Florence Girard was so small when she died that she "looked like a child" in her casket, according to her younger sister. "She deserved so much better," said Sharon Bursey, who brought a large ...

BURNABY, B.C. — Florence Girard was so small when she died that she "looked like a child" in her casket, her sister told a British Columbia coroner's inquest into the death of the woman.

A B.C. disability advocate is calling on the board of Community Living B.C. (CLBC) to step down following an inquest into the starvation death of Florence Girard, a woman with Down syndrome.

Video: Homeshare providers testify in Florence Girard inquest “I would say there's more than one solution. And I would also assert that all we're getting now are excuses, excuses and excuses ...

Florence Girard, seen here in a family handout photo from 2006, died of starvation in a Port Coquitlam, B.C., home in 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO BURNABY, B.C. — The independent advocate in ...