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  • July 23, 2026

    Funds to fight crime not for Kanesatake

    A federal-provincial action plan to target the growth of organized crime exploiting Indigenous communities in Quebec does not include direct funding to Kanesatake, according to the Ministry of Internal Security, while funding for Kanesatake’s community security stays in limbo. 

  • November 7, 2025

    Short-term care unit expands

    As part of a push to support patients locally, the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) has announced increased capacity in its short-term care unit - including one bed specifically reserved for patients undergoing treatment for substance use disorders.

  • Mohawk Council of Kanesatake building facade
    July 11, 2025

    Meet the grand chief candidates

    The Eastern Door invited everyone running for a spot on Council to make their pitch in their own words, answering the same questions in the same amount of space. This week it’s the grand chief candidates’ turn to make their pitch directly to readers.

  • July 11, 2025

    New van meets you where you’re at

    A brand-new mobile outreach service is on the streets of Kahnawake, thanks to a more than $200,000 grant secured by Kahnawà:ke Shakotiia’takéhnhas Community Services (KSCS) that covered the purchase of a van to better support community needs.

  • May 16, 2025

    Overdoses in Montreal area

    After four recent overdoses linked to crack-cocaine in the Montreal area, Kahnawake Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS) has encouraged Kahnawa’kehró:non to be especially vigilant, with testing confirming the presence of carfentanyl, a highly potent opioid, in the substances consumed by the individuals.

  • February 23, 2023

    Community grieves overdose victim

    Community members grieve the loss of 23-year-old Kanehsata’kehró:non Brayden Jay Shakohawitha Etienne to overdose after a years-long battle with a drug addiction.
  • March 18, 2022

    Neighbours wary of proposed detox centre

    After learning about a traditional detox centre planned for their residential neighbourhood, some community members in the Zachary Road area are raising concerns.
  • March 17, 2022

    Traditional detox centre in the works

    In Kahnawake, a community that has suffered overdose deaths in recent years and has been subjected to traumas that can put people at risk for substance abuse, many community members yearning to rid themselves of drug addiction have little option but to go cold turkey, alone.
  • August 5, 2021

    New 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.

  • March 18, 2021

    Community responds to overdose

    COURTESY TIMMY NORTON Last Friday, the Kahnawake Peacekeepers arrived at a residence on Clay Mountains and found an unresponsive male.