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  • August 24, 2023

    Convicted pedophile removed from community

    It’s been one week since community efforts resulted in a convicted pedophile being removed from Kahnawake, but Takwenhawi Diabo has been trying to get him out of her property since May.

  • August 9, 2023

    Mural carries message of empowerment

    When local artist Kaïa'tanó:ron Dumoulin Bush showed up at the blank wall to paint a two-story mural, she couldn’t help but feel excited.

  • July 21, 2023

    Local woman charged with animal cruelty

    About 10 years ago, Cynthia Jacobs was working at the Wolfco Gas Station on Highway 207, pumping gas, when a trailer rolled in carrying Chester, a big brown horse with a wisp of white between the eyes.

  • June 27, 2023

    Q&A: Anonymous Kanehsata'kehró:non speak out

    With an influential open letter and a trove of documents, an anonymous group of Kanehsata’kehró:non has brought countrywide attention to grave issues of land, safety, and the environment in the community.

  • June 22, 2023

    Kanesatake chiefs fight land grab on ground

    For a few years, John Nicholas has had his eye on a parcel of federal land near Highway 344 and Second Avenue Terrasse Raymond.

  • June 14, 2023

    Fans banned from Hunters game

    After a heated Hunters game in Kahnawake last week, the Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA) barred fans from attending Saturday’s game against the Orangeville Northmen, a decision that left many fans and community members angry and upset, wondering if the league understands the significance of the sport in Kanien’kehá:ka culture.

  • June 9, 2023

    Grocery giants pull Vegibec pending investigation

    In light of contamination concerns relating to G&R Recycling, The Eastern Door has learned that grocery chains Provigo, Metro, and Sobeys have suspended orders from Les Jardins Vegibec.

  • May 26, 2023

    Community members lead calls for action

    The efforts of an anonymous group of Kanehsata’kehró:non has brought a deluge of attention to Kanesatake with the urgent message that the community has fallen into a “state of lawlessness and danger.” An open letter circulating amongst journalists and politicians names scourges such as toxic dump sites, dangerous criminal activity, and land “being stolen piece by piece by land developers and assimilated Mohawks treating Kanien’kehá:ka Homelands as if they were all for the taking.” In part by providing a trove of related documents, the group sparked a La Presse investigation into G&R Recycling that brought the issue roaring back into mainstream discourse.

  • May 17, 2023

    Working group lobbies for harvesting rights 

    Brandon Rice had gone hunting with a few others in the winter of 2021 to stock up on a couple more deer in the freezer – he hunts year-round, according to what’s in season.

  • May 5, 2023

    Water levels set to recede in coming days

    Kanehsata’kehró:non with homes on the water are dealing with flooding and anxiety this week as water levels have risen, but the devastation of the 2017 and 2019 floods is expected to be avoided.