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Inquest Date Set for Deaths Linked to Constance Lake First Nation Blastomycosis Outbreak – Wire Service Canada

by ahnationtalk on September 18, 202511 Views

September 18, 2025

An inquest has been scheduled into the deaths of five people who succumbed to blastomycosis during an outbreak in Constance Lake First Nation, a remote northern Ontario community, the Ministry of the Solicitor General announced Wednesday.

Dr. Harry Voogjarv, Regional Supervising Coroner for the North Region, Sudbury office, confirmed that proceedings will begin at 9:30 a.m. on October 15, 2025. The inquest will examine the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Luke Moore, 43; Lorraine Shaganash, 47; Lizzie Sutherland, 56; Mark Ferris, 67; and Douglas Taylor, 60.

The five individuals died in hospital between November 2021 and January 2022 after contracting blastomycosis, a serious fungal infection, during an outbreak in Constance Lake First Nation, located near Hearst, Ont. The inquest has been called under Ontario’s Coroners Act, with the aim of determining what happened and how similar tragedies might be prevented.

Read More: https://www.wireservice.ca/inquest-date-set-for-deaths-linked-to-constance-lake-first-nation-blastomycosis-outbreak/

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