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The north region\u2019s coroner\u2019s office has announced an inquest into the deaths of five Constance Lake First Nation residents from blastomycosis between Nov. 19, 2021, and Jan. 23, 2022. They were Luke Moore, 43, Lorraine Shaganash, 47, Lizzie Sutherland, 56, Mark Ferris, 67, and Douglas Taylor, 60. A media release from the coroner\u2019s office said they all died in hospital on different dates during an outbreak in the First Nation near Hearst. 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The north region\u2019s coroner\u2019s office has announced an inquest into the deaths of five Constance Lake First Nation residents from blastomycosis between Nov. 19, 2021, and Jan. 23, 2022. They were Luke Moore, 43, Lorraine Shaganash, 47, Lizzie Sutherland, 56, Mark Ferris, 67, and Douglas Taylor, 60. A media release from the coroner\u2019s office said they all died in hospital on different dates during an outbreak in the First Nation near Hearst. 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