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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#tbinquest resumes Friday with testimony from Myda O'Keese. Jurors have heard that O'Keese was Jordan Wabasse's girlfriend in 2010/11by Jody Porter via twitter 1/15/2016 2:45:57 PM -
Hear Christian Morriseau react to police testimony at #tbinquest about his son's death on @UpNorthCBC at 4:40 ET http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYtcfENWMAMeiWy.jpg
by Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 9:16:20 PM -
Actually, inquest now adjourned. Friday's testimony expected to run from 9:15 - 11 a.m. Jordan's girlfriend scheduled to testify #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 8:46:20 PM
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I'm back at the office. You can watch the #tbinquest live stream here: cbc.ca/news/canada/th…by Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 8:41:39 PM
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Overheard in courtroom during break, one lawyer to another: this inquest is like the Hotel California, you can never leave #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 8:13:28 PM
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Pike says there was nothing concerning in Jordan's behaviour while he was riding the bus the night he disappeared #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:57:59 PM
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Pike says he told #tbay police there was nothing unusual about his shift the night that Jordan took his bus, later disappeared #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:54:28 PM
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Pike says city hall bus terminal is not as bad as old Brodie terminal used to be for 'people hanging around' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:51:06 PM
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Pike says he has received no formal training in his 10 years on the job for dealing with intoxicated people #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:49:16 PM
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Presiding coroner rules that there is a 'factual basis' to proceed with questions about transit policy but not of this witness #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:43:57 PM
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NNEC lawyer: we need to look at this issue b/c we've heard kids consume alcohol and get on the bus #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:33:49 PM
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NAN lawyer: we have a 15-yr-old with a pronounced stumble getting on the bus, taken somewhere in winter, left alone in the dark #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:31:23 PM
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'You're talking about a hypothetical risk' to students, presiding Coroner Dr. Eden says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:28:32 PM
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'Role of transit drivers pretty fundamental to student safety,' PACY lawyer Chantelle Bryson argues #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:27:33 PM
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Jury excused while coroner asks PACY lawyer about relevancy of her questions about #tbay transit policy #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:26:01 PM
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Pike: We're always on the lookout for people who can't help themselves or may pass out in a snow bank, then we make a call #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:22:25 PM
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Pike: If they can get on the bus and pay their fare and know where to get off, we're gonna let them ride #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:21:19 PM
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Pike says he sees about 3 or 4 customers per day who are visibly impaired/intoxicated #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:19:10 PM
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Police records show Pike was interviewed for 11 minutes by #tbay police #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:15:33 PM
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Pike now saying he may have spoken to #tbay police about 3 days after Jordan took his bus. 'It was a brief discussion' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:14:31 PM
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Pike says he spoke to OPP for about an hour about what he recalled from 2.5 years earlier, the night Jordan Wabasse disappeared #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:12:49 PM
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Pike says the first time he was interviewed by police about Jordan Wabasse was 2013 when OPP were doing their interviews for #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:10:39 PM
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Pike says he has called police about an unruly intoxicated passenger about 20 times in his 10 yr career #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:04:57 PM
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'I first tell them to knock it off or cut it out or I'll have to kick them off the bus or call the police,' Pike says. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:03:49 PM
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Pike says he has never seen any written #tbay transit policy on dealing with intoxicated passengers #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:02:42 PM
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Pike says about once a month he has to deal with an intoxicated passenger on the bus in #tbay #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 7:01:47 PM
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Next witness is James Pike, the #tbay transit driver on bus Jordan took on the night he disappeared. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 6:55:32 PM
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Keeskitay says she was 16 when she spoke w/ #tbay police about Jordan. Says she was not offered a support person by police. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 5:21:20 PM
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Keeskitay says she had eggs thrown at her in #tbay . 'I just never let it bug me,' she says. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 5:19:09 PM
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Keeskitay says she had a video on her phone of Jordan on the night he disappeared. #tbay police never asked her for it #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 5:16:34 PM
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Keeskitay says that police interviewed her once, a few days after Jordan disappeared. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 5:15:16 PM
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Keeskitay says she heard the next day that Jordan was missing #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 5:12:54 PM
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Keeskitay says she watched Jordan get off the bus and start to walk towards his boarding home #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 5:08:09 PM
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Semple has 3 kids now. 'I don't think I would really want them to come out when they're that age' for high school #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 4:36:22 PM
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'We did tell people [about getting stuff thrown at them] but what can they do actually?' Semple says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 4:35:28 PM
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Semple says he experienced racism in #tbay regularly: 'People driving by, throw stuff, eggs, pop cans, beer bottles' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 4:34:05 PM
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PACY lawyer Chantelle Bryson: what was the hardest thing being out in #tbay for school? Semple: Drinking #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 4:31:46 PM
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Semple says he became friends with the guy Jordan had pointed out on the bus several years after Jordan disappeared. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 4:28:42 PM
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On further questioning Semple says he's 'pretty sure' he was the one who bought the alcohol that night #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 4:26:54 PM
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Semple says if police had shown him photo from bus back in 2011, he could have pointed out guy Jordan said fought him #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 4:25:08 PM
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"I didn't talk to no cops' during the 3 months that Jordan was missing, Semple says. No one asked him. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 4:21:27 PM
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Semple says he first talked to police in 2013 when the OPP were doing interviews for the #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 4:20:05 PM
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Semple says he doesn't remember talking to police or community searchers about being with Jordan the night he disappeared #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 4:18:03 PM
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Semple says later that night he was picked up by police at his boarding home for breach of probation, taken to district jail #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 4:17:10 PM
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Semple says it was a 26er, the boys poured all of it into a 'movie cup' with a straw and lid to carry it around for the night #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 1/14/2016 4:16:08 PM