MONTREAL --
While Montreal and the rest of Quebec continue the government issued "circuit breaker" lockdown where all non-essential businesses are closed until Jan. 11, the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) community of Kahnawake on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence is going even further and closing for the entire month.
Fines for breaking the community's COVID-19 Task Force rules are not light.
The Kahnawake Peacekeepers announced Friday that officers handed out two fines at a business not adhering to the public health directive equalling $16,543.
"It's for a business," said peacekeeper spokesperson Kyle Zachary. "One was to the owner of the business, that's the $10,000 fine (plus fees), and then there was a $1,500 fine to the cashier."