By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The family of Linda Mary Beardy is calling on Canada to appoint an independent investigator to examine the details of her death. However, says Justice Minister David Lametti, he can’t do that. “As Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, I do not have the authority to appoint a coroner’s inquest into a death. This power lies with the province of Manitoba, which is responsible for the administration of justice,” said Lametti in an email statement to Windspeaker.com Thursday. The family issued a statement on April 6 calling “on Canada to immediately appoint an independent investigator, to thoroughly investigate the untimely death of our sister under suspicious circumstances.” Staff at the south Winnipeg Brady Road landfill discovered the remains of Beardy, a

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