Adoptive Parents
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World Adoption Day: Okanagan woman recalls being called mom by adopted child"I think it's a miracle how I took her right before (the war) started and now she has an amazing life. A lot of kids died over there ... her grandparents sit in a bomb shelter."CanadaNov 9, 2022
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Quebec unveils mandatory training program for parents planning international adoptionA new program by the Quebec health ministry, aiming to inform and prepare would-be adoptive parents embarking on the international adoption process, will become mandatory in 2023.CanadaMay 30, 2022
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Quebec government promises equal leave benefits for adoptive parentsJean Boulet says all parents, whether they are adoptive or biological, will receive the same number of weeks leave, but how they are attributed will be different.PoliticsDec 3, 2019
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‘The shame is ours’: Senate report chronicles forced adoptions in post-war CanadaSome 600,000 Canadian babies were labelled "illegitimate" between 1945 and 1971, and it's estimated that between 300,000 and 450,000 were given up for forced adoption during this period.CanadaJul 19, 2018
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Edmonton Christian couple says adoption nixed over their views on sexualityAn evangelical Christian couple is accusing Alberta of discrimination, claiming their application to adopt a child was rejected over their religious views on gay marriage and homosexuality.PoliticsNov 7, 2017
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Woman searching for birth mother who left her behind when docs said she wouldn’t liveCarolyn Yvonne Ross Jones says she hasn't given up looking for her birth mother, who might not even know she survived being born three months premature.WorldAug 29, 2017
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Court says children were not forced to drink vomit nor had needles in their tongue as allegedAn Alberta judge has rejected some of the most disturbing abuse allegations made by one of three children adopted by their aunt and uncle.CrimeJun 13, 2017
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‘She told me I had to drink it’: Girl breaks down saying aunt forced her to drink vomitIt's claimed the girl and her two siblings were abused by their aunt and uncle, who are also their adopted parents, between 2010 and 2011.CrimeMar 29, 2017
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Testimony continues in case of Calgary aunt and uncle accused of abusing adopted childrenTestimony of three children was heard for the first time Tuesday, as the trial continued for a Calgary couple accused of abusing and torturing their adopted children.CanadaMar 28, 2017
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Aunt and uncle on trial for abuse of young children whose parents died in 2006 car crashThe Crown alleges it was a teacher who first noticed there was a problem when one of the children came to school with a “swollen and bruised face” in January 2011.CrimeMar 27, 2017
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