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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 7, 2023

    First Nations police demand fair funding

    The Kahnawake Peacekeepers run a 24-hour operation, so it might seem strange to find the lights off at the station.

  • 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.

  • November 2, 2023

    Educating our youth the right way

    Restriction is a form of control based on fear, not on power, and in the case of the Quebec government’s latest decree to try and keep Anglophones from getting an English education, it’s just plain wrong.

  • November 1, 2023

    McGill professors push for Joyce’s Principle

    A group of faculty from McGill University have set a commitment to work closely with the organization behind Joyce’s Principle in the hopes of moving the institution closer toward implementing it.

  • October 30, 2023

    Land defender visits Tiohtià:ke

    Elder Bill Jones of Pacheedaht First Nation has dedicated decades of his life to looking after the trees. Last Saturday, October 21, he spoke at the Montreal Botanical Garden about the plight of Fairy Creek, where he became a prominent figure in the years-long protest against the logging of old-growth forests in the area, which erupted in the summer of 2021.

  • 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    A key person license for a man alleged to have used Magic Palace to launder money for a Mexican drug cartel has been revoked by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC), but signs point to the facility continuing to operate unimpeded by local authorities.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 18, 2023

    Sky puts on the white coat

    At the end of last month, McGill University medical students donned their white coats at the annual white coat ceremony – a ceremony signifying a medical student’s move from the classroom to a clinical setting during their studies.