Serenity

• Report on Alberta girl’s death highlights need for overhaul of child welfare system: advocates

  Some advocates for families say the status quo is not acceptable when it comes to Alberta's child welfare system.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2023
  
• Fatality inquiry report looking into death of Alberta girl known as Serenity released

  A fatality inquiry looking into the case of an Alberta girl who died while in care has been released, offering recommendations to prevent a similar case from unfolding again.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2023
  
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• Alberta Indigenous kids advocates renew calls for reform following federal child welfare compensation

  The historic settlement for First Nations children and their families who have gone through the welfare system is garnering some emotional reaction.

  Features

  Jan 4, 2022
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• Former caregivers of Serenity sue Alberta Senator Paula Simons for $500K

  Sen. Paula Simons is being sued in a defamation lawsuit for $500,000.

  Crime

  Sep 24, 2019
• Call for charges to be reinstated against guardians of 4-year-old Serenity as lawsuit winds through the courts

  A man and woman had been jointly charged in 2017 with failing to provide the necessaries of life, not in connection with her death, but with the conditions of her care.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2019
• Charges in Serenity case ‘should never have been brought’: lawyer

  A lawyer for one of two caregivers for a four-year-old Indigenous girl who died says charges should never have been laid against them and a publication ban should be lifted from a report on the child's death.

  Crime

  Aug 14, 2019
• Charges stayed against guardians of 4-year-old Serenity

  Charges against two guardians of Serenity have been stayed. The Crown determined the matter no longer meets the prosecution standard of 'reasonable likelihood of conviction.'

  Crime

  Aug 13, 2019
• 2 accused in case of 4-year-old Serenity ordered to stand trial

  Two guardians charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life in the case of a four-year-old Alberta girl will stand trial.

  Crime

  Mar 6, 2019
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• Serenity’s mom vows to sit vigil through Alberta court proceedings

  The mother of a four-year-old girl who died in hospital after being placed in kinship care says she will wait outside the courtroom for the next month, awaiting answers in Serenity's death.

  Crime

  Feb 4, 2019
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• Alberta preliminary hearing begins for 2 accused in Serenity’s death

  A preliminary hearing begins Tuesday for two people charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life in the 2014 death of four-year-old Serenity.

  Crime

  Jan 29, 2019