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By Fern Marmont, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door In recent years, Kanesatake residents have noticed their addresses being listed as Oka by online retailers and other organizations, yet the issue remains unresolved, with Canada Post saying discussions with the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) are still in the preliminary stages. The problem has left some community members frustrated that Kanesatake continues to be excluded from address databases, despite previous assurances that steps would be taken to correct the issue. John Harding, who first noticed the issue two years ago and brought it to the MCK\u2019s attention, said his address is still automatically changed to Oka on various delivery platforms. \u201cNobody\u2019s taken responsibility for it, and everybody said, \u2018Well, we\u2019re sorry, we\u2019re going to fix it,\u2019 but nothing\u2019s been… <\/p>\n

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By Fern Marmont, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door In recent years, Kanesatake residents have noticed their addresses being listed as Oka by online retailers and other organizations, yet the issue remains unresolved, with Canada Post saying discussions with the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) are still in the preliminary stages. The problem has left some community members frustrated that Kanesatake continues to be excluded from address databases, despite previous assurances that steps would be taken to correct the issue. John Harding, who first noticed the issue two years ago and brought it to the MCK\u2019s attention, said his address is still automatically changed to Oka on various delivery platforms. \u201cNobody\u2019s taken responsibility for it, and everybody said, \u2018Well, we\u2019re sorry, we\u2019re going to fix it,\u2019 but nothing\u2019s been... <\/p>\n

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