Inquest

Independent investigators ruled Eugene Marcano initiated a shootout with Kamloops RCMP officers tht resulted in his death. (File photo)

Inquest to probe death of man in a hail of police bullets near Kamloops

Eugene Marcano died in 2018 after opening fire on police during a ‘routine’ call

 

An RCMP tactical armoured vehicle similar to the one used by police during a hostage-taking in Whalley in 2019. (Photo: Troy Landreville)

In the line of fire: Armoured vehicle driver testifies at B.C. inquest

Inquest into deaths of Surrey’s Nona McEwan and Randy Crosson continues in Burnaby

 

A coroner’s inquest into the deaths of two volunteer Quebec firefighters who perished during a flood rescue last May in the Charlevoix region is underway. Rescuers carry the body of one of the two missing firefighters to a helicopter <em>in Baie-Saint-Paul, Que., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot </em>

Couple watched rescuing firefighters topple into floodwaters, inquest told

‘They were coming to save us’: testimony begins in deaths of two Quebec firefighters

 

Vanessa Burns, who had been in a domestic partnership with Myles Sanderson for 14 years, speaks to media during an afternoon break at the inquest into the apprehension and death of Myles Sanderson, who killed 11 people and injured 17 others on James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby community of Weldon in September 2022, held at a hotel conference room in Saskatoon, Wednesday, February 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Hugs follow jury recommendations in Saskatchewan mass killer inquest

Myles Sanderson died from an accidental overdose after a high-speed police chase

Vanessa Burns, who had been in a domestic partnership with Myles Sanderson for 14 years, speaks to media during an afternoon break at the inquest into the apprehension and death of Myles Sanderson, who killed 11 people and injured 17 others on James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby community of Weldon in September 2022, held at a hotel conference room in Saskatoon, Wednesday, February 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
The death of a Langley man will be the subject of a B.C. Coroner’s inquest. (Langley Advance Times files)

Coroner’s inquest to look into death of Langley man

Nicholas Goulding died in police custody almost four years ago

The death of a Langley man will be the subject of a B.C. Coroner’s inquest. (Langley Advance Times files)
A hotel conference room being used for the inquest into the apprehension and death of Myles Sanderson, who killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby community of Weldon back in September 2022, is shown in Saskatoon, Monday, February 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Cocaine overdose killed man responsible for Saskatchewan stabbing rampage

Pathologist testifies in inquest into the death of Myles Sanderson who killed 11 and wounded 17

A hotel conference room being used for the inquest into the apprehension and death of Myles Sanderson, who killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby community of Weldon back in September 2022, is shown in Saskatoon, Monday, February 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Coroner’s counsel Timothy Hawryluk leaves following the first day of the inquest into the apprehension and death of Myles Sanderson, who killed 11 people and injured 17 others on James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby community of Weldon back in September 2022, held at a hotel conference room in Saskatoon, Monday, February 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Details of Saskatchewan killer’s arrest expected in 2nd day of inquest

First day of testimony featured dash cam video of police chase leading up to Sanderson’s capture

Coroner’s counsel Timothy Hawryluk leaves following the first day of the inquest into the apprehension and death of Myles Sanderson, who killed 11 people and injured 17 others on James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby community of Weldon back in September 2022, held at a hotel conference room in Saskatoon, Monday, February 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Police and investigators are seen at the side of the road outside Rosthern, Sask., on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. RCMP say Myles Sanderson was taken into custody near Rosthern on the fourth day of a massive manhunt after a stabbing rampage that left 11 people dead and 18 injured. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

Inquest to begin into Saskatchewan mass killer’s death in custody

Myles Sanderson died after being arrested for stabbing rampage that killed 11, wounded 17

Police and investigators are seen at the side of the road outside Rosthern, Sask., on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. RCMP say Myles Sanderson was taken into custody near Rosthern on the fourth day of a massive manhunt after a stabbing rampage that left 11 people dead and 18 injured. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
The society that operated the Vancouver supportive housing building where a fire killed two people two years ago says it fully supports the recommendations of a coroner’s inquest. Debris falls to the ground as demolition resumes on the Winters Hotel after a body was found in the single room occupancy building, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Minister agrees with moving from old rooming hotels in wake of fatal fire

Winters Hotel inquest recommends phasing out public funding for single-room occupancy hotels

The society that operated the Vancouver supportive housing building where a fire killed two people two years ago says it fully supports the recommendations of a coroner’s inquest. Debris falls to the ground as demolition resumes on the Winters Hotel after a body was found in the single room occupancy building, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Demolition takes place at the Winters Hotel in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. fatal fire inquest jury urges higher standards for SRO buildings

Winters Hotel jury also wants end of public funding of privately owned rooming hotels

Demolition takes place at the Winters Hotel in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A large-scale fire broke out in a structure at the corner of Abbott and Water streets in Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood April 11. (Credit: Matt Piercy)

Winters Hotel jury deliberating as inquest into deadly B.C. fire nears end

Group will be looking to make recommendations that could help avoid similar deaths

A large-scale fire broke out in a structure at the corner of Abbott and Water streets in Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood April 11. (Credit: Matt Piercy)
Darryl Burns, left to right, whose sister Gloria was one of the people killed on James Smith Cree Nation, Chelsey Stonestand, a representative of Burns’ family, and Brian (Buggy) Burns, whose wife, Bonnie, and son, Gregory, were both killed, speaks to media following the final day of the public coroner’s inquest into the mass stabbings that happened on James Smith Cree Nation in 2022 in Melfort, Sask. on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Saskatchewan stabbing inquest concludes, offering comfort and direction

