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Ranj Pillai outlines Yukon government’s proposed actions in letters to chief and mayor

A year after the Yukon declared a substance use health emergency, the territorial government says it has worked to expand and improve the mental wellness and substance-related services available in the territory. But a community outside of Whitehorse says it hasn't felt the impacts of any of those initiatives.

Five people connected to Mayo died from either substance abuse or opioids in 2021, the territory's coroner says. The Yukon town has a population of just 457.

Unofficial results from Monday's election show that Yukoners in a majority of ridings were largely satisfied with what they had before the vote — and yet the next legislative assembly will be very different.

NDP Leader Kate White says her party would tackle head-on the issues of alcohol abuse and deadly illicit drug use if elected next Monday. The territory has so much strength, so much optimism, White said in her platform announcement on Zoom Wednesday morning. “But our territory is also facing an addictions crisis,” she said. “In 2020, there were twice as many overdose deaths as there were in 2019, and with the introduction of fentanyl and carfentanyl into our supply, we’re on track for ...

Posted: Apr 09, 2021 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 9 Election signs in Whitehorses Mountainview riding. The riding is one of several that were won by just a handful of votes in 2016.(Paul Tukker/CBC) comments Mondays Yukon election is bound to be interesting, if only because the outcome is still too difficult to predict — theres been no clear front-runner through the campaign, nor has there been any central issue dominating debate and stirring passions. In short, anything could happen �...

Posted: Apr 09, 2021 1:30 PM CT | Last Updated: April 9 Don Hutton, elected as a Liberal MLA in 2016, says that party hasn’t done enough to combat the territory’s addictions crisis and hes urging his constituents to vote NDP this time. He stood alongside NDP Leader Kate White at her partys campaign office this week.(Yukon NDP Facebook)