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Provincial inquest into deaths of men in Winnipeg police custody beginsPatrick Gagnon, then 41, died in police custody in October 2018. His case is the first to be examined as part of the group inquest.CrimeNov 7
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Inquest to be held into 2017 deaths of couple shot in Ontario hospitalDuring the incident in Cobourg, Ont., 70-year-old William Thomas Ryan, known as Tom, shot and killed his wife Gladys Helen Ryan, 76, while the couple was in hospital.CrimeAug 10
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Date set for inquest into elderly couple killed in Cobourg hospital ER shooting in 2017While the couple were in hospital, William Ryan, 70, shot his 76-year-old wife Helen. Two police officers shot and killed the man when he refused to put down the weapon.CrimeAug 9
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Inquest ordered into death of man shot by Peterborough police in 2019According to the SIU, William Shea had been involved in a standoff with city police and OPP and "raised a shotgun" at officers. A Peterborough Police Service officer then shot him.CrimeAug 4
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Police believed man killed in Lytton standoff shot in their direction, inquest hearsThe police who responded to a 911 call about a suicidal man told the coroner's jury in Burnaby, B.C., that when they arrived, Barry Shantz shot at them through a window.CrimeJul 5
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Inquest into deaths of 3 workers hit by vehicles at separate job sites set for AugustThe joint inquest into the deaths of Talbot Bouwman, Lawrence Brubacher-Horst and Adam Chmielarz is set to begin on Aug. 8.CanadaJul 5
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Family of B.C. man killed by police hopes inquest can prevent future ‘suicide by cop’Barry Shantz was shot by police at his Lytton, B.C., home during a six-hour standoff on Jan. 13, 2020. According to a watchdog report, he wanted to die at the hands of police.CrimeJul 4
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Myles Gray: VPD commits to inquest recommendations, critics say it’s not enoughThe VPD says it's committed to adopting the recommendations from a coroner's inquest into the beating death of Myles Gray, but advocates say key concerns remain unaddressed.CrimeJun 15
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Thunder Bay jail crowded, understaffed, inquest into Indigenous artist’s death hearsA senior officer at a Thunder Bay jail is telling an inquest the facility was understaffed and overcrowded with inmates when a renowned Indigenous artist died at the jail.CrimeApr 28
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Myles Gray: Inquest set to begin 7 years after fatal confrontation with policeMyles Gray, 33, died in the back yard of a home on the Vancouver-Burnaby border on Aug. 13, 2015.CrimeApr 14
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