Publishing since 1992 from Kahnawake Kanien'kehá:ka Territory

Stories by Miriam Lafontaine

Miriam Lafontaine is a reporter with the Eastern Door. Her work has appeared in Le Devoir, CBC Montreal, CBC New Brunswick as well as the Toronto Star.
  • January 19, 2024

    Canada sought to weaken declaration

    Newly unsealed documents reveal Canadian officials were actively colluding with the Australian government behind closed doors in the early 2000s to write a weakened version of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

  • January 17, 2024

    Alfred’s book named one of year’s best

    Gerald Taiaiake Alfred said it’s a pleasant surprise to see his most recent book make the top-100 best books of 2023 list by the Hill Times.

  • January 16, 2024

    Roster announced for hockey championship

    It was a full house at the Kahnawake Sports Complex this weekend as over 100 tried out for their chance to compete in the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC)

  • January 10, 2024

    Lou Lou ranked #1 most influential

    After appearing on the 21st Century Burlesque magazine’s top 50 burlesque performers list for the last seven years, Kahnawake’s Lou Lou la Duchesse de Rière, also known as Lauren Ashley Jiles, has finally ranked number one.

  • January 8, 2024

    Home full of memories destroyed

    Glorianne Dickinson will always think of the home on Old Malone Highway across from the pharmacy as Ma’s. It’s been in her family since the late 1800s.

  • December 21, 2023

    X-ray department shuttered until further notice

    It was a shock for Megan Day last Thursday when she showed up to the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC)

  • December 8, 2023

    Sacred masks return home

    Jessica Loft Cross had long known she’d one day become responsible for the care of a collection of Hatowi masks, just not when.

  • November 29, 2023

    Wellness priorities for Kahnawake revealed 

    After six months of consultations, over a dozen priorities aimed at strengthening health and wellness in Kahnawake have now been identified.

  • November 23, 2023

    Local arrested after alarming incident

    A Kahnawa’kehró:non is in custody and facing breaking-and-entering charges following an incident at a home on Veterans Boulevard earlier this weekend.

  • November 21, 2023

    Albert Stalk still a living legend

    Albert Stalk wants to set the record straight. He’s not dead, despite what some content farms online are reporting.