Chief Solomon spoke with the media after a Facebook live video on the declaration.
FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION — A state of emergency was declared by Chief Michele Solomon at Fort William First Nation on Friday because of the ongoing drug crisis that is negatively affecting the community.
"We know that there's many barriers to addressing this issue. It will require some thoughtful planning and certainly the injection of resources from our treaty partners." "One of the things we're looking at is having a place that we have for our own people so that when they are ready to get help, they have a place to go.
Solomon also said a community checkpoint could be established during certain hours and that they are examining what resources would be available for such a project.
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