WHITEHORSE — Yukon's premier is apologizing ahead of an inquest into the deaths of four Indigenous women who were accessing services at the Whitehorse emergency shelter.
WHITEHORSE — Yukon's premier is apologizing ahead of an inquest into the deaths of four Indigenous women who were accessing services at the Whitehorse emergency shelter.
Cassandra Warville, Myranda Tizya-Charlie, Josephine Elizabeth Hagar and Darla Skookum died between January 2022 and April 2023 when the shelter was being run either by the government or a non-profit organization. A report published in 2023 found the shelter is meeting people's basic needs but pointed out a number of concerns including that some women, in particular, are not accessing the shelter due to concerns related to safety.
Coroner's inquests do not place blame, but juries are given the chance to provide recommendations for how to prevent similar deaths in the future.
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