Alberta Children In Care
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Drugs behind deaths of 9 Alberta youth in care: Child and Youth AdvocateOf 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.PoliticsSep 28, 2022
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Alberta introduces legislation to better protect children in government careAlberta is proposing legislation that would see First Nations notified if social workers were thinking of removing an Indigenous child from a family's care.PoliticsOct 31, 2018
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Alberta child advocate wants more supports after suicides of Indigenous teensIn his report last year, Alberta's child and youth advocate said Indigenous young people are five to six times more likely to be affected by suicide than the general population.CanadaOct 30, 2017
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Alberta foster boy’s death a direct result of child welfare failure: judgeAn Alberta judge says the death of a foster boy from abuse was a direct result of the failure of provincial child welfare to deal with his case properly.CanadaJul 28, 2017
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Family of child who died after being in Alberta kinship care says police haven’t spoken to themThe grandfather of a four-year-old girl who died under suspicious circumstances in government care in 2014 says police have yet to ask the family about it.PoliticsMay 17, 2017
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Alberta cabinet minister cites limitations in child care death probeAlberta's children's services minister, facing demands she break up a family under investigation in a child's death, says she doesn't have blanket power to take children away from their biological parents.PoliticsMay 10, 2017
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Children in provincial care need better protection from online sexual exploitation: Alberta advocateAlberta's child and youth advocate is calling on the province to improve services to protect children in provincial care from online sexual exploitation.HealthNov 1, 2016
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