Ontario Chief Coroner

• Coroner evaluating inquest request on cold-related homeless deaths in Toronto

  Ontario's chief coroner is investigating several cold-related deaths among Toronto's homeless population and evaluating whether to hold an inquest on the issue.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2022
  
• Ontario coroner reviews cases of unidentified human remains for links to residential schools

  Dr. Dirk Huyer says he now recognizes that his office may have missed identifying graves linked to residential schools in the province.

  Canada

  Oct 19, 2021
  
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• Bodies stored in unusual places due to full morgues at Ottawa hospitals, union says

  The Ottawa Hospital says space once used for autopsies has been converted to manage capacity issues but claims conference rooms aren't used to house bodies.

  Health

  Jan 7, 2020
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• Ontario coroner getting data for massive analysis of child and youth deaths

  Chief Coroner Dirk Huyer told Justice Sheilagh O'Connell on Tuesday that more than 7,000 people aged 10 to 24 years old have died in Ontario between 2007 and 2018. He said the project was an effort to better understand the factors at play.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2019
• 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
• Fentanyl laced cocaine confirmed in Ottawa, amid growing ‘crisis’ in Ontario

  Ottawa police have confirmed their first case of cocaine laced with fentanyl and are warning the public of the dangers of the potentially fatal opiate, which is increasingly showing up in illegal drugs across the province amid an overdose "public health crisis."

  Crime

  Oct 14, 2016