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  • November 13, 2023

    Kanesatake grand chief present at chaining of Council office

    On October 25, Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille emerges from the Council building, messenger bag slung over his shoulder, thermos in hand, and locks the door.

  • November 6, 2023

    Injunction granted in shuttering of Council 

    After more than a week chained up following a raucous community meeting, the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) building will be reopened by order of an interlocutory injunction granted Thursday morning, The Eastern Door has confirmed.

  • October 27, 2023

    Council descends into deeper chaos

    A fractious term of Council has hit a new low, with the doors of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK)

  • October 26, 2023

    Running a newspaper in our communities

    We try to save this kind of editorial for January, which will mark 21 years in the business for the current editor, or July, which marks the anniversary of the transition back in 2008 from Kenneth Deer to Steve Bonspiel.

  • October 20, 2023

    Magic Palace under fire

    A key person license for a man alleged to have used Magic Palace to launder money for a Mexican drug cartel has been revoked by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC), but signs point to the facility continuing to operate unimpeded by local authorities.

  • October 17, 2023

    Kanesatake grand chief refuses call to step down

    Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille will not resign following a demand from a majority of MCK chiefs that he step down or face a referendum and non-confidence vote.

  • 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

    Community comes together for survivors

    Josie McGregor gets emotional discussing the years she spent as number 38 at the Spanish, Ontario, residential school she attended – the hellhole, she calls it.

  • October 5, 2023

    Birks promo wasn’t well thought out

    First, the positive: Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer and her partner Tami Jo Rice are proud of who they are as a gay couple in Kahnawake.

  • September 28, 2023

    Birks ad raises questions

    Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer and her wife Tami Jo Rice were paid to promote Birks, a jewellery company whose diamonds partly originate from mines said to have harmful effects on Indigenous communities in Canada.