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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 12, 2023 6:08 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Jurors are expected to deliver a verdict today in the coroner’s inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail. The jury examining the circumstances …
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 »Ontario man charged after taking a ‘selfie’ with a terminally ill patient facing new offence
Police in Middlesex County have charged a southwestern Ontario man with criminal harassment after an incident at a drag queen storytime event in Parkhill earlier this year. Middlesex OPP say the investigation began on April 29 at a public event held at the Parkhill Library. Sources tell Global News that …
Read More »Ontario man accused of taking selfie with terminally ill patient, charged with harassment
A London, Ont., man has been charged with criminal harassment following an incident in Windsor earlier this week. According to the Windsor Police Service, officers were contacted on Thursday after a 36-year-old woman reported being consistently harassed through social media following the Wortley Village Pride event in London last weekend. …
Read More »‘They must have compassion’: Terminally ill Toronto woman facing renoviction
A Toronto woman with terminal cancer has been told she’s being evicted in the middle of her treatment for terminal cancer, a move that, while legal, is one she said will hasten her death. She is hoping her new landlord can show some compassion. Abra Shiner has lived in her …
Read More »North Korea dictator was ‘seriously ill,’ his sister says, blaming South Korea for COVID-19
In a striking speech before thousands of North Koreans, leader Kim Jong-un’s sister said he suffered a fever while guiding the country to victory over the coronavirus. She blamed rival South Korea for the outbreak and vowed “deadly” retaliation. Kim Yo Jong, a powerful official in charge of inter-Korean relations, …
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