Children’s Aid

• Father charged after child found abandoned at motel in Cobourg, Ont.: police

  According to the Cobourg Police Service, in August officers were called to a motel in the town after a child was left unattended in a room.

  Crime

  Sep 19, 2023
  
• Workers at Lanark, Leeds, Grenville children’s aid narrowly vote to end strike

  With a vote of 43 to 40, child protection workers voted to end a three-week long strike after receiving some concessions in mileage and pay.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2023
  
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• Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation’s Santa Sleigh fulfils wish list for 900 children

  Gifts were purchased for more than 900 children, youth and families — encompassing everyone who requested gifts through the Santa's Sleigh program. 

  Economy

  Dec 20, 2022
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• Former Belleville, Ont. CAS worker will wait to be sentenced

  A former Children's Aid worker from Belleville, Ont., won't be sentenced for at least another week after a sentencing hearing on Friday.

  Crime

  Jan 21, 2022
• Tree of Hope campaign proves to be the most successful ever

  The annual Tree of Hope campaign has wrapped up and organizers call it the best ever.

  Dec 16, 2020
• Kingston-area children’s aid sees layoffs due to ‘falling caseloads’

  A total of 13 positions have been made redundant at the Kingston-area children's aid society.

  Canada

  May 6, 2020
• Board members at Brantford children’s aid agency resign over Ontario’s “underfunding”

  The agencies executive director says the board "couldn't take it anymore" pointing a finger at funding pressures from the Doug Ford government.

  Jul 11, 2019
• Former Prince Edward County CAS executive director to go to trial as AG forgoes preliminary hearing

  Bill Sweet's case will be going straight to trial, however a date for the trial has yet to be chosen.

  Crime

  Jul 2, 2019
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• ‘No one listened’: How reports of sexual abuse in an Ontario foster home were allegedly dismissed for years

  Two allegations of sexual abuse from 10-year-old foster children in Ontario were allegedly discounted — until a third foster child came forward half a decade later.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2019
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• Drugs, theft, alcohol and inappropriate relationships alleged at Children’s Aid group home

  The mother of a man who killed himself says he learned how to be a criminal at an Ontario Children's Aid Society group home.

  Canada

  May 30, 2019