Closing arguments delayed in Ontario nurse manslaughter trial

BARRIE, Ont. — Closing arguments have been postponed in the manslaughter trial of an Ontario nurse who took a patient off life support without a doctor’s order.

Legal issues prompted the last-minute scheduling change Wednesday. The trial is expected to resume in a Barrie, Ont., court later this week.

Joanna Flynn is also charged with criminal negligence causing death in the March 2014 incident.

Flynn was assigned to be Deanna Leblanc’s primary care nurse in the intensive care unit of Georgian Bay General Hospital in Midland, Ont.