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Kanesatake grand chief linked to dumping allegations. Marcus Bankuti -October 11, 2024 0. Victor Bonspille’s late mother Myrtle, who died 10 years ago, is registered as part owner of land on the Lake of Two Mountains that...
Council slams federal water bill | The Eastern Door
14 分钟之前 · A federal bill aimed at imposing drinking water standards in First Nations communities fails to respect those nations’ inherent right to govern their own waters, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo told a parliamentary committee earlier this month. Bill C-61 is currently going through a second reading in the House of Commons.
Bus finds new life in community | The Eastern Door
3 小时之前 · October 18, 2024. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) Transportation Department has been given a new wheelchair-accessible bus to add to its fleet, courtesy of Connecting Horizons. The bus sits 16 people in regular bus seating and can also fit three wheelchairs. It is equipped with ramps, safety features to secure wheelchairs aboard, and is ...
Peacekeepers looking into attempted break-in” | The Eastern Door
4 小时之前 · The apparent attempted break-in happened just before midnight last Thursday at a home in the New Development. The Peacekeepers got the call for help from someone inside the home at 11:47 p.m. that night. Two officers arrived at the home soon after. Peacekeepers spokesperson Kyle Zachary said multiple people may have been involved according to ...
207 resident rattled after crash | The Eastern Door
21 分钟之前 · Courtesy David Lahache. It was a Wednesday morning like any other. It was 6:50 a.m. and Phil Jacobs was behind the wheel of his dump truck, on his way to his job at the site of the future cultural centre, where he’s been contracted to haul away dirt and rock. He began edging into Route 207, checking to make sure he had enough clearance to enter.
Locals organize clothing drive | The Eastern Door
4 小时之前 · October 18, 2024. Courtesy Madelyn Cross. Madelyn Cross has paid it forward once again, this time hauling 104 bags of donation clothing to four Montreal-based organizations in need. Cross has been gathering community donations for non-profits that serve Indigenous people in the city for around five years, with the help of her son, Bronson Cross.
New year off to good start for minor hockey | The Eastern Door
4 小时之前 · October 18, 2024. With the new season underway, the Kahnawake Minor Hockey Association (KHMA)’s new board of directors thinks the future is bright for hockey in the community. “This year we have seen a significant increase in registrations with nearly 230 kids signed up,” said Emily Wahiaronkwas Stacey, board member of KHMA.
Holding them to account - The Eastern Door
2024年5月2日 · After two years in the works, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and Canada, but it’s not the end of a process – it’s merely the beginning of one. In an interview with The Eastern Door, Crown-Indigenous Relations minister Gary Ananda
30 years of The Eastern Door
2022年1月31日 · Happy 30th anniversary. When The Eastern Door was purchased from Kenneth Deer on July 1, 2008, there was so much I just didn’t know as a journalist. I was five and a half years into my career, which started at The Nation magazine, serving the Crees of northern Quebec, and I was just a 32-year-old pup, really.
The year of little progress - The Eastern Door
2024年1月11日 · When we first started writing about the year that was, 2023, we read over the recaps (see pages 6, 9, 21) of the top stories of the year. Usually around this time, we do two things: we try to sum up the ones that we think are most interesting, and we coin the name for the year. This time around,