Nicole Chan
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B.C. Liberal private member’s bill aims to bolster hospitals’ suicide prevention toolsA new B.C. bill would require hospital staff to try and contact a person's close family members when they are apprehended under the Mental Health Act.HealthMar 8
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BC Liberal MLA to pitch bill updating mental health law after VPD officer’s suicideGlobal News has learned the family of VPD Const. Nicole Chan will be in Victoria to watch BC Liberal South Surrey MLA Elenore Sturko introduce the bill.HealthMar 7
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Inquest into VPD officer’s suicide makes 12 recommendations aimed at police, Vancouver hospitalThe jury's recommendations following the Nicole Chan inquiry advise improving hospital communication and providing training and assessment within the Vancouver Police Department.HealthFeb 1
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Jury begins weighing recommendations at inquest into VPD Const. Nicole Chan’s suicideNicole Chan, 30, took her own life on Jan. 27, 2019, after she had lodged complaints about inappropriate relationships with two senior officers.HealthJan 31
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VPD officer who died by suicide worried ‘rumour mill’ would destroy her career, inquest hearsVPD Sgt. Corey Bech told a coroner's inquest into the suicide of Nicole Chan in Burnaby, B.C., that Chan worried she could never return to work due to departmental gossip.CrimeJan 30
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Hospital couldn’t legally hold VPD officer who died by suicide, inquest hearsThe testimony came on the fourth anniversary of Nicole Chan's death, and Friday's proceedings began with a somber minute of silence in her memory.HealthJan 27
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Suicidal VPD officer released from hospital within 2 hours night before death, inquest hearsConst. Nicole Chan took her own life in the early morning hours of Jan. 27, 2019, after officers escorted her home from the hospital.HealthJan 27
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‘I’m so sorry’: Inquest hears final words of VPD officer who died by suicideThe third day of testimony in an inquest into Nicole Chan's death heard from her boyfriend, who found her body, and a psychologist who had treated her.CrimeJan 25
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‘Please help me be a survivor’: VPD officer who died by suicide pleaded for help in letterNicole Chan had filed complaints against Sgt. David Van Patten and Sgt. Greg McCullough. This victim impact statement was about Van Patten specifically.CrimeJan 24
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Inquest hears VPD officer who died by suicide felt blackmailed into sex by superiorConst. Nicole Chan took her own life in 2019, two years after filing complaints against Sgt. David Van Patten and Sgt. Greg McCullough.CrimeJan 23
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