Child And Youth Services

• Alberta faces renewed questions on safety of kids in government care

  Opposition leaders say Alberta's children's services minister should resign over reports that biological children are still living in a home under investigation in the death of a child in kinship care.

  Politics

  May 9, 2017
  
• Family of attacked Elk Island youth worker felt ‘anger’ seeing teens charged with attempted murder

  The family of a woman brutally attacked at Elk Island Youth Ranch got their first glimpse of the two teens accused of her attempted murder.

  Crime

  Mar 22, 2017
  
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• Attack at Elk Island Youth Ranch no surprise to former resident

  An 18-year-old who spent about nine months at the Elk Island Youth Ranch in 2015 says he wasn't shocked to hear a staff member was assaulted there.

  Crime

  Feb 10, 2017
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• Alberta temporarily boosts funding to double-staff nights at Elk Island Youth Ranch

  The Elk Island Youth Ranch said Friday the Children's Services ministry "increased funding to support double staffing for overnights" and it "immediately implemented that change."

  Crime

  Feb 10, 2017
• Alberta changes Elk Island Youth Ranch’s licence to ‘conditional status’

  The Elk Island Youth Ranch's licence is now under "conditional status" after the assault of a woman there last weekend raised safety concerns.

  Crime

  Feb 9, 2017