First Nations student deaths inquest hears from mother of Paul Panacheese
CBC News | Posted: October 8, 2015 4:58 PM | Last Updated: October 8, 2015
The inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations students in Thunder Bay, Ont., heads into its fourth day on Thursday when the jury is expected to hear testimony from one of the students' family members for the first time.
The inquest is looking into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of seven young people between the ages of 15 and 21, all of whom came to Thunder Bay from remote First Nations in northern Ontario to attend high school.
Their deaths occurred between 2000 and 2011.
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The first days of two days of testimony were taken up with pathology and toxicology reports for all seven deaths, information about the First Nations education authority that runs the school that six of the seven students attended, and a tour of that school.
On Thursday, Maryanne Panacheese, the mother of 21-year-old Paul Panacheese, who died in 2006, was expected to testify.
Here is a look at the some of the proceedings on Thursday from the CBC reporter in the courtroom.
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