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A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at Halifax’s QEII Health Sciences Centre on Thursday, as a heart disease clinic was renamed in honour of a 16-year-old hockey player who died as a result of an undiagnosed inherited heart condition in 2013. Jordan Boyd, of Bedford, N.S., lost his life to an …
Read More »Grandparents who died alongside infant in wrong-way Hwy. 401 crash identified
Two grandparents killed alongside a three-month-old boy in a wrong-way police chase and collision on Highway 401 in Whitby, Ont., this week have been named by the Indian consulate. The Consulate General of India in Toronto shared the names of the two grandparents, who were visiting Canada when the crash …
Read More »Funeral to be held for Saskatchewan family who died in murder-suicide
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 5, 2024 11:50 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A funeral is to be held for four members of a family who died in a murder-suicide in a rural Saskatchewan home last month. An obituary says the …
Read More »Ontario woman says brother died hungry in Gaza, waiting for word on Canadian visa
A 62-year-old Ontario woman says her brother has died in northern Gaza after weeks spent searching for food and refuge while he waited for word from the federal government about whether he could come to Canada. Sawsan Karashuli found out through a Facebook post that her brother, Ismail Qarsholi, had died on …
Read More »Parents charged after Winnipeg infant died of fentanyl intoxication, police say, – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The parents of a one-year-old girl who died in March of last year have been arrested and charged with manslaughter. Police said Monday that the autopsy and toxicology reports revealed that the infant, Hanna Boulette, died of high levels of fentanyl intoxication. …
Read More »Pregnant woman who died crossing into U.S. from Canada looking for new life
A vigil was held in Montreal on Sunday for a 33-year-old woman who died trying to cross the border from Canada to the United States last month. Ana Karen Vasquez Flores was a young woman living in Mexico who was looking for a new life in the U.S. where her …
Read More »Coroner’s counsel asks jurors to find Soleiman Faqiri died as a result of homicide
Human actions and decision making led to the death of a mentally ill man in an Ontario jail roughly seven years ago, coroner’s counsel told inquest jurors Friday in urging them to rule the death a homicide. Soleiman Faqiri’s death wasn’t an accident, Julian Roy told the coroner’s inquest, noting …
Read More »Coroner’s inquest continues for mentally ill man who died in Ontario jail
TORONTO — In the 11 days before Soleiman Faqiri’s death, family members tried to visit him four times, making the hour-long drive to the Ontario jail where he was being held, his brother said. Yusuf Faqiri said he and another brother drove to the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, …
Read More »Coroner’s inquest set to begin in case of mentally ill man who died in Ontario jail
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 20, 2023 6:08 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — A coroner’s inquest examining the death of a mentally ill man who died in an Ontario jail cell in 2016 is set to begin today. The inquest into the …
Read More »Woman hit by truck near Dugald, Man. died prior to collision, autopsy shows – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A woman who was hit by a truck near Dugald, Man., early Thursday morning was already dead from an earlier hit-and-run, an RCMP investigation revealed. Beausejour RCMP have identified the woman, first thought to be a teen, as a 27-year-old woman from …
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