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Kyla Morris of Kahnawake is a forward on the Dawson College women’s hockey team. 3 years ago, she first adorned her hockey stick with orange tape to honour the children who attended Residential schools. On Wednesday, her entire team followed suit and even wore orange t-shirts underneath their uniforms: “Right from the beginning of the […]

One day before the marking of the National Truth and Reconciliation Day, the AFNQL held a press conference where they spoke about their action plan on racism and discrimination. After running into continued roadblocks from the Quebec government, the Assembly of First Nations Quebec Labrador are making a plea directly to Quebeckers to commit to […]

There are 18 active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake. Four of those were newly diagnosed on Tuesday according to the Public Health team. 120 Kahnawakero:non have contracted the virus in the current fourth wave, of those a large percentage are under the age of 40. 88 percent of the cases in the last couple of […]

A big fire in Tiowero:ton over the weekend.  According to witnesses and volunteers, the fire broke out in a large field on Thursday at Indian Lake. According to one community member who did not wish to be identified, the blaze was in an area 500 by 500 yards and the flames reached three and four […]

Crossing the Mercier bridge this weekend will require a great deal of patience this weekend.  Tonight at 9 pm until 1 am on Saturday Morning there will be a partial closure of one lane for inspection on the Kahnawake-bound span.  Then the bridge will be down to one lane in each direction this weekend. The […]

The 36th Annual Mohawk Miles will take place this Saturday afternoon into the evening in the area along River Road between the St. Francis Xavier Church and the Turtle Bay Elders Lodge. The Public Safety Division of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke saying that his year’s race will run from 3:30pm until approximately 9pm. As […]

Inspection and maintenance work will require the following overnight and weekend closures on the Mercier Bridge starting tonight from 9pm until 5am tomorrow Friday, expect a partial closure of one lane for inspection on the Kahnawake-bound span. Then on Friday night at 9pm until 1am on Saturday Morning there will be a partial closure of […]

There are 15 active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake. A total of 111 cases in the fourth wave, most of those are of the Delta Variant according to the public health team. The preponderance of the new cases are among school aged children. As of Wednesday evening seven classrooms at Kahnawake Education Center (KEC) schools […]

The Mercier bridge will be down to one lane in each direction this weekend. The closure is scheduled from Saturday at 2 am until Monday at 5 am. The lane closure is required for slab repairs.  As the Kahnawake bound portion will be completely closed, it will also mean that the access ramp from Airlie […]

The 4th wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has yielded 106 total cases thus far in Kahnawake, with 95 of those infected being unvaccinated residents, 2 people with a single dosage and 9 fully vaccinated individuals. According to KMHC Executive Director Lisa Westaway, there are 10 Kahnawa’kehró:non with active positive cases. There are 5 classrooms in […]