Brandon Sun Posted: No investigation has been submitted to Manitoba Prosecutions Services for consideration of charges. A spokesperson from Manitoba Justice
Christine Mitchell (inset) reportedly died in hospital on July 10 following an overdose at the house of Brandon city manager Rod Sage, pictured during a city council meeting. The Brandon Police Service conducted an “appropriate and professional investigation into Christine Mitchell’s death,” Justice Minister Cameron Friesen said in a Thursday morning statement. (File)
For a year and a half, Brandonites have waited for the completion of an RCMP review into the circumstances surrounding the drug overdose death of Christine Mitchell. That wait became somewhat more impatient following news last February that the RCMP had completed its investigation, and had forwarded its report to the Province of Manitoba and into the hands of Justice Minister and Attorney General Cameron Fries