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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 …
Read More »Ottawa police investigating how child fell from apartment and died – Ottawa
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 25, 2023 12:10 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in Ottawa say they are investigating how a child died after falling from an apartment building Sunday afternoon. The Ottawa Police Service says on social media officers responded to a …
Read More »‘Brilliant, funny’: Young Ontario man who died after taking sodium nitrite remembered by family
An Ontario mother alleges her 19-year-old son was sold a deadly substance from an Ontario man who is accused of selling it online to those at risk of self-harm. Kim Prosser says her son Ashtyn purchased sodium nitrite from Kenneth Law, a 57-year-old Mississauga, Ont. man who is facing 14 …
Read More »‘Almost died a few times’: Northern Ontario city of Sudbury grapples with opioids
GREATER SUDBURY, Ont. — Crystal Plume sits in the shade of a tree near a busy intersection in downtown Sudbury and carefully injects fentanyl into a vein on the back of her hand before licking the speck of blood left behind. The 36-year-old who regularly panhandles in the northern Ontario …
Read More »Ontario firefighter who died in B.C. identified as 25-year-old man
The Ontario firefighter killed while battling a wildfire in B.C. has been identified as 25-year-old Zachery Freeman Muise. Police say the Waterford, Ont. native was working in a remote area north of Fort St. John on Friday when the UTV he was riding rolled over a steep drop on a …
Read More »Anti-racism trainer accused of denigrating Toronto principal who died by suicide welcomes review
An anti-racism trainer accused of denigrating a Toronto principal who later died by suicide welcomed a review launched by Ontario’s education minister, saying the allegations against her are false and mischaracterize what happened during two training sessions. Kike Ojo-Thompson, the founder and CEO of a diversity consultancy group — whose …
Read More »B.C. man who opened store selling tested hard drugs dies of overdose: family – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The man who was arrested for starting a mobile hard drugs store on the Downtown Eastside has died of an overdose, according to a post from family. Jerry Martin’s brother shared a post online saying his 51-year-old brother died suddenly and fentanyl …
Read More »Winnipeg police look to identify unknown man who died May 31 – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police are hoping the public can help identify an unknown man who died last month. So far, the missing persons unit has come up empty. Police were called to the 600 block of Sherburn Street on May 31, where they found …
Read More »Plumbing company, friends remember man who died in Calgary trench collapse tragedy
The man who was killed on the job this week in Calgary is being remembered as a kind and generous person. Bobby Jimerson met Liam Johnston 14 years ago. They met while in Grade 7 in Waterloo, Ont. “He was a special individual. Liam had a very specific personality that …
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