Chief Coroner For Ontario

• Ontario’s chief coroner wants ongoing training for coroners, inquiry hears

  Dr. Dirk Huyer spent a second day in the hot seat during the inquiry prompted by Elizabeth Wettlaufer's crimes.

  Crime

  Jul 17, 2018
  
• Elizabeth Wettlaufer inquiry resumes, hears from Ontario’s chief coroner

  Dr. Dirk Huyer told the inquiry there are certain requirements that make reporting a death to the coroner's office an obligation.

  Crime

  Jul 16, 2018
  
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• Ontario to track opioid overdoses on weekly basis for first time after spike in deaths

  Starting April 1, Ontario hospitals will begin tracking opioid overdoses in the province on a weekly basis for the first time in an effort to gain a near real-time look at the growing crisis, according to a letter from the provincial health minister obtained by Global News.

  Canada

  Mar 14, 2017
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• Dying alone: Hundreds of bodies are going unclaimed in Ontario and Quebec

  What if you died, and no one came to take your body? It’s happening more often in Canada’s most populous provinces.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2017
• Police identify man, 4 children killed in Ontario First Nation fire

  Ontario Provincial Police have identified five people who died in a fire that destroyed their home and ripped apart a First Nation community south of London, Ont.

  Canada

  Dec 23, 2016