Skyler Sappier's cellmate at the Saint John Correctional Centre had COVID-19, and there was no mask mandate for inmates at the time, a coroner's inquest into his death heard Tuesday.
Rodney Levi's family allege in a lawsuit that failures by the RCMP led to his 2020 death, allegations the federal government rejects in a recent court filing which calls for the case to be thrown out.
A lack of trust in police, fear of being mistreated and not believed are identified as some reasons vulnerable women did not report being exploited by the perpetrator, before the mass shootings in April 2020.
The City of Edmundston and the police officer who shot Chantel Moore say in a court filing that Moore's actions, and not negligence, caused her death in 2020.