Paul Macpherson News Today

Some in, some out, some moving up

On Sunday, after years of idleness following the departure of the PawSox, McCoy Stadium came alive again.

The jury at the coroner's inquest into the death of Shannon Sargent has begun deliberations following 13 days of testimony from witnesses and experts. They've been asked to determine whether the Indigenous woman's death in her Ottawa jail cell was a homicide.

An expert says social determinants of health put an Indigenous woman, Shannon Sargent, at greater risk than other inmates

A veteran corrections officer said it was a foregone conclusion that Shannon Sargent was being escorted to hospital to be triaged.

The correctional officer in charge of escorting Shannon Sargent back to hospital the evening before she died in her cell at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre never handed over a letter detailing concerns about Sargent's health, according to a retired nurse who dealt with him that day.

Testimony continued Friday at the inquest into the death of the woman who died at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on July 20, 2016.

Testimony continued Friday at the inquest into the death of the woman who died at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on July 20, 2016.

Nicole Feriancek has been named editor-in-chief of the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun newsroom.

A conversation with the staff physician at The Ottawa Hospital and a research scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.