of 9am Monday. At around lunch time on Sunday a second pump failed. The station had been down to only one pump in recent days. “Two pumps are down due to computer malfunction,” said Martin Morris, the General Manager Operations, Infrastructure […]

After a long, arduous process, the Asbestos Civil Investigation final report has been released to the public. Executive Director Onerahtókha (Karlie) Marquis says she’s committed to addressing the matters that have been flagged so that we resolve this situation and prevent anything similar in the future. The report raises several systemic issues within the organization. […]

At 8:46 a.m. on Wednesday morning, the Kahnàwake Peacekeepers executed a search warrant at a residence on River Road to search and seize items related to illegal drug activity. During the course of the operation, a local 38-year-old male was placed under arrest. Several substances, including a large quantity of suspected cocaine were seized by […]

The latest Covid-19 case count for Kahnàwake has been released by Public Health. From Executive Director of the KMHC Lisa Westaway, the town is reporting 6 new positive cases since December 6th, with a total of 14 active cases currently in the community. 189 total 4th wave cases to date, with 323 in total since […]

The Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB) took delivery of a new ambulance on Tuesday, nearly 11 months after a serious accident near the Anna Laberge Hospital on January 18th destroyed one of the two ambulances in the fleet. “We had to bring in another ambulance on a rental from a local company at $150 a day, […]

Additional COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics for children aged 5 to 11 years of age have been scheduled by The Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) and Public Safety Commission, with booster shots for those aged 70 and over (3rd doses) also being made available. The vaccination clinics will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall on the following […]

Kahnawà:ke Tourism has launched a survey of residents, regarding further development of tourism activities in the community with Kimberly Cross-Zacharie, Tourism Development Agent saying the process must be a collective effort. The confidential survey is being administered by local business ‘PlanIt Consulting & Communications’ and will run through December 19th, and takes only about 10 […]

Some people in town have been receiving distressing calls from someone claiming to be from Canada Customs. The caller then says that they have a parcel or parcels that have been seized by customs agents. Information is then sought by the callers The Kahnawake Peacekeepers are looking into the calls. Jody Diabo is the Assistant […]