human-deaths

When India’s vulture population collapsed, half a million human deaths followed: study

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When India’s vulture population collapsed, half a million human deaths followed: study

As It Happens6:42When India’s vulture population collapsed, half a million human deaths followed: study Vultures may not be the most popular animal in the world, but the work they do is essential for human life, a new study has found. New research attributes 500,000 human deaths in India over the course of five years in the … Read more

Watchdog finds Mounties failed to properly investigate Indigenous woman’s death — twice

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Watchdog finds Mounties failed to properly investigate Indigenous woman’s death — twice

More than two decades after her body was found at the side of a road, the RCMP has agreed to apologize to an Indigenous woman’s family for failing to properly investigate her death. The apology follows a probe by the Mounties’ watchdog body — the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) — which pointed to gaps in … Read more