Coroner's Report

• Vancouver Island hit-and-run killer died on street from toxic drugs: Coroner’s report

  Lucas Ian Brown, 35, was found unresponsive by a passerby on a public sidewalk on Dec. 17, 2020, and was last seen alive the previous evening by staff at an area business. 

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2023
  
• Family of woman who died at Lakeshore General Hospital wants new coroner’s report

  The family of a Quebec woman who died on the floor of her hospital room still want to know why she was placed in a room known to be difficult to monitor.

  Health

  Sep 27, 2022
  
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• 14 single-day temperature records toppled in B.C. as heat wave bears down

  While most the daily temperature records were broken by one to two degrees Celcius, some areas were significantly hotter than usual, according to the data from Environment Canada. 

  Weather

  Jul 27, 2022
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• Vernon on track for deadliest year of opioid crisis

  Vernon has already had its deadliest year for illicit drug deaths with 33 recorded until October this year.

  Health

  Dec 9, 2021
• Quebec woman who alleged negligence from hospital died of natural causes: coroner

  The coroner's investigation into the death found that the patient died of multiorgan failure due to a form of lymphoma linked to untreated HIV.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2021
• Coroner: Amber Alert called too late in case of Romy and Norah Carpentier

  The coroner who investigated the deaths of two young sisters murdered by their father is saying Quebec provincial police took too long to call an Amber Alert.

  Crime

  Nov 3, 2021
• B.C. heat wave saw 719 people die in one week, says B.C. coroner

  The coroners service said at least 719 people died in a six-day period, three times as many as would have normally been expected to die over the same number of days.

  Health

  Jul 2, 2021
• Mother’s call for action leads to report, recommendations 2 years after 12-year-old son’s death by suicide

  "I really lost my best friend. I really did. I miss him every single day."

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2021
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• Coroner releases report on suspected 2016 West Kelowna murder-suicide

  One death has been ruled a suicide. The other death is undetermined, according to a report from the BC Coroners Service.

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2021
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• Popular Vancouver sportswriter Jason Botchford died of an accidental overdose: coroner

  Botchford died suddenly on April 29, 2019 at the age of 48, leaving behind a wife and three children. 

  Sports

  Aug 28, 2020