Quebec Coroner

• Police testify at coroner’s inquiry into murder of sergeant by man with history of mental illness

  A Quebec coroner's inquiry is hearing Monday from police officers who had interacted with a mentally ill man in the months before he killed a provincial police sergeant.

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  Mar 11
  
• Quebec coroner calls for specialized mental health tribunal after 2022 killing spree

  Coroner Géhane Kamel makes several recommendations including transforming the province's mental health review board into a specialized tribunal as is the case in Ontario.

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  Feb 29
  
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• Quebec officer dead: Coroner inquest hears suspect’s parents wanted son hospitalized

  Provincial Public Security Minister François Bonnardel called for the public inquest to seek recommendations that will improve how authorities respond in the future.

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  Feb 12
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• ‘The war has begun’: Quebec coroner hears of stalking, custody concerns in familicide

  "He was stalking her,'' Najla Ben Ammar told the inquiry looking into the December 2019 killings of Dahia Khellaf, 42, and her sons, Adam, 4, and Aksil, 2.

  Crime

  Oct 25, 2023
• No choice other than peace bond in Quebec domestic violence case, Crown tells coroner

  Police homicide investigators concluded the three were strangled by Yssaad before he took his own life by leaping from a hospital window.

  Crime

  Oct 24, 2023
• Police response ‘too little, too late’ in case of Quebec sisters killed by father in 2020: coroner

  Quebec coroner Luc Malouin's report into Norah and Romy Carpentier's deaths was released Tuesday, more than three years after a large-scale manhunt unfolded.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2023
• Quebec coroner’s inquest into murder-suicide of Montreal family begins

  Without providing details, Quebec's chief coroner said in July 2022 that new facts had come to light that required further investigation.

  Crime

  Oct 23, 2023
• More diligent police search could have saved life of Cree teen: Quebec coroner

  Neebin Icebound died of hypothermia Oct. 9, 2022, in the Cree community of Waswanipi, about 490 kilometres northwest of Quebec City.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2023
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• Quebec rejects coroner’s recommendation to look at .05 blood-alcohol limit

  Quebec law uses the same .08 limit, but all other provinces have established a limit of .05 or lower — after which drivers could have their licences revoked or other sanctions.

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  Oct 10, 2023
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• Psychiatrist shortage denounced in aftermath of Quebec killing spree, coroner hears

  In response to the random killings, psychiatrist Simon Roussel wrote a letter indicating that patients in Laval couldn't be properly monitored because of a psychiatrist shortage.

  Crime

  Oct 5, 2023