Inquest into B.C. woman’s starvation death recommends better pay for front-line caregivers

Inquest into B.C. woman’s starvation death recommends better pay for front-line caregivers

The jury in the Florence Girard coroner's inquest has returned a unanimous verdict, classifying the death of the 54-year-old woman with Down syndrome as homicide caused by starvation.Homicide is a neutral term for human-caused death that does not imply criminality or intent.The five-person jury also

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