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𝐊𝐏𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧
The federal government has agreed to extend funding for the Kanesatake Perimeter Security (KPS) team for a few more months, according to Quebec vice-premier Ian Lafrenière.

𝐎𝐤𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
The owner of the Belisle Gas Station in Oka that was forced by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to stop accepting tax exemption cards from Kanehsata’kehró:non on July 1 will take the matter to court.

𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
This past year, Ratihén:te High School and Rotiwennakéhte Elementary School have taken big steps to expand Kanien’kehá:ka traditions and language lessons into the classroom.

𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬
The Kanehsatake Warriors hosted their third annual box lacrosse Jamboree tournament this past weekend, with two Warriors teams - the U11 and U13 - advancing to the finals.

𝐎𝐤𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has determined the Belisle Gas Station in Oka can no longer grant the exemption for sales tax for Kanehsata’kehró:non after July 1, The Pines Reporter has learned.

𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩
Fundraising has begun for the fifth annual Kanesatake Traditional Tattoo Gathering, which will bring together Indigenous tattoo artists from across Canada, the United States, and possibly Mexico.

𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲: 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞
Under the Pines at the lacrosse field, Kanesatake community members gathered for this year’s Family Day celebration to enjoy a day of activities, lacrosse games and strawberry juice.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭
The claim owner of a niobium mine in Oka has assembled a team of experts to explore the possibility of restoring the site and building an underground operation, but the company is already facing political resistance in its latest effort to try and bring the valuable metal to market.

𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧
For nearly three years, high schooler Jayda Lloyd has helped bring designer and classmate Aoife Swandel’s creations to life on the runway. This year, the duo has reached a new achievement, with Lloyd having the opportunity to model Swandel’s award-winning Equinox Dress.