By Aaron Sousa A judge has recommended better vaccination campaigns and solutions to overcrowded housing after the death of a six-year-old Indigenous boy in northern Alberta. Provincial court Justice Claus Thietke says in a fatality report says the boy died on Nov. 13, 2020, at a local nursing station after complaining of abdominal pain and hours spent vomiting. The fatality inquiry, held in October 2024, heard that meningococcus bacteria in the boy’s bloodstream led to an infection, and his organs began to fail. Thietke’s report, released Tuesday, says the boy lived with about 20 relatives on a First Nation near Fox Lake, in a house that lacked running water and sewage facilities. Thietke says such conditions “should not be tolerated,” as evidence heard at the inquiry showed they can increase…
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