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.
  • November 15, 2023

    Expanded services at Kateri Hospital

    The Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) announced it’ll be increasing the number of beds in its short-term care department.

  • November 8, 2023

    Mohawks president impressed with new league

    After seeing how referees responded to a recent incident of racism, Kahnawake Minor Hockey Association (KMHA) president Justin Kariwakeron Horne said he feels like their teams are in good hands in their new league, the Eastern Hockey League (EHL).

  • November 1, 2023

    McGill professors push for Joyce’s Principle

    A group of faculty from McGill University have set a commitment to work closely with the organization behind Joyce’s Principle in the hopes of moving the institution closer toward implementing it.

  • October 24, 2023

    Mohawk Mushrooms grown right at home

    After months of working to convert his late grandfather’s home into his own mushroom mycology lab, Jeremiah Johnson is officially open for business.

  • October 17, 2023

    Survival students share local stories on radio

    It’s not every day that high schoolers get the chance to have their own news stories broadcast on countrywide airwaves.

  • October 16, 2023

    Montreal Alouettes present donation

    A $6,000 cheque was gifted to the community of Kahnawake by the Montreal Alouettes at their home game this Monday. Half of the proceeds will go toward supporting minor football players, with the other half going toward next year’s local Orange Shirt Day event.

  • October 12, 2023

    Calls for action at Joyce vigil

    Little has changed in Quebec hospitals since the passing of Joyce Echaquan three years ago, Nakuset said. Through her work at the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM), she often still hears stories of patients being denied basic care and taunted with racist remarks.

  • October 11, 2023

    Miller commits to addressing border inequalities

    There’s renewed hope that American-born Onkwehón:we who share homelands north of the border could soon be granted new legal rights recognizing them as belonging to their respective nations.

  • October 5, 2023

    Alex Rice represents Kahnawake in new film

    Alex Rice fondly remembers her first impression of Quebec director Denys Arcand. She was living in Los Angeles at the time as a starving artist waiting tables to make ends meet.

  • October 4, 2023

    Taking back jurisdiction over justice

    Two new agreements have just come into effect that will allow Kahnawa’kehró:non to resolve legal matters locally rather than at the courthouse in Longueuil, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)