Leaders in Sheshatshiu have barricaded the central Labrador Innu community of about 1,200 people in an effort to curb the flow of drugs, granting community safety officers the power to deny vehicles and previously banned people from entering.
The order came into effect on Monday night, against the backdrop of community meetings with residents who proposed new ideas to help prevent illegal substances coming in at either of Sheshatshiu’s entrances.
“The drugs is a big issue in the community, and I think everybody knows it. Every household knows it,” Eugene Hart, chief of Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation, told CBC News Tuesday.
“We need the help of the …