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Forensic investigator jury Chantel Moore considers his death a homicide

The jury in the New Brunswick coroner’s investigation into Chantel Moore’s deadly shooting has ruled his death a homicide. The 26-year-old Indigenous woman was shot by an Edmundston police officer during a “welfare review” after advancing toward him with a knife on the morning of June 4, 2020. Moore, a member of the Tla-o-qui-aht First …

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Montreal has 17 suspected cases of smallpox; officials say “it’s not highly contagious” or serious

Montreal Public Health said it is urging health workers to be alert for monkeypox after seeing 17 suspicious cases in the area over the past week. The head of public health, Dr. Mylene Drouin, said on Thursday, however, that the disease is not extremely contagious and is the mildest of two strains. The virus is …

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