The retired librarian died earlier this week. She was one of five people killed in the outbreak. Eleven children are in a London hospital. Four of them are in the pediatric critical care unit on dialysis. Three adults are also being treated.
Hundreds are sick.
The Ontario Provincial Police, Ontario's chief coroner, and the provincial environment ministry are all investigating what's believed to be Canada's worst outbreak of E. coli. Police will begin their criminal investigation by meeting with senior health officials. There is confusion over who knew what and when. Detectives and prosecutors must now determine if anyone was criminally negligent. On Thursday, the medical officer of health alleged a manager at the local water and power company knew the water was contaminated but withheld the information for five days.