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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Keejick crying as she relays questions she asked Ricki. 'Did you go in the water to get your brother?' He nodded yes, she says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 4:45:41 PM -
Keejick says she was walking the river's edge w/ Ricki and other students, under May St. bridge when they saw the OPP dive team #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 4:39:45 PM
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Keejick says Ricki asked her to walk the river with him on Thursday to review details from his last night with Reggie #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 4:37:47 PM
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Keejick, who has a family member who committed suicide, gave Ricki her phone # to call if he was thinking of harming himself #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 4:36:03 PM
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Keejick says boys told her they may not have been wholly truthful with police abt what happened with Reggie b/c they were afraid #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 4:32:15 PM
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Keejick says she asked to see Reggie's brother Ricki to talk to him with support of elders #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 4:29:51 PM
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Keejick says she + students walked the river. "I wanted to find Reggie, but I didn't want to to be the 1 to find him, you know" #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 4:25:21 PM
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Keejick says the students told her there were 7 of them drinking that night and they had seven 40 oz. bottles of liquor #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 4:19:53 PM
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Keejick says she met two students from Poplar Hill after the ceremony + they took her to place where they were drinking w/Reggie #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 4:16:27 PM
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On Wednesday, Keejick says she consulted an elder and a ceremony with a drum was arranged at the river's edge #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 4:07:42 PM
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On Tuesday, Keejick and another school walk the river where Curran Strang was found, looking for Reggie Bushie #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 4:06:10 PM
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Keejick says she was frustrated by the lack of communication about the search. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 4:01:20 PM
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Keejick says she later learned the boy who collapsed outside the police station was Reggie's brother Ricki Strang #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:58:10 PM
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Keejick: I remember seeing a boy come out of the police station, as soon as he gets out he drops to his knees and starts crying #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:56:12 PM
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Keejick says she came to #bay 3 days after Bushie went missing to support a colleague who was w/school's counselling program #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:54:46 PM
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Next witness is Norma Keejick, current head of Northern Nishnawbe Education Council, principal at Wahsa distance ed. in 2007 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:52:10 PM
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Another juror asks Hastings to clarify what drugs and pills. 'They were doing the pills. Then the suboxone program started." #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:25:59 PM
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Juror asks Hastings about a remork she made that students don't drink any more. "There's drugs and pills," Hastings says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:24:41 PM
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Hastings says police don't say that anymore and student-led foot patrol working well to find students drinking near river #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:23:37 PM
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Hastings says police had told workers to wait on missing persons reports b/c students 'probably out drinking for the weekend' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:22:41 PM
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Hastings says when told at boarding home it was Ricki missing they didn't file a missing persons report b/c Ricki was older #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:20:31 PM
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Hastings says she has no way of knowing whether Reggie Bushie was in the group of students who encountered police that night #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:18:59 PM
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'Do you mean police arriving at a location and students running away b/c they don't want to get caught drinking?' Hastings: yes #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:18:11 PM
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Lawyer for police asks Hasting about her saying students were 'chased by police' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:17:19 PM
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Hastings remembers Ricki, 17, collapsing after interview alone w/police when his brother Reggie was missing 'he was very upset' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:06:07 PM
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The boarding home where Reggie and Ricki stayed was shut down after Reggie went missing, Hastings says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 3:01:49 PM
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'I just tell them not to drink,' Hastings says. "You got all the time in the world to drink, you need your education' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 2:58:54 PM
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LawyerJonathan Rudin: we don't want to encourage kids to drink, but we know kids are drinking, what is a less risky prospect?#tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 2:58:10 PM
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Lawyer for Bushie's mother: kids unable to drink in boarding homes "pushes them off to risky places that are hard to find" #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 2:56:51 PM
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"Friday nights are always busy" for on-call workers, Hastings says b/c students are often out drinking by river #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 2:49:30 PM
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Next day it became obvious Reggie was missing, Hastings says. Search ensued 'We have hot spots we check, we didn't find anyone' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 2:41:08 PM
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'When I thought I knew Reggie was home, I was relieved because he was only 15," Hastings says. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 2:38:52 PM
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Hastings says she went to the boarding home to check on Reggie, was mistakenly told he was home and brother Ricki was missing #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 2:37:32 PM
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Reggie and brother Ricki "were seen drinking by the river earlier and were chased away by police' Hastings says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 2:35:50 PM
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First witness is Alma Hastings who was an on-call student support worker in 2007, working the night Reggie Bushie disappeared #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 2:33:14 PM
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First Nations student deaths inquest resumes after week-long break. Evidence about Reggie Bushie's 2007 death continues #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/7/2015 2:24:23 PM
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'Strong enough now to face this': a few more than the usual 140 words about the #tbinquest cbc.ca/1.3340455 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVBNds0WUAExsUm.jpg
by Jody Porter via twitter 11/30/2015 12:20:18 AM -
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Glena: Nothing that we can conclude that he caused his own death or someone else caused his death, no determination either way #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 11/27/2015 5:27:43 PM
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Presiding coroner asks if Glena can summarize police info to help jury determine whether Bushie's death was accidental or not #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 11/27/2015 5:25:30 PM
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Police service lawyer asks Glena: do you have any reasonable and probable grounds to believe a crime was committed ' re Bushie #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 11/27/2015 5:20:38 PM
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Detectives returned to the boarding home on Oct. 29, 'looked through to make sure Reggie wasn't there' Glenna says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 11/27/2015 5:07:44 PM
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Police attended Bushie's boarding home less than an hour after the missing persons report filed #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 11/27/2015 5:04:18 PM
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No search of river took place on Oct. 30 b/c OPP dive team had to travel from southern Ont. + took a day to get here, Glena says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 11/27/2015 4:59:42 PM