Alberta Children

• Lethbridge women’s shelter sees demand growing, violence severity increasing

  According to YWCA Lethbridge and District CEO Jill Young, since April 1 the organization's Harbour House has admitted 233 women and 58 children.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2022
  
• ‘I urge you to get the flu shot’: Alberta mom whose daughter was intubated in ICU

  As hospitals struggle with a surge in pediatric respiratory patients, parents and doctors alike are urging prevention, including immunizations for flu and COVID.

  Health

  Dec 6, 2022
  
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• Drugs behind deaths of 9 Alberta youth in care: Child and Youth Advocate

  Of the deaths that took place between October 2021 and March 2022, nine were a result of confirmed or suspected drug toxicity and 12 were of Indigenous youth.

  Politics

  Sep 28, 2022
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• Alberta to make COVID-19 vaccines available to kids under 5 on Aug. 2

  Alberta children between six months and five years old will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine starting Aug. 2, the province confirmed Friday.

  Health

  Jul 29, 2022
• Alberta introduces legislation to better protect children in government care

  Alberta is proposing legislation that would see First Nations notified if social workers were thinking of removing an Indigenous child from a family's care.

  Politics

  Oct 31, 2018
• ‘Serenity’ case off limits to Alberta child welfare panel: opposition

  Opposition members of an Alberta government panel studying how to keep children in government care safe say they are frustrated because they have not been allowed to discuss the case of Serenity, a four-year-old girl who died over two years ago while in government care.

  Health

  Mar 30, 2017
• Three Alberta children died in government care in the past six weeks, province reveals

  Three children in government care have died in the past six weeks in Alberta, including an eight-month-old baby.

  Politics

  Nov 27, 2014