Jury, coroner make 29 recommendations aimed at police and First Nations

Darryl Burns, left to right, whose sister Gloria was one of the people killed on James Smith Cree Nation, Chelsey Stonestand, a representative of Burns’ family, and Brian (Buggy) Burns, whose wife, Bonnie, and son, Gregory, were both killed, speaks to media following the final day of the public coroner’s inquest into the mass stabbings that happened on James Smith Cree Nation in 2022 in Melfort, Sask. on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Treaty Commissioner of Saskatchewan, Mary Musqua-Culbertson, speaks to media during the public coroner’s inquest into the mass stabbings that happened on James Smith Cree Nation in 2022 in Melfort, Sask., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Jury expected to get instructions in Saskatchewan stabbing rampage

Coroner’s inquest nears end in 2022 James Smith Cree Nation mass killing

Treaty Commissioner of Saskatchewan, Mary Musqua-Culbertson, speaks to media during the public coroner’s inquest into the mass stabbings that happened on James Smith Cree Nation in 2022 in Melfort, Sask., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
The manager of a downtown Vancouver rooming house that was the site of a fatal fire in 2022 broke down in tears at an inquest, telling the jury that staff needed better training in fire safety. An April 11 fire gutted the building, killing Mary Ann Garlow, 63, and Dennis Guay, 53, whose remains were found more than a week later when the building was being demolished. The Winters Hotel is demolished in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Tearful manager pleads for training in wake of fatal B.C. rooming house fire

2022 Winters Hotel fire in Vancouver gutted the building and killed two people

The manager of a downtown Vancouver rooming house that was the site of a fatal fire in 2022 broke down in tears at an inquest, telling the jury that staff needed better training in fire safety. An April 11 fire gutted the building, killing Mary Ann Garlow, 63, and Dennis Guay, 53, whose remains were found more than a week later when the building was being demolished. The Winters Hotel is demolished in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A jury in a coroner’s inquest into the police killing of a B.C. man eight years ago says the province and the RCMP should speed up the introduction of police body cameras. An RCMP officer wears a body camera in Bible Hill, N.S. on Sunday, April 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Body cams, dash cams priority after B.C. fatal police shooting inquest

Police staffing, training also focus after hearing on incident that claimed the life of Waylon Edey

A jury in a coroner’s inquest into the police killing of a B.C. man eight years ago says the province and the RCMP should speed up the introduction of police body cameras. An RCMP officer wears a body camera in Bible Hill, N.S. on Sunday, April 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Edward James Waddell was found dead in a Kelowna cell on April 1, 2017. (Submitted)

Inquest begins into case of man who died in Kelowna police custody

Edward James Waddell was found dead on April 1, after being arrested for a car crash the day before

Edward James Waddell was found dead in a Kelowna cell on April 1, 2017. (Submitted)
Margie Gray arrives for the first day of a coroner’s inquest into the beating death of her son, Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, in Burnaby, B.C., on April 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Myles Gray’s mother says conclusion of B.C. coroner’s inquest marks end of chapter

‘People know the truth and that to me is a huge, huge piece’

Margie Gray arrives for the first day of a coroner’s inquest into the beating death of her son, Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, in Burnaby, B.C., on April 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Protesters hold banners with a photograph of Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, before the start of a coroner’s inquest into his death, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, April 17, 2023. The five jury members at the British Columbia coroner’s inquest have begun their deliberations after hearing 11 days of testimony about a beating by Vancouver police officers and the death of Myles Gray.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. coroner’s jury says Vancouver police should expedite use of body cameras

Jury found Myles Gray died by homicide, a neutral term that doesn’t imply fault or blame

Protesters hold banners with a photograph of Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, before the start of a coroner’s inquest into his death, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, April 17, 2023. The five jury members at the British Columbia coroner’s inquest have begun their deliberations after hearing 11 days of testimony about a beating by Vancouver police officers and the death of Myles Gray.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Protesters hold banners with a photograph of Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, before the start of a coroner’s inquest into his death, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, April 17, 2023. The five jury members at the British Columbia coroner’s inquest have begun their deliberations after hearing 11 days of testimony about a beating by Vancouver police officers and the death of Myles Gray.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Jury deliberates at B.C. inquest into man’s death after a police beating

Myles Gray died in August 2015 after a beating by several police officers

Protesters hold banners with a photograph of Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, before the start of a coroner’s inquest into his death, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, April 17, 2023. The five jury members at the British Columbia coroner’s inquest have begun their deliberations after hearing 11 days of testimony about a beating by Vancouver police officers and the death of Myles Gray.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Protesters hold banners with a photograph of Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, before the start of a coroner’s inquest into his death, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, April 17, 2023. The coroner presiding over the inquest says he won’t allow the jury to see a photograph showing injuries at the time the 33-year-old died, because the application was made too late in the process. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Application for jury to see photo of Myles Gray’s injuries made too late: coroner

Larry Marzinzik said his view would have been “very different” had lawyer brought it up earlier

Protesters hold banners with a photograph of Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, before the start of a coroner’s inquest into his death, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, April 17, 2023. The coroner presiding over the inquest says he won’t allow the jury to see a photograph showing injuries at the time the 33-year-old died, because the application was made too late in the process. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck