Testimony wraps at coroner’s inquest into overdose death of UVic student

B.C. coroner's jury deliberating changes to ambulance, education systems

After 34 witnesses testified at a coroner's inquest into a student's death, the jury has begun deliberations on recommendations for change.

Alerts added, protocols adjusted in wake B.C. teen's university dorm drug death

B.C. officials testify as inquest into fentanyl poisoning of Sidney McIntyre-Starko in a University of Victoria dorm room

Alerts added, protocols adjusted in wake of B.C. teen's university dorm drug death

B.C. officials testify as inquest into fentanyl poisoning of Sidney McIntyre-Starko in a University of Victoria dorm room

Inquest juror wonders why call-taker didn't just ask if patients had taken drugs

An American doctor who created the computer software used by ambulance dispatchers in B.C. was peppered with questions about how to improve the widely used system, during a coroner's inquest on Monday. The five-person jury, in its third week of hearing evidence about the 2024 fentanyl-poisoning deat...

Testimony wraps at coroner’s inquest into overdose death of UVic student

Nearly three dozen witnesses have taken the stand over two weeks to lay out the facts surrounding the accidental overdose death of Sidney McIntyre-Starko – and the emergency dispatch procedures undertaken as the tragedy unfolded.

911 call on night UVic student overdosed was ‘the most complex,’ doctor testifies

Sidney McIntyre-Starko was 18 years old when she died of an accidental fentanyl overdose in her dorm room in January 2024. Testimony in the inquest has now concluded.