Hours after he wrapped up a protest for better housing on their First Nation, Bobby Ballantyne awoke to learn his mother and her partner had died in a trailer fire in Grand Rapids, Man. Michelle Cook was hard working and always had a smile on her face, her son Bobby Ballantyne said. He said the Grand Rapids Fire Department didn't come to put the fire out, but wasn't sure why. Trailer went up 'like a cardboard box'The trailer Cook and Scott lived in was old and passed down from Scott's parents, Ballantyne said. Neither the Grand Rapids Fire Department or Misipawistik's chief could be reached for comment Sunday.

Source: CBC News February 18, 2018 23:41 UTC