Yukon First Nation seeks help combating ‘opioid emergency’ causing death, crime
in Mayo, 400 kilometres north of Whitehorse, declared a state of emergency Thursday and called for a meeting with the Yukon government, the RCMP and the Village of Mayo to develop an action plan to protect its members.
It says the action plan could include increased law enforcement within its territory, limiting when non-citizens can be on settlement land, check stops, or the eviction of tenants in First Nations housing who are engaged in illegal activities.Story continues below advertisement The declaration comes after a double homicide on Saturday of two Whitehorse men whose bodies were found on a main roadway belonging to the First Nation.
Tracy-Anne McPhee, who is both the territory’s health and justice minister, said the government has been working with the First Nation and the community since before the weekend, and a community meeting is being planned.
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