Kahnawake

• High levels of lead found in air near Kahnawake high school in Quebec

  Lead levels when the wind was blowing west towards the community were on average 1.5 times higher than the provincial standard of 100 nanograms per cubic metre.

  Environment

  Sep 23
  
• Police probe shooting death of man in Kahnawake restaurant parking lot

  Peacekeepers say there is no active threat to the Kahnawake Mohawk community in connection with the 40-year-old man's shooting death.

  Crime

  Jan 21
  
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• Mohawk community in Kahnawake looking for answers weeks after fuel spill

  Weeks after a fuel spill, Kahnawake officials still don't know who is responsible or how big it actually was. They only found out after residents complained about water in a ditch.

  Environment

  Feb 28, 2024
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• Quebec girl, 12, dies in apparent drowning in abandoned quarry

  Peacekeepers found two youths who said their friend had jumped into the water from a cliff but never resurfaced. 

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2023
• First-degree murder charge in connection with human remains found in Quebec City

  Human remains were found Sept. 17 in the Quebec City area, but police have said the killing likely occurred some 200 kilometres away in Contrecoeur, Que., northeast of Montreal.

  Crime

  Sep 29, 2023
• Alleged killing took place 200 km away from where body was found: Quebec police

  According to police, evidence gathered at the scene where the human remains were found near Quebec City, led police to Contrecoeur, more than 200 kilometres away. 

  Crime

  Sep 18, 2023
• Kahnawà:ke inaugurates Bay Restoration Project

  Mother Nature is taking back its majestic place in Kahnawà:ke's Tekwakitha island. But its beauty wasn't always there. The island was inhospitable for decades.

  Environment

  Jul 26, 2023
• Billy Two Rivers, retired Mohawk wrestler and politician, dies at 87

  Billy Two Rivers rose to fame as a wrestler in the 1950s, and spent nearly a quarter of a century in the ring before he turned to politics.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2023
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• Fatal workplace crash involving dump truck under investigation in Kahnawake

  The Kahnawake Peacekeepers say the fatal workplace incident unfolded at the JFK Quarry on Route 207. Authorities were called to scene shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2023
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• A look at Kahnawake’s justice system

  The restorative justice process was formalized in fall 2022 as the first element of the community's Justice Act, established in 2015 and meant to revamp its court.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2023