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March 11, 2022Round Table honours local women
The doulas who comprise the group Konwati’shatstenhsherawi’s - Women Empowering Women were among those nominated for the KSCS International Women’s Day event.
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February 28, 2022Kanesatake food bank closure
Community members in Kanesatake weren’t spared from the growing food security crisis across the country, which was further aggravated by the widespread worker shortage and job loss exacerbated by the impacts of COVID-19. -
February 21, 2022Elder food security a growing concern
In a community that agrees on the need to respect its elders, older Kahnawa’kehró:non - especially those on fixed incomes who lack family support - are particularly vulnerable to the increased cost of living and income stagnation affecting wide swaths of the population. -
October 26, 2021First Kanesatake woman MD joins Health Center
Ève Mailhot-Daye is the first Kanien’kehá:ka woman doctor Kanesatake Health Center has ever had. She is also one of a few that have made KHC their primary place to practice medicine. -
September 28, 2021The sharing of seeds and teachings
Christine Loft-Jones planted the seeds of her annual corn harvest in anticipation of the Full Flower Moon on May 26. “There’s a whole teaching about planting by the moon cycles,” explained the Kahnawa’kehró:non.
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August 9, 2021Community Watch leader deals with COVID-19
A few weeks ago, Kahnawakehró:non Frank Whitebean started a grassroots initiative - the Community Watch - that started out in the New Development, but expanded, to keep the people of Kahnawake safe after a series of reports regarding non-locals acting suspiciously.
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August 5, 2021New chief comes clean
Steve Bonspiel The Eastern Door Ryan Montour was on a path of self-destruction when a lifestyle of drinking, drugging and high-risk behaviour finally caught up to him that one fateful night 10 years ago. On March 2, 2011, Montour’s life changed forever after he left a local bar under the influence of drugs and alcohol and smashed head-on into a car driven by a man from Mercier. Today, he’s a newly-elected Mohawk Council of Kahnawake chief, but back then, he was an addict of drugs and alcohol. Montour was in the middle of heavy partying when he slipped behind the wheel of his white 2008 Dodge Charger, bolstered by a cocktail of cocaine, marijuana and alcohol. He had been contemplating whether or not he should drive down Route 207 to his home in the village area.
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July 7, 2021Calls for Raphaël André’s tent to be permanent
Laurence Brisson Dubreuil, The Eastern Door Since its opening in early February, the Raphaël André Memorial Tent has welcomed thousands of homeless Montrealers in search of comfort, security and a sense of community.
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June 23, 2021Kanesatake takes a stand
COURTESY PASCAL QUEVILLON - MAIRE D’OKA FACEBOOK PAGE This article was written in collaboration with Eastern Door contributor Robin Della Corte.
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June 10, 2021Remembering our children
STEVE BONSPIEL THE EASTERN DOOR This Grade 5/6 class from Kateri School was “horrified to hear that they took kids as young as three,” said teacher Gina Montour-Delaronde.
