Chief Coroner

• B.C. announces appointment of new chief coroner

  The British Columbia government has appointed Dr. Jatinder Baidwan as the province's new chief coroner following the retirement of Lisa Lapointe earlier this year.

  Health

  Aug 8
  
• Body of 40-year-old man found on Orillia woods, police investigating

  OPP are investigating after a body was found in a wooded area in the City of Orillia on Thursday night. An autopsy will be held to determine the cause of death.

  Crime

  Jun 15, 2023
  
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• Coroner to hear motion on inquest into 2018 death at Brantford, Ont. school for the blind

  Ontario's regional coroner's office will listen to a motion related to the pending inquest into the death of Samuel Brown, a student at W. Ross Macdonald School for the Blind.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2023
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• Police share new details on death of woman found behind London, Ont. school

  Police in London, Ont., say the death of a woman who died in hospital after being found behind a school in medical distress has been deemed not suspicious.

  Crime

  Dec 28, 2022
• Inmate’s death under investigation by Bracebridge OPP

  Members of the Bracebridge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are currently investigating a death at a correctional facility in Gravenhurst.

  Crime

  Dec 20, 2022
• Okanagan cities on track to set new record for toxic drug deaths

  Amid a 'toxic and volatile drug supply,' Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon are all poised to surpass the number of overdose deaths of 2021 with three months remaining in 2022. 

  Health

  Nov 8, 2022
• OPP investigating discovery of human remains in Zorra Township

  Very few details have been made public about the discovery, but police say they believe it to be an isolated incident, and that it is not considered to be historic in nature.

  Canada

  Jun 28, 2022
• Coroner to reopen case into B.C. woman’s drowning during 2016 canoe trip with husband

  BC’s Chief Coroner has reopened its probe into the apparent drowning of Arlene Westervelt 'to ensure (it) has done all it can' in 'determining the circumstances' of her death.

  Crime

  Apr 21, 2022
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• Public inquest to be held into death of Fishing Lake First Nation man shot by police

  A public inquest into the 2019 death of Lucien Silverquill from the Fishing Lake First Nation, who was fatally shot by police, will take place in Yorkton, Sask. beginning in May.

  Crime

  Apr 14, 2022
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• Illicit drug deaths in July second highest month ever, says B.C. coroner

  A new report from British Columbia's coroner says suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in July were the second-highest ever recorded in a single month in the province.

  Health

  Sep 29, 2021