{"id":575864,"date":"2026-04-01T20:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575864\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:27:10","slug":"quebec-coroner-investigating-after-three-homeless-people-died-last-week-in-montreal-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575864\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec coroner investigating after three homeless people died last week in Montreal | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The coroner will also investigate the Oct. 24 death of Marie Soleil Nantais, 46, and the Sept. 23 death of 30-year-old Jennifer De Nobile.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bernier said the inquest will offer an in-depth analysis into the contributing factors of the five deaths, and he has tasked coroner St\u00e9phanie Gamache and prosecutor \u00c9milie Fay-Carlos to conduct the hearings.<\/p>\n<p>The chief coroner says Gamache can also consider other recent deaths under similar circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the rise in deaths among people experiencing homelessness, a thorough examination is needed to address the underlying human and social issues,\u201d Bernier said in the release. \u201cBecause every life matters, it is essential to shed full light on the causes and circumstances of these deaths.\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The inquest will lead to recommendations for the city to better protect those experiencing homelessness and foster \u201ca broader discussion on the issues specific to this phenomenon\u201d to prevent further deaths, Bernier added.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Erika Morris, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The coroner will also investigate the Oct. 24 death of Marie Soleil Nantais, 46, and the Sept. 23&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2338,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-575864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-montreal","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}