Multiple investigations, including one by the RCMP, are underway at the Naja Isabelle group home in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, after two young residents died in hospital.
In a news release Friday morning, Margaret Nakashuk, Nunavut’s minister of family services, said three people were hospitalized as a result of “critical incidents” at the care home. Two died.
Nakashuk refused an interview request, citing the investigations.
The Nunavut coroner’s office confirmed a 12-year-old died on Jan. 6 in Nunavut, while the 19-year-old died on Oct. 17, 2023, outside the territory.
“The Nunavut Coroner Service is investigating this death and will also review the circumstances surrounding the death that occurred
