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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At 16, Kakekapetum says he dropped out of school. 'All my life when I come up short, I feel like I'm not good enough.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/8/2016 1:49:20 PM -
1st witness Fri. is Abe Kakekapetum, elder at Dennis Franklin Cromarty high school. He is a residential school survivor #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/8/2016 1:39:41 PM
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Final day of testimony at #tbinquest . 3 people in the gallery. Me, wife of first witness, and rep from child advocate's office.by Jody Porter via twitter 4/8/2016 1:35:25 PM
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Evidence concluded today. Two more witnesses left for final day of evidence on Friday, both elders. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 7:37:17 PM
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Juror asks: what effect does 'no foul play' have on your determination. Rose: tells us the police aren't suspicious #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 7:31:26 PM
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Rose: Neglect would be a legal finding, not part of a pathologist's determination #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 7:29:12 PM
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Juror asks Rose if neglect can be a cause of death or a contributing factor #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 7:28:12 PM
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Rose says there are 'just too many questions' to determine Jordan Wabasse's death was accidental #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 7:19:55 PM
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Rose says that Jethro, Curran, Reggie and Kyle had 'significant impairing amounts of alcohol' but not at fatal levels #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 7:12:14 PM
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Here's the statement of facts, agreed to by all lawyers, about the student who was pushed in the river #tbinquest http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfdjjFnW8AErjMg.jpg
by Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 7:03:06 PM -
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Daniel: If you have alcohol on one side + 6 months of evidence at #tbinquest on the other side, you still tip towards alcohol? #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:40:21 PM
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Daniel: Given police can't select between theories, how can you? Rose: One could come to a different opinion. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:39:03 PM
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NAN lawyer Meaghan Daniel: police have 3 theories about how Kyle Morriseau got in the water, unable to select between them. 1/1 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:37:28 PM
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Nishnawbe Aski Nation lawyer: if we remove presence of alcohol, would your opinion of accidental change? Rose: not necessarily #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:35:38 PM
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Rudin: These aren't just a bunch of people having a bunch of drinks and going swimming #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:27:37 PM
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Rose: 'The majority of people who die of drowning, die accidentally' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:26:35 PM
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Rudin: We now know there were people throwing kids in the water, that's not sufficient for you to reconsider accidental? #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:24:42 PM
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Rose: I would agree we don't know how any of the young men got to the water #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:18:45 PM
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Rudin: 'If youdon't know how someone got somewhere, you don't know if they got there on their own.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:17:38 PM
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Family lawyer Jonathan Rudin about students' body's found in the water: 'We don't now how they got to the water'. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:16:36 PM
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Rose: If someone had taken Robyn Harper to hospital 'it's certainly possible that she might have survived' alcohol poisoning #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:10:56 PM
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Rose: I rely on facts. 'If it turns out the facts are wrong or additional facts become available I might change my opinion' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:05:43 PM
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'Applying this to what happened to these young men would be speculation,' Rose says. 'I don't speculate' 2/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:04:34 PM
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Rose asked if agreed statement of facts about the other student who survived being pushed in the water changes her opinion 1/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 6:02:07 PM
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Rose says there was 'no definite action by someone else' evident in Jordan's death, but decomposition prohibits certainty #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:59:07 PM
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Rose's opinion re Kyle Morriseau, 17, died in 2009, manner of death = accidental #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:53:04 PM
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Rose's opinion re: Reggie Bushie, 15, died in 2007, manner of death = accidental #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:50:53 PM
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Rose's opinion re: Curran Strang, 18, who died in 2005 = accidental, same reasons as Jethro Anderson #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:47:54 PM
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Rose's opinion on Jethro Anderson, 15, died in 2000. 'No evidence to support an intentional action by anyone else' = accidental #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:46:34 PM
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Rose re: Robyn Harper: Drinking too much alcohol had the unintended consequence of her dying' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:45:36 PM
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Rose's opinion: Robyn Harper, 18, died in 2007. Manner of death: accidental. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:43:22 PM
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Rose says: Paul Panacheese, 21, who died in 2006, died of natural causes (genetic disease) or undetermined manner in her opinion #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:40:09 PM
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Rose is now offering her opinion on manner of death for seven students who died, but says she hasn't been following #tbinquest evidence.by Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:36:52 PM
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'Manner of death is an opinion, flowing from cause of death, it's not a guess and not speculation,' Rose says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:32:12 PM
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Rose says suicide = someone does something to himself, causes harm they could foresee would result in their own death #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:31:12 PM
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Nothing more is said about student who was pushed in river in 2008. Next witnesses: pathologists who were the 1st to testify at #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:14:08 PM
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Agreed statement of facts: the student told authorities, went back home, 'never returned to DFC as he felt unsafe in #tbay ' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:11:42 PM
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Agreed statement of facts: student met a group of unknown males, 'they attacked him', he swam to other side of river to escape #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:09:40 PM
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Inquest resumes w/ coroner's counsel reading agreed statement of facts about a student who was pushed in a #tbay river in 2008 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 5:08:38 PM
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See the relief. They're done testifying! Pedro Anishinabie (l) & River Kakekagumick. #tbinquest on break until 1 pm http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cfc0HwBXEAAKor-.jpg
by Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 3:35:57 PM -
'I don't even tell them about my homework,' Anishinabie says of his boarding parents' involvement. Laughs from peers in gallery #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 3:14:36 PM
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Lawyer: You said you get homesick quite a bit? Anishinabie: Every day #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 3:12:18 PM
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'A student residence would help out a lot,' Kakekagumick says. ''With lots of activities + a jam room w/lots of instruments' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 2:46:27 PM
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'More visits,' w/family, Anishinabie says of his recommendation for #tbinquest . 'Probably 2 times a month.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 2:44:40 PM