York police begin probe into Thunder Bay deaths – Toronto Star

Force called in to investigate how Indigenous teens died after bodies found in waterways

York Regional Police is investigating the deaths of two Indigenous teens whose bodies were found in Thunder Baywaterways in May.

Ontario Chief Coroner Dr. Dirk Huyer said he contacted the York police service to provide a “new perspective” into the investigation of the death of North Caribou Lake First Nation’s Tammy Keeash, 17, and Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug’s Josiah Begg, 14.

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, the largest First Nations police service in Canada, will assis York Regional Police.

It has close to130 officers serving northern Ontario Indigenous communities.

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