The long-awaited, much delayed inquest into the death of an artist from a remote First Nation in northwestern Ontario began Monday morning in Thunder Bay.
Moses (Amik) Beaver, 56, died at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre on Feb. 13, 2017. He was transferred to hospital from the Thunder Bay District Jail, where he was found unresponsive in a cell.
More than six years later, Beaver’s family will learn the circumstances surrounding his death, including how and why he died. The inquest was first scheduled in 2019 but had been delayed numerous times.
Monday’s opening proceedings lasted under 90 minutes after the hearing was told that the witnesses
