Helena Wood’s story: A journey to healing
“I have accepted it. I wasn’t ready to face it but now I am,” says Helena Wood.
Child and family services
Manitoba announces committee to review province’s child welfare legislation
The Manitoba government has created a committee of community experts to review its current child welfare legislation.
Edmonton lawyer sues province for illegally taking children away from families
An Edmonton lawyer has launched a class action lawsuit against the province of Alberta because he says authorities have no legal right to take so many children away from their families.
Curious case of father in Saskatchewan who had his kids taken, but at the same time, approved to adopt
A father in Saskatchewan wants answers from the province’s ministry of Social Services after it refused to return his two youngest children, even though, he and his spouse have been approved by
the department to provide foster care to other children.
BC child welfare system needs complete overhaul, says children’s advocate
BC has faced a lot of criticism over its care of Indigenous children
‘Girl in the shadows’ rescues shirtless and shoeless CFS runaway in Winnipeg
Kenneth Jackson APTN National News WINNIPEG – At 5 a.m. Sunday an intoxicated child welfare…
Raw video: Manitoba responds to APTN’s CFS and the sex trade story
APTN National News WINNIPEG – After a heated debated in the Manitoba Legislature Thursday over…
Manitoba currently has no foster kids in hotels but that could change: Minister
Kenneth Jackson Jaydon Flett APTN National News WINNIPEG – There are currently no foster children…
Manitoba’s CFS girls: How the province feeds Winnipeg’s sex trade
Kenneth Jackson Jaydon Flett APTN National News WINNIPEG – Just beyond the glow of the…