Vulnerable kids in danger because of NWT government inaction: federal report
If you are a child in need of protection in the NWT, there’s a…
Child and family services
Number of children in care in Manitoba down, but grand chief says province can do better
For the first time since 2003, the number of children in care in Manitoba…
‘There’s no guarantee,’ First Nations advocate skeptical of new recommendations on child welfare system
The First Nations family advocate of Manitoba isn’t convinced a new report recommending changes…
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.
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…