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An incident has resulted in a fatality in Tioweró:ton earlier today. According to The Kahnawà:ke Peacekeepers, all hunting activities in Tioweró:ton are halted until further notice, effective immediately.  With an active investigation underway, the Peacekeepers are asking the public to stay away from the area until officers are clear from the scene. The Caretakers are […]

Kahnawake’s Arnold Lazare has been named the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year. “I’m still in a little bit of disbelief,” Lazare said. “How do you choose one person? I’m led to believe there were 30 something nominees. So I’m still in disbelief because of the work that we’re doing, […]

Maintenance work will require some overnight ramp closures affecting the Mercier Bridge: The R-138 up-ramp towards Montreal will be completely closed tonight from 10pm until tomorrow, Tuesday, at 5am. At the same time, the Airlie exit and entrance will also be closed from 9pm Monday to 5am Tuesday.

With 20 percent of Quebec schools reporting at least one positive case of COVID-19, that hasn’t spared Kahnawake. There were four new positive cases declared in the community over the weekend. “Over the weekend we were advised that there is a positive case at Kateri School,” Robin Delaronde, The Director of education at the Kahnawake […]

The Kanawaki golf club lease in Kahnawake may soon be finalized with the lot holders, the club and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC). MCK Elected Official Cody Diabo says that negotiations have been worked out between the MCK, ISC and Kanawaki: “Probably the only thing I can really say is that it’s more substantial, without getting […]

Paving and maintenance work will require the overnight closure of the R-138 west down-ramp towards Chateauguay, Friday 9pm until Saturday at 9am and Sunday 10pm until Monday 5am. A detour via R-132 east will be in place. Additionally, the R-132 east down-ramp towards La Prairie/A-30 will be closed Saturday 9pm until Sunday at 9am. A detour via R-138 east will be […]

The number of active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake has dropped to 21 as of Friday morning. There have been 91 total cases since the fourth wave began. Three Kahnawakero:non have required hospitalization since the beginning of the pandemic.

The fourth wave of COVID-19 in Kahnawake has 32 people who are currently in isolation due to positive tests for COVID-19. Dozens more are in isolation due to close contact. According to Commissioner of Public Safety Lloyd Phillips, who was appearing on Kahnawake 911 Wednesday afternoon, 13 of those are new positives since last Friday. […]

On the morning of September 3rd at 06:00am, the Kahnawà:ke Peacekeepers participated in a joint operation with the SPVM (Montreal Police) and the Sûreté du Québec. The Peacekeepers today providing an update on the operation. Peacekeeper Public Relations Officer, Kyle Zachary details what went down: “It was an operation aimed at firearms and drug trafficking […]

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke has announced the Ratitsénhaienhs’ Portfolio Allocations for the 2021-2024 term. The assignments were formalized at Tuesday’s duly-convened Council meeting. For this term, sixteen (16) portfolios were identified, which is identical to the previous term. The portfolio assignments are for its current 4-year term. There are 16 portfolios, the same as […]