Quebec coroner's office is investigating the death of a 55-year-old unhoused man found in a park early Sunday. Police say hypothermia could be the cause of death.
A Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a 55-year-old unhoused man found in a park early Sunday in Montreal’s Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.
Police say hypothermia could be the cause of the man’s death, after he was found unresponsive at a public square in the city’s east end.For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.Borough Mayor Pierre Lessard-Blais called the death “an avoidable and sadly predictable tragedy,” adding that it demonstrates the need for a provincewide plan to address homelessness.
In a social media post, the borough mayor says the premier has said the worst of the homeless crisis is over, but Lessard-Blais disagrees. Lessard-Blais says that without more emergency shelters and warming centres there will be more deaths of unhoused people as winter sets in.Trudeau ‘has to go,’ NDP’s Singh says in call to ‘resign’
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