‘No disrespect to His Majesty’: Yukon council refuses to take oath to King

DAWSON CITY, Y.T. — Governance in Yukon’s second-largest municipality has been at a standstill since its newly elected mayor and council refused to pledge allegiance to King Charles during their swearing-in ceremony.
Stephen Johnson, the mayor-elect of Dawson City, said he and the four-member council refused to take Canada’s official oath to the monarch on Nov. 5 because of the Crown’s history with Indigenous populations.
He said council hasn’t been able to proceed