Quebec rights commission probes after two children orphaned in suspected homicide
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The commission says it believes the children's rights may have been violated based on media reports about the incident, .
Quebec’s human rights commission says it is opening an investigation after two children were orphaned following what police suspect was the killing of their mother by their father.
The commission says it believes the children’s rights may have been violated based on media reports about the incident, .
The children were found at a home in the Montreal suburb of Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac where their mother was found dead Wednesday.
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