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.
  • March 7, 2025

    New use for Indigenous Services building

    As of April, the library is expected to have a new home in the White House building across from the hospital, the same building workers with Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

  • March 7, 2025

    Local stars in television show

    Taio Gélinas has long been a fan of the French crime series Eaux Turbulentes. Now the 20-year-old Kanehsata’kehró:non actor is starring in it.

  • March 7, 2025

    A lifetime of advocacy recognized

    Alex McComber now holds an Indigenous health advocacy lifetime contribution award, a title granted to him this week by the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC).

  • February 28, 2025

    Conservation officers needed

    A plan is underway to reinstate conservation officers on the territory after they were phased out nearly a decade ago.

  • February 28, 2025

    Students shaken up in accident

    Six elementary age students had to be checked by paramedics last Friday, after a school bus bringing them from Kahnawake to Kuper Academy got into an accident in Lachine.

  • February 28, 2025

    Cody Diabo meets with mayors

    Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo met with the mayors of surrounding municipalities earlier this week, as part of an effort to remind them of the outstanding land grievance with Canada.

  • February 28, 2025

    Billowing smoke from industrial building

    Black smoke from Chateauguay’s industrial sector stretched on for kilometres early Saturday morning, following a fire that broke out in a building owned by a waste management company.

  • February 28, 2025

    Council unveils new website

    The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has a shiny new website as of this Wednesday. Aerial drone shots of the territory now take up nearly the entirety of its landing page.

  • February 28, 2025

    Playground recognized on world stage

    Playground snagged its first international award last weekend, after fans nominated it for having the best poker room in the industry.

  • February 21, 2025

    New book educates on reality of sex trafficking 

    Sex trafficking happens in every community. That’s the message behind Caught in my Dreamcatcher, a new book written by two Montreal police officers.