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It took referencing a dozen different sources to identify children who died at St. Boniface Industrial School, Janet La France told the Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples Sept. 20 La France is the executive director with Société historique de Saint-Boniface in Manitoba. She compiled a list of 300 First Nations and Métis children’s names who attended the school from from 13 archival materials.
A mandatory inquest into the circumstances surrounding Moses Beaver's death is underway in Thunder Bay, Ont., more than six years after the artist from Nibinamik First Nation was found unresponsive in a jail cell.
The jury in a coroner's inquest into the 2015 police shooting death of Beau Baker in Kitchener, Ont., has made 24 recommendations on how to prevent future deaths in similar circumstances. They include asking the Ontario government to adequately fund mental health supports for young people.
Jackie Baker, the mother of 20-year-old Beau Baker, who was fatally shot by police in Kitchener, Ont., in 2015, says she knew her son had problems but she didn't understand the extent of his mental health struggles.