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Three Found Dead In Hudson

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The OPP are investigating the cause of death of three people over the weekend in Hudson near Sioux Lookout.

Police received a call Saturday afternoon about an unresponsive person.

When they arrived at the scene officers discover three people that were dead.

Post-mortem exams will be conducted this week in Toronto to help determine the causes of death.

The OPP don’t believe there is any danger to the public.

Anyone that might have information about the incident is asked to call the OPP in Sioux Lookout.

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Progress Made On Meeting Inquest Recommendations

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Lawyers for the families of six of the seven youth who were the subject of the First Nations Youth Inquest in Thunder Bay continue to grade the progress made in year three of meeting the inquest jury’s 145 recommendations.

Overall the grade for making headway on recommendations went up from a B+ in year two to an A-.

Thunder Bay saw it’s grade go up from an A- to an A.

The year one grade for the city was a C+.

Ontario also made progress going from a B to a B+.

Canada went from a C+ to a B+.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s grade increased from B- to A-, Matawa Learning Centre went from a B to an A-, Northern Nishnawbe Education Council and Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School stayed the same at an A+.

The families of Jethro Anderson, Reggie Bushie, Robyn Harper, Kyle Morrisseau, Paul Panacheese and Jordan Wabasse have been grading the progress on implementing the inquest recommendations since 2017.

The multi-year inquest looked into their deaths after they left their home communities to attend school in Thunder Bay.

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OPP Concerned With Deadly Summer

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Provincial Police are expressing concern with the number of charges and fatalities in Ontario this summer.

More than 1,100 charges have been laid for such things as impaired driving, dangerous driving and street racing since the end of June.

Sergeant Kerry Schmidt says the public has a role to be safer.

“We are out there doing our patrols every single day. We are trying to encourage safe behaviour but again we are enforcing the law when we see unsafe behaviour. Now have your seatbelt on is very important. Slow down, stay safe.

So far, 32 people have died this summer, including 23 on the highways and two in boating mishaps.

There have been five drowning’s reported.

Schmidt says many of the deaths were preventable.

“People not wearing life jackets. People driving aggressively, or distracted or impaired. People not wearing the safety equipment that they should have if their off-road, on a trail on a motorcycle.