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Un peu de musique pour se recentrer

1 month ago | leau-vive.ca | Marc Lalonde

La beauté de la langue française se savoure de victoire en victoire. Son importance se vit au quotidien, d’est en ouest. La francophonie est remplie de ces artistes qui nous le rappellent. Tournons-nous vers une Acadienne, un Fransaskois et un Franco-Albertain. Réfléchir à sa protection L’auteur-compositeur-interprète fransaskois Étienne Fletcher revient avec un quatrième album, cette fois sur le thème de l’espoir d’un monde meilleur où chaque être humain a droit à la liberté d’expression.
Un peu de musique pour se recentrer

1 month ago | l-express.ca | Marc Lalonde

Publié 04/05/2025 par Marc Lalonde La beauté de la langue française se savoure de victoire en victoire. Son importance se vit au quotidien, d’Est en Ouest. La francophonie est remplie de ces artistes qui nous le rappellent. Tournons-nous vers la musique d’une Acadienne, d’un Fransaskois et d’un Franco-Albertain.
Former AFNQL Chief named Associate professor and chair of FNEE Advisory Committee

1 month ago | pentictonherald.ca | Marc Lalonde

Former Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL) Chief Ghislain Picard will continue his work on behalf of the Indigenous community with a new role. Picard will be taking on the role of Associate Professor at the University of Montreal’s Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) and the chair of the First Nations Executive Education (FNEE) advisory committee.
Times Square billboard carries AFNQL message for 24 hours

1 month ago | pentictonherald.ca | Marc Lalonde

In what observers are calling a striking visual, a message from the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador’s (AFNQL) First Nations delegation played for 24 hours straight in one of the most heavily trafficked areas in one of the world’s media capitals last week. A message from the AFNQL was displayed for a full 24 hours on one of the iconic billboards in Times Square, as a message to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Iroquois Caucus signs trade protocol agreement

1 month ago | pentictonherald.ca | Marc Lalonde

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake announced late last week that it was one of the signees of a new nation-to-nation trade protocol agreement between the member communities of the Iroquois Caucus. The agreement seeks to revitalize traditional trade relationships and promote cooperation based on shared values of peace, power, and a good mind, the MCK said. The agreement was signed at the Iroquois Caucus General Assembly last week in Akwesasne.
Iroquois Caucus signs trade protocol agreement

1 month ago | thespec.com | Marc Lalonde

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake announced late last week that it was one of the signees of a new nation-to-nation trade protocol agreement between the member communities of the Iroquois Caucus. The agreement seeks to revitalize traditional trade relationships and promote cooperation based on shared values of peace, power, and a good mind, the MCK said. The agreement was signed at the Iroquois Caucus General Assembly last week in Akwesasne.
Deer “extremely busy” pushing for special UN status for Indigenous governments

1 month ago | thespec.com | Marc Lalonde

A Kahnawake special envoy to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) said he has been preoccupied with working on helping Indigenous governments around the globe to get official status at the UN.
Decision-makers sign Oath of Office

1 month ago | thespec.com | Marc Lalonde

The two people who will act as Decision Makers for the Kahnawake Administrative Tribunal signed their respective Oaths of Office last Thursday, thereby kicking off their five-year terms.
MCK Housing Unit looking for contact information on mortgage holders

1 month ago | thespec.com | Marc Lalonde

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake’s Housing Unit is still looking to speak with about 80 mortgage holders in the community in an effort to being their accounts up to date, the MCK announced. The MCK Housing Unit is looking to have contact information for each one of its mortgage holders in the community by the middle of next month, the MCK’s Executive Operations Officer Alan John Rice said. The Housing Unit is hoping to have all of its contact information updated by May 16, calling it urgent.
Former AFNQL Chief named Associate professor and chair of FNEE Advisory Committee

1 month ago | thespec.com | Marc Lalonde

Former Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL) Chief Ghislain Picard will continue his work on behalf of the Indigenous community with a new role. Picard will be taking on the role of Associate Professor at the University of Montreal’s Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) and the chair of the First Nations Executive Education (FNEE) advisory committee.