Quebec Youth Protection

• West Island organization helping children and families needs more funding

  A West Island community organization says it needs more funding or else it will have to cut down on the amount of children it helps through its programs.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2023
  
• Quebec youth protection dealing with increased reports, staffing shortages

  Although cases are on the rise at Quebec Youth Protection departments as it continues to deal with staffing shortages, there has been an improvement since last year.

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2023
  
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• Genital mutilation allegation in Quebec City unfounded, youth protection says

  A medical evaluation of the two-year-old girl found normal physical development without any abnormalities and that her psychomotor development exceeded expectations for her age.

  Health

  May 12, 2023
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• Alleged toddler genital mutilation case investigation opened by Quebec rights commission

  La Tribune reported Wednesday that a daycare worker in the Quebec City region discovered while changing a girl's diaper that her clitoris had been removed.

  Crime

  May 4, 2023
• Quebec man guilty of murdering young sons handed life sentence

  Michael Chicoine, 32, was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 16 years and six months, minus time he spent in preventive detention since October 2020.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2022
• Quebec’s human and youth rights commission to investigate separate homicides involving children

  The commission will probe whether the rights of the young victims were violated. Citing media reports, the commission says the children died in the "context of filicide."

  Crime

  Oct 20, 2022
• Family of slain Quebec girl sues youth protection, school board for $3.7 million

  The $3.7-million lawsuit filed Monday comes about three and a half years after death of the child in Granby, Que. while in the care of her father and stepmother.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2022
• Class-action lawsuit authorized for people abused in Quebec youth protection centres

  A Quebec superior court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit for people who say they were abused in Quebec youth protection centres. Experts say there is a long road ahead.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2022
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• Mom of slain Quebec boys seeking compensation over alleged youth protection failures

  In a lawyer's letter, Émilie Arsenault accuses Quebec's youth protection service of failing to act despite it being allegedly contacted three times prior to her children's deaths.

  Crime

  Apr 25, 2022
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• Missing Quebec toddler ‘doing well’ after being found safe in Ontario

  Quebec provincial police say an 18-month-old boy was found safe and sound.

  Crime

  Mar 3, 2022