Ian Wood

Quebec's Coroner's Office is investigating the deaths of two Inuk women who were killed on Montreal highways in the space of three days. Both women were staying at the Ullivik health centre after travelling south from northern Inuit communities. Mary Ninguik is from a village of only a few hundred people and travelled to Montreal to give birth.

The family of a man on Montreals' West Island who is suffering liver failure says he is being denied the chance of a life-saving liver transplant. Daljinder Nahar is ineligible for a transplant from the donor list because of his history of alcohol addiction. Despite having family and friends step up to offer a donation, doctors are saying no. Nahar's family doesn't know how much time he has left, as the 43-year-old's liver is failing. "He suffered from severe depression from the beginning.