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  • December 22, 2020

    Meeting with negotiator postponed

    (FILE PHOTO) Dear Readers: As an essential service that is still open during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Eastern Door is fighting hard to keep news like this flowing, in our print product, though an online subscription at www.eastermdoor.com and here, for free, on our website and Facebook.

  • November 20, 2020

    Land defenders stand up for the Pines

    Cutting trees and destroying the land was exactly what Kanesatake and Kahnawake fought against in 1990. (VIRGINIE ANN THE EASTERN DOOR)

  • October 26, 2020

    Controversial consultation over the Pines

    The public consultation live on YouTube started 20 minutes late due to technical problems. (VIRGINIE ANN THE EASTERN DOOR) Dear Readers: As an essential service that is still open during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Eastern Door is fighting hard to keep news like this flowing, in our print product, though an online subscription at www.eastermdoor.com and here, for free, on our website and Facebook.

  • October 23, 2020

    Wolf Pack BBQ for the homeless

    The BBQ was the latest mission by the Wolf Pack. (COURTESY AL HARRINGTON) Dear Readers: As an essential service that is still open during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Eastern Door is fighting hard to keep news like this flowing, in our print product, though an online subscription at www.eastermdoor.com and here, for free, on our website and Facebook.

  • January 28, 2020

    Community stands in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en

     (Chloe Emond-Lane, The Eastern Door) Following the organized protests happening across Canada to stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation’s anti-pipeline campaign, community members gathered last Thursday afternoon (January 16), armed with signs and flags to show their support against the “Coastal Gaslink” pipeline.

  • November 7, 2019

    Looking back on a life well-lived

    (Courtesy Orenda Curotte) “If you ask anybody in Kahnawake who Josie Curotte was, they will answer ‘the judge,’” said Josie’s daughter, Orenda Boucher-Curotte.

  • September 20, 2019

    Ottawa to pay $40k per child

    Cindy Blackstock (podium) has been fighting hard for the rights and equal treatment of on-reserve children. (File Photo) In a decision announced last Friday, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)

  • September 24, 2018

    Quebec Solidaire pledges support for Indigenous groups

    Tanya Sirois, the RCAAQ executive director wants more political parties vying for power in next week's provincial election to prioritize Indigenous issues.

  • September 19, 2018

    Concordia continues to indigenize campus

    Elder-in-residence Vicky Boldo speaks to students at Concordia University, as part of the school's continued work to indigenize the campus and broaden understanding of Indigenous issues.

  • June 7, 2017

    From the Tundra to the Trenches, a gripping memoir of an Inuk soldier in the army

    The isolated, frigid, poverty-struck Strutton Island in the James Bay is where the story begins for Eddy Weetaltuk. At the time, he was just a young Inuk who lived off the land with his family.