Children's Rights
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Nova Scotia advocate continues push for Child and Youth CommissionThe Premier committed to creating a Child and Youth Commission nearly two years ago, but there's still no timeline when it will be established.PoliticsOct 10, 2023
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‘Million March 4 Children’ draws hundreds of supporters, counter-protesters in downtown CalgaryHundreds gathered in downtown Calgary Wednesday morning as part of a cross-Canada movement concerned with sexual orientation and gender identity curriculum in schools.CanadaSep 20, 2023
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B.C. children’s representative urges immediate help for children with special needsJennifer Charlesworth says thousands of children with a wide range of other neurocognitive developmental needs receive little or no support from the province.HealthDec 2, 2022
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Robust data needed to measure efficacy of N.B. youth programs, says advocate'Anytime we talk about children's rights, if we cannot access them with urgency, then the rights are simply words on a page,' said N.B. child and youth advocate Kelly Lamrock.CanadaJun 21, 2022
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N.B. child welfare legislation a good ‘first draft’ but changes needed, says advocateChild and youth advocate Kelly Lamrock says the new N.B. child welfare bill is better than the status quo but needs further study and improvement to meet the needs of children.PoliticsMay 31, 2022
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N.B. report sheds light on children, youth struggling with poverty, social exclusionNearly half of youth in poverty feel socially excluded and half of all youths say they have no one they look up, according to the report.CanadaNov 20, 2019
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U of M researcher honoured with $100,000 prize in OttawaA University of Manitoba researcher has won a national prize from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for her work about understanding and preventing child maltreatment and her advocacy for children's rights.HealthJun 20, 2019
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After a 15-year-old’s opioid overdose death, B.C. looks at giving parents more rightsThe province is looking at ways to provide more rights for parents of drug-addicted children.HealthFeb 16, 2018
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Pakistan acquitted 8 men charged in 2012 Malala Yousafzai attackThe Pakistani police and the country's public prosecutor said eight out of 10 militants charged with involvement in the 2012 attack on Malala Yousafzai were actually acquitted in April.WorldJun 5, 2015
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