About
The Eastern Door is a community-based newspaper serving the community of Kahnawake since 1992, regardless of birth, gender, age, language, politics or religion. The paper strives to be a factual, balanced, authoritative source of information with access to all segments of the community.
Steve Bonspiel
Editor/Publisher
Eastern Door Editor/Publisher Steve Bonspiel started his journalism career in January 2003 with The Nation magazine, a newspaper serving the Cree of northern Quebec. Since that time, he has won numerous regional and national awards for his in-depth, impassioned writing on a wide variety of subjects, including investigative pieces, features, editorials, columns, sports, human interest and hard news. He has freelanced for the Montreal Gazette, Toronto Star, Windspeaker, Nunatsiaq News, Calgary Herald, Native Peoples Magazine, and other publications. Among Steve's many awards is the Paul Dumont-Frenette Award for journalist of the year with the Quebec Community Newspapers Association in 2015, and a back-to-back win in 2010/11 in the Canadian Association of Journalists' community category - one of which also garnered TED a short-list selection of the prestigious Michener award. He was also Quebec Community Newspapers Association president from 2012 to 2019, and continues to strive to build bridges between Native and non-Native communities for a better understanding of each other.
Marcus Bankuti
Managing Editor
Marcus is an award-winning journalist and the managing editor of The Eastern Door, where he has been reporting since 2021 on issues that matter to Kahnawake and Kanesatake. His work has been acknowledged at the national and regional level, receiving honours such as the Canadian Association of Journalists Community Written Feature Award and the Quebec Community Newspapers Association's Paul Dumont-Frenette Outstanding Journalism Award for journalist of the year. He was previously editor-in-chief of The Link and a contributing editor at Our Canada magazine.
Eve Cable
Lead Reporter
Eve is a reporter with The Eastern Door. She has also covered harm reduction and social justice issues for the Montreal Gazette, The Breach, Filter Magazine, and more.
Olivier Cadotte
Reporter
Olivier is a reporter with The Eastern Door. Prior to joining the newspaper as a staffer, Olivier covered sports and community events as a freelancer, work he has continued since joining full time in August 2024.
Tara Wall
Advertising Consultant
Tara Wall is a bilingual advertising consultant. She graduated from O’Sullivan College in the Business Administration program with a Marketing specialization. Prior to joining The Eastern Door in 2003, Tara worked in banking, accounting and running her own business. She appreciates connecting with business people on a daily basis and loves helping to grow their business with our readers.
Dana Marquis
Graphic Design and Special Projects
Dana Marquis started her career at The Eastern Door in 2003 as Administrative Assistant. During that time she learned graphics and began ad design for special supplements at The Eastern Door. When she returned from maternity leave, Dana left the front desk to continue graphics part-time. Dana now does the layout, ad design and other special projects and supplements at The Eastern Door.
