First Nations Student Deaths Inquest
A joint inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations students is running Thunder Bay, Ont. All of the students died between 2000 and 2011 while attending high school in the city, hundreds of kilometres away from their remote First Nations where access to education is limited.
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Courtroom cleared while lawyers decide whether to continue w/witness. Lewis is final witness of 2015. #tbinquest supposed to wrap at 1 p.m.by Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 5:11:52 PM -
Coroner's counsel: this is not a dissection of police practice, but to find the truth of what happened to Kyle Morriseau #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 5:09:37 PM
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Coroner's counsel: witnesses being asked again + again what happened, witness says I don't know, I wasn't the 1 who followed up #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 5:06:40 PM
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Police association lawyer says 'the fact we're not hearing from the lead investigator is not this witness's fault' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 5:05:09 PM
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Jury excused after objection from police associaton's lawyer about line of questioning of Lewis. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 5:03:13 PM
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The criminal investigations branch typically handles missing persons cases, Lewis says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 4:51:51 PM
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Morrisseau was reported missing to police on Oct. 28. Lewis has no mention of him in his police notes until Nov. 9 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 4:50:36 PM
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Next witness is #tbay police officer Don Lewis, in charge of criminal investigations in 2009 when Kyle Morriseau went missing #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 4:49:37 PM
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He said 'the guy looked like bad news' Baxter says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 3:31:58 PM
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Juror asks Baxter abt a note that Kyle's friend was concerned about Kyle being w/Ivan Masakeyash. Why was he concerned? she asks #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 3:31:06 PM
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Dr. Eden says inquest 'is not an audit of #tbay police procedures'. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 3:24:48 PM
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Presiding Coroner Dr. Eden rules further questions about whether a 'police information' was laid in this case is beyond #tbinquest scopeby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 3:23:25 PM
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Police service lawyer Ted Morocco says he wants to ensure jury understands police distinction btwn a crime & a suspicious death #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 3:15:56 PM
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Coroner's counsel Trevor Jukes: My concern is that we may be getting mired in minutiae of criminal procedure #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 3:10:49 PM
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Lawyer Chantelle Bryson: there was a lack of a fulsome investigation therefore we'll never know how Kyle ended up in the water #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 3:06:27 PM
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Jury excused while presiding coroner decides if Baxter can be questioned further about reasonable + probable grounds #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 3:04:25 PM
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Baxter says he had no reasonable and probable grounds to believe a crime was committed in Morriseau's death #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 2:56:48 PM
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Lots of objections by variety of lawyers during cross-examination of Baxter #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 2:54:04 PM
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'We're trained investigators as well as community liaison guys,' Baxter says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 2:49:31 PM
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Baxter says not unusual for Criminal Investigation specialists not to lead investigations involving Aboriginal organizations #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 2:48:54 PM
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Baxter says he and another Aboriginal liaison officer were the lead investigators on Morriseau's disappearance #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 2:47:26 PM
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Kyle Morriseau was mistakenly listed as a runaway on the police missing persons report #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 2:43:52 PM
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Baxter says 'habitual runaways' not as high priority for #tbay police. 'Not to say we don't care,' but not same as other teens #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 2:43:18 PM
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Baxter says he used his own boat to help with #tbay search of river, says police don't have their own boat. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 2:36:34 PM
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First Nations leaders had identified last person seen with Kyle by Nov. 1, police didn't speak to that person until Nov 11 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 2:34:23 PM
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Baxter was the #tbay police Aboriginal liaison w/ First Nations searchers for Kyle Morriseau #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 2:31:04 PM
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It's the final day of testimony this year at #tbinquest Thunder Bay police officer Larry Baxter being cross-examined re: Kyle Morriseauby Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 2:25:22 PM
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Federal Cabinet Minister @PattyHajdu talking to father of Kyle Morriseau at entrance of #tbinquest on Thursday.by Jody Porter via twitter 12/17/2015 2:21:57 PM
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Father uses Ojibway legend to make peace with death of his son. Hear Christian Morriseau tonight on @cbcasithappens #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/16/2015 10:36:50 PM
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I'm not at the #tbinquest this morning. You can watch the live-stream here: cbc.ca/news/canada/th…by Jody Porter via twitter 12/16/2015 2:15:09 PM
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'We've had a lot of evidence and I think we all agree that no one knows how Kyle got in the river,' Coroner's counsel tells him #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 9:26:19 PM
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Lawyer thanks Oombash for testimony. 'I wanted closure for myself,' Oombash says. 'Did they ever find out what happened to Kyle?' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 9:23:31 PM
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Lawyer asks Oombash if he mistook the date he and Kyle shared the pill. 'No that was the night I last saw him,' Oombash says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 9:19:45 PM
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'I wasn't going to talk to an officer about my drug use,' Oombash says of why he didn't tell police about pill Kyle gave him #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 9:17:47 PM
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Oombash says he told police he watched Kyle 'walk to the sidewalk in the distance, he was gone.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 9:16:45 PM
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Oombash didn't take part in search for Kyle. "Nobody likes post traumatic stress from seeing a dead body," he says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 9:10:44 PM
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Oombash says he went to grief counselling, arranged by his student support worker, after Kyle's body was found in the river #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 9:04:20 PM
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Oombash says he watched Kyle leave the house and thought 'same thing I always thought about students: I hope he's okay' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 8:58:18 PM
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'I told him I didn't do that stuff' Oombash says, but Kyle gave him half. 'He gave me a straw and it went up my nose.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 8:55:56 PM
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'Kyle said it was the only one he had and he was going to have to pay for it,' Oombash says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 8:54:14 PM
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'I wasn't familiar with a lot of things...he pulled out a prescription pill, told me it was a Percocet.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 8:53:20 PM
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Just before Kyle disappeared, Oombash says he went to see Kyle in his room at the boarding home #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 8:52:00 PM
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'Us students, we always new if each other was drinking or doing drugs,' Oombash says, they'd brag about 'having a few shots' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 8:46:58 PM
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When Kyle would come back to the boarding home late, Oombash says 'I kind of just thought he was seeing a girl' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 8:46:18 PM
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'He had other friends, it seemed like,' Oombash says of why he and Kyle didn't go out together at night #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 8:42:14 PM