As Echaquan inquiry wraps up, supporters take to streets and coroner promises a way forward

More than 2,000 people from across Quebec marched through the streets of Trois-Rivières Wednesday afternoon, as the coroner’s inquiry into Joyce Echaquan’s death came to a close.

Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw mother of seven from Manawan, Que., died last Sept. 28, moments after she live-streamed staff insulting her. Her death sparked outrage and calls for justice across Quebec — calls that were repeated by those at the march.

“I think it’s very important to every woman to be here, present, even

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