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Home News Legal victory for Jay Treaty students News Linda McMahon is the secretary of education under president Donald Trump. Courtesy Secretary Linda McMahon Facebook page A trio of post-secondary students from Akwesasne who were born in Canada have bested the US Department of Education in a legal battle to defend their border-crossing rights under the Jay Treaty.

Home News White back behind the mic at K1037 News Courtesy Jeremy White For the first time in two years, Jeremy White will be live over the radio waves – and he’s doing it where his career began when he was a teenager more than a decade ago. And even though it’s just a two-week replacement - from September 21 to October 2 - while regular morning show host Hiio Kirby is on vacation, White is excited about going back to the station where it all started for him.

Home News Council studying Blue Book News Parti Quebecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon met with Council previously. File photo The Parti Quebecois (PQ) plan for Quebec separation as outlined in the party’s Blue Book was published without a chapter on Indigenous relations, pending consultations with Indigenous leaders, but Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo said the Council never received a copy for review.

Editorial Megan Kanerahtenha:wi Whyte The Eastern Door What did that Parti Quebecois (PQ) sign say, the one a community member took care of with a sledgehammer? That may be tough to say, mostly because it was knocked down before hardly anyone had the chance to read it. But it’s also because its slogan was in French only (in English it would have read “The choice of trust,” whatever that means).

Home News Proud of Pride as parade returns News Fern Marmont The Eastern Door After a hiatus of two years and rescheduling due to thunderstorms, the 2026 Kahnawake Pride Parade hit the streets to celebrate Kahnawake’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit (LGBTQ2S+) community. With a modest but mighty turnout on September 6, roughly 30 people walked from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) to the Golden Age Club green space.

Home News Council responds to trade war News US president Donald Trump’s 2025 “Liberation Day” tariffs were struck down by the Supreme Court, but that didn’t stop him from implementing sweeping tariffs against Canada last month. Courtesy WhiteHouse.gov The Canada-US trade war escalated again this week with the implementation of dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs against the US, affecting a wide range of goods and resulting in steep levies at the border.

Home News Education Center expands assets News Courtesy Kahnawake Education Center The Kahnawake Education Center (KEC) has purchased the First Nation’s Office Complex, a building that currently houses the Court of Kahnawake on the first floor, and one of three of KEC’s offices on the second floor. Sohenrise Paul Nicholas, the KEC’s Director of Finance and Administration, said the KEC has rented the space in the building since 2016.

Home News Remembering 9/11, 25 years later News Lindsay LeBorgne was one of many from Kahnawake to help with the cleanup in the days following the attacks on the World Trade Center. File photo On September 11, 2001, Lindsay LeBorgne was in Europe when he learned about what happened in New York City.

Home News Fish monitored in Recreation Bay News File photo Seeing what the makeup of the fish population is in Tekakwitha Bay is just one of the ways the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) plans its ongoing and future work, including its Aquatic Stewardship Program, which aims to conserve and remediate aquatic habitats in Kahnawake.

Home News A celebration of the Great Peace Treaty News MCK chief Stephen McComber, Brooke Rice owner of Tkà:nios and Alex Godly of Regroupment Portage distributing the vegetables to the schools. Courtesy Brooke Rice A grand event to commemorate the Great Peace Treaty of 1701 between New France and Indigenous nations that ended the Beaver Wars will be celebrated in Montreal next week.