A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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HOGANSBURG — Details of the selection process behind Constable Michael A. Biron’s Medal of Bravery award are confidential, according to a Canadian government official. Mr. Biron and Canada Border Services Agency Officer Yves Soumillon were honored Friday by Governor General of Canada David Johnston for their actions in a Nov. 14, 2008, accident on Cornwall Island. Mr. Biron, of the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service, and Mr. Soumillon unsuccessfully attempted to save Edward and Eileen Kassian, Massena, from their burning car, according to a new...
MASSENA — Chemicals used at the General Motors Powertrain plant decades ago continue to exist in high levels among St. Regis Mohawk Reservation youths today, according to research completed at the University at Albany. But there is no link between the persistence of the chemicals and the 12-acre landfill at the GM site, thrown into the spotlight following last month’s illegal excavation, according to Anne E. Kelly, a project manager with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Believed to cause cancer and other serious illnesses, pol...
