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There has been a decrease in active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawà:ke leading The Public Safety Commission and The Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre’s Public Health to lower the community’s Alert Level from Red to Yellow. With a decrease in contacts in isolation, the stability of cases in the regions surrounding Kahnawake and the ability for […]
Approximately a dozen people mostly from The Kanien’keha:ka Nation at Kahnawake People of the Longhouse are protecting the land underneath the Mercier Bridge in the community this morning. Following a news release late Sunday, the Longhouse stated they leaned of work to build a concrete slab to support a new electricity room underneath the Highway […]
The post office will be temporarily closed for at least one day next week. Linda Benwell is Canada Post’s Post Master in Kahnawake: “On Tuesday, October 5th, the post office counter will be closed all day for maintenance, the public will, however, have access to their P.O. boxes. And we are scheduled to reopen fully […]
Approximately 100 Kahnawakero:non gathered for a ceremony to celebrate the birthdays of all the children who were forced to attend residential schools. Curran Katsirorokwas Jacobs was one of the organizers: “It was really beautiful, we got a lot of positive feedback from the families of some of the survivors and the survivors themselves. It was, […]
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 […]