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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com WAPEKEKA \u2014 The province\u2019s Special Investigations Unit says it doesn\u2019t expect a fire that razed a building in Wapekeka where a man was killed by police last month will impact their investigation into what happened. The youth centre in the remote First Nation, located about 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, burned to the ground in a fire which started on Aug. 17, according to Ontario Provincial Police. The centre, which also served as the in-community site for fly-in court, was where 23-year-old Tyresse Roundsky was shot and killed by an OPP officer on July 31 during a court session. The SIU had announced it is investigating the shooting. \u201cThe SIU is aware of the tragic fire at the Wapekeka youth centre,… <\/p>\n

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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com WAPEKEKA \u2014 The province\u2019s Special Investigations Unit says it doesn\u2019t expect a fire that razed a building in Wapekeka where a man was killed by police last month will impact their investigation into what happened. The youth centre in the remote First Nation, located about 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, burned to the ground in a fire which started on Aug. 17, according to Ontario Provincial Police. The centre, which also served as the in-community site for fly-in court, was where 23-year-old Tyresse Roundsky was shot and killed by an OPP officer on July 31 during a court session. The SIU had announced it is investigating the shooting. \u201cThe SIU is aware of the tragic fire at the Wapekeka youth centre,... <\/p>\n

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