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A reminder that work to dismantle painting and sandblasting equipment will require the complete closure of the R-132/R-138 west service road under the Mercier Bridge on Monday, November 15th, from 5am to 4pm. A local detour via Depot Road and the CP Tunnel is in place for passenger vehicles. Trucks will be detoured via the […]

MCK Ratitsénhaienhs are in the process of gauging community members opinions through community engagement, inviting Kahnawa’kehró:non to share their concerns and feedback regarding the remains of Father Leon Lajoie. The second of those 2 engagement sessions will be held at the Kahnawà:ke Moose Lodge tomorrow, Saturday, November 13th, between 11am and 2pm. Social distancing, masking […]

A notice has been published for anyone who is being asked to re-submit their Indian Day School claims. Those Kahnawa’kehró:non who have received letters from Deloitte advising that their Indian Day School (IDS) Settlement applications have missing information or if you have received a Reconsideration letter, you can receive assistance from Kahnawà:ke’s IDS Coordinator, Louise […]

The Mercier Bridge will be affected by a ramp closure this coming weekend. The Jacques Cartier Champlain Bridge (JCCBI) authority says the High 132 up ramp in Kahnawake, from La Prairie to Montreal will be completely closed From Sunday at 8 p.m., until Monday 5 a.m. In a release JCCBI says it is for inspection […]

The Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) has completely closed Inpatient Care Services (ICS) to visitors for the second time in 10 days. The new closure went into effect yesterday (Thursday) for the first and second floors. In a news release the KMHC stated: “This sudden closure to visitors comes secondary to the COVID-19 outbreak reported […]

Yesterday afternoon at approximately 2pm, The Kahnawà:ke Peacekeepers received a call concerning a suspicious person that had entered the grounds of the Kahnawà:ke Survival School. The call that came in identified that a non-local male had approached students asking them some questions then leaving the school grounds, proceeding to a store across the street. The […]

The Awards are piling up for a Kahnawà:ke filmmaker. Courtney Montour is the writer and director of Mary Two-Axe Early: I Am Indian Again. It’s a documentary on the work of the Kahnawa’kehró:non to eliminate sex based discrimination in the Indian Act in the 1970’s and 80’s. The doc won the Best Documentary Short award […]

Approximately 40-50 community members turned out last night at the Moose Lodge to speak with elected members of the Mohawk Council of Kahnàwake on the Father Lajoie issue. Tonya Perron was one of the elected officials taking part. She says there was a variety of opinions and thoughts expressed during the dialogue with the council. […]

An historic meeting held at Rideau Hall in Ottawa yesterday as four Onkwehon:we women leaders gathered at the Governor General’s residence. Governor General Mary Simon welcomed, Mandy Gull Masty, the Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees, Roseanne Archibald, the Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer, the Grand Chief […]

An update to the COVID-19 Outbreak in Inpatient Care Services has been released by The Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) where, as of Monday, November 8th, the IPC Unit 2 (second floor) has reopened to visitors. There had been an outbreak at the In-patient Care (IPC) Services department, and even with the visitors returning to […]