An inquest into the death of a woman with Down syndrome who died in a caretaker's home has concluded her death was a homicide, and that she died of starvation and malnutrition.

The jury in the Florence Girard coroner's inquest has made 13 recommendations to prevent similar deaths of vulnerable ...

The head of a Crown corporation that funded the care of a B.C. woman with Down syndrome who died of starvation said the ...

The sister of a British Columbia woman with Down syndrome who starved to death in a Port Coquitlam home in 2018 says she ...

The inquest into the death of a 54-year-old woman with Down syndrome will conclude in Burnaby, B.C., on Wednesday. Florence ...

An RCMP officer testified he was ‘haunted and troubled’ by the starvation death of Community Living BC client Florence Girard, at right with her sister Sharon Bursey. Photo submitted by Sharon ...

It was among 13 recommendations made by the coroners inquest jury after hearing evidence about the 2018 death of Florence Girard in the home of her caregiver, where she lived as part of a ...

The sister of a B.C. woman with Down syndrome who starved to death in a Port Coquitlam home in 2018 says she believes more people will die if systemic changes aren’t made to how people with ...

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 The head of a Crown corporation that funded the ...

Florence Girard’s caregiver has told a British Columbia coroner’s inquest she was deterred from getting help before Girard starved to death by policies about respecting the rights of people living ...

A former co-ordinator at the organization that oversaw Florence Girard's home care before she starved to death in October 2018 says "hindsight is 20/20" looking back at a missed opportunity to ...