Inquest called into death of aboriginal artist

IN BRIEF

An inquest will be held into the death of aboriginal artist Moses Beaver. Beaver, 56, was pronounced dead at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre on Feb. 13 after being transferred from a jail in Thunder Bay, Ont. Ontario’s regional supervising coroner for inquests, Dr. David Eden, says an inquest is mandatory under the Coroners Act due to the circumstances of Beaver’s death. Ontario’s Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services said Thursday that a male inmate was found unresponsive in his cell at the Thunder Bay jail on Monday night and paramedics were called. Eden says where and when the inquest will be held have not been determined.