BC Child Welfare

• ‘Lake Errock is the again’: Retired B.C. Mountie believes foster child tragedy won’t be last

  Russ Grabb still has his notes from May 11, 1993, when he attended the BC Children’s Hospital as the lead major crime investigator in a case of horrific toddler abuse.

  Politics

  Jul 11, 2023
  
• Watchdog to probe First Nations child abuse case as B.C. minister urged to resign

  Mitzi Dean, who has led the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) since November 2020, has failed to take meaningful accountability in the case, the leaders allege.

  Politics

  Jun 26, 2023
  
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• Historic changes to B.C. child-welfare laws will remove barriers for Indigenous people

  Changes in B.C. will pave the way for Indigenous communities to provide their own child and family services and to keep children safely connected to their cultures and communities.

  Perspectives

  Oct 26, 2022
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• Funding for Indigenous child welfare services ‘deeply flawed,’ needs fixing: children’s rep

  Jennifer Charlesworth said it is impossible to compare funding allocation for First Nations, Metis, Inuit and urban Indigenous youth with non-Indigenous service providers.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2022
• Indigenous mother to get child back after she was taken away by province

  Nearly two months after giving birth, an Indigenous mother will be reunited with her child.

  Politics

  Mar 15, 2018