First Nations student deaths inquest hears tearful testimony about Reggie Bushie
'The mom let out a really big scream, such a loud howl, like I've never heard before': Norma Kejick
School officials testified Monday, at the inquest into seven First Nations student deaths, about their efforts to find 15-year-old Reggie Bushie after he disappeared in October 2007.
Bushie, from Poplar Hill First Nation, is one of the students whose deaths are being examined by the inquest. All of the students died in Thunder Bay, Ont. between 2000 and 2011, while in the city to attend high school.
The 15-year-old Bushie was last seen near the McIntyre River with his brother, Ricki Strang, on Oct. 26, 2007. Both teens were intoxicated, according to previous testimony. Bushie's body was pulled from the river on Nov. 1, 2007.
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The inquest resumed on Monday after a scheduled week-long break. It is expected to continue until March 2016, when recommendations may be made about preventing future deaths.
Alma Hastings, an on-call student support worker in 2007, testified on Monday.
Norma Kejick also testified. She is currently the executive director at Northern Nishnawbe Education Council, that runs Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations high school in Thunder Bay where six of the seven youth who died were students.
Kejick was not involved with the school in 2007, but came to Thunder Bay to support a colleague who was involved with the search for Bushie and wound up in close contact with the students who were last seen with Bushie.
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