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  Free Press work on CFS honoured with Michener nod

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  • Free Press earns citation of merit
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• Phoenix's legacy is just beginning

  12/22/2008 1:00 AM0

  Phoenix Sinclair endured horrific abuse before she was murdered. But now the trial is over, and those of us who did pay attention need to figure out how to deal with our anger and our outrage.

Examining the Problems

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  Defence of devolution

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  In child welfare, no one dares say R-word

  09/15/2007 3:50 AM0

• A sad history

  09/16/2007 10:07 AM0

  A timeline of child welfare in Manitoba.

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  Who failed this child?

  07/26/2007 5:00 AM0
  • Despite tot's fractures, 'no one followed it up'
  • Review of Manitoba tot's death finds serious shortfall with child welfare agency
  • Gage's guardian called for help -- got voice mail
  • Gage's final 15 months in hands of troubled kin
  • He had a name; it's OK to say it
  • Toddler treated like a chess piece
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• This disgrace must not be endured

  09/17/2007 5:00 AM0

  MANITOBA'S child welfare system is in chaos.

  We don't need reports or recommendations to understand that countless children in this province ...

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  Tracia's tragedy prophesied

  01/18/2008 5:00 AM0
  • The child's welfare
  • Help for reserve families urged
  • Social workers overloaded
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• A system that puts children's safety last

  10/4/2008 5:50 AM0

  Here are a few quick facts for your consideration:

  The maximum sentence in the Canadian Criminal Code for corrupting a child ...

• It's tough to dig the truth out of CFS bureaucracy

  09/25/2008 5:50 AM0

  Lies, damn lies and prevarications. That's what you can expect when you try to extract the facts of a troubling child welfare case from people sworn to protect children in care.

  • Boy's plea for a friend
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• Children die in agency's care

  10/2/2008 5:50 AM0

  A northern First Nations community is reeling after two deaths of youths in the care of a Manitoba Child and ...

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  Danger signs all there when baby died in '93

  03/30/2008 2:45 AM0

• System overhauled, but the deaths continue

  12/21/2008 1:00 AM0

  Before five-year-old Phoenix Sinclair's body was discovered in March 2006 and the horrors of her abuse and torture spotlighted a child-welfare system in crisis, 145 kids in care had died, according to a provincial report, since devolution began in 2003.

  • Wish lists from the front line: Children's advocate
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Exploring the Possibilities

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  The same old question whenever a child dies

  09/16/2007 3:45 AM0

• First things first at CFS

  09/17/2007 5:00 AM0

  MANITOBA'S child welfare system has long been characterized by two recurring themes -- upheaval and crisis. When one's around, the ...

• Will more studies, analysts really help?

  03/10/2008 5:00 AM0

  The province of Manitoba is spending $1.5 million to set up a Child Welfare Secretariat it says will better co-ordinate ...

• Put kids' needs over culture

  01/30/2008 5:00 AM0

  SIX Winnipeg children, whose mother is in jail after being accused of running a child prostitution ring, are in danger ...

  • Help for reserve families urged
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• All CFS agencies struggle

  09/20/2007 5:00 AM0

  PROBLEMS in the child and family Services system are not new -- as so many professionals have stated. Overworked social ...

• Move from blind hate towards a prevention-focused approach

  08/2/2008 3:35 AM0

  What is it about July that brings out the worst in us?

  A year ago, Winnipeggers endured a month ...

• Child welfare hits rock bottom

  05/23/2008 3:40 AM0

  Just how badly can Manitoba's fractured child welfare system fail a child in care?

  Let me count the ways.

  We'll begin with ...

• Caseloads no panacea

  11/19/2007 5:00 AM0

  THE review of Manitoba's child welfare system released in September found, almost at every turn it seemed, that there was ...

• Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic

  11/3/2007 5:00 AM0

  WHEN the Children's Advocate Enhancement Act passes next week -- as it surely will -- responsibility for investigating the deaths ...

• Too many kids in need to spend $140K this way

  05/15/2008 3:40 AM0

  If you were a beleaguered First Nations Child and Family Services Authority struggling to provide the best care to children ...

• Child-welfare devolution review urged

  06/6/2008 3:55 AM0

  Progressive Conservative Leader Hugh McFadyen called on the province Thursday to create a special all-party committee to examine the devolution ...

• Parents involved in CFS system need more support: study

  10/3/2008 3:12 PM0

  Aboriginal mothers who have lost custody of their kids say the child welfare system is often unfair, overly-complex and alienates ...

• Unkind, difficult system alienates kids: CFS study

  10/4/2008 5:50 AM0

  Aboriginal mothers who have lost custody of their kids say the child-welfare system is often unfair, overly complex, and alienates ...

• Dead kids don't vote: how convenient

  11/21/2007 5:00 AM0

  DEAD kids don't vote. Neither do parents or grandparents whose kids have been killed under the nominal care of Child and Family Services. They're too busy dealing with grief and addiction and poverty and any unholy litany of reasons that led their children to be seized by the government in the first place.

• If people will come forward a child's life might be saved

  07/26/2007 5:00 AM0

  GAGE GUIMOND died under the watchful eye of Child and Family Services, the agency that removed him from a ...

• Time for MLAs to stop fighting about Phoenix

  03/22/2006 5:00 AM0

  AS preparations began for the search for Phoenix Sinclair's body yesterday, the carrion crows were already circling the Manitoba Legislature.

  The ...

Making Changes

• SAFETY FIRST: Legal changes will protect kids in care

  03/28/2008 5:00 AM0

  The safety of children will take precedence over all other considerations -- including cultural and family ties -- for kids in care in Manitoba's child welfare system, through legislation expected this spring.

• Coming in '09: A new approach

  12/21/2008 1:00 AM0

  GET ready for next year's child-welfare catch phrase: Differential response.

  That's social work-speak for programs and specialized staff that gently weasel ...

  • Phoenix's legacy takes shape
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• Problems, prescriptions and progress

  12/21/2008 1:00 AM0

  There's been a flurry of fixes to the child-welfare system since Phoenix Sinclair's death. They come under the umbrella of ...

• Province to spot-check foster homes

  08/8/2008 5:00 AM0

  In the wake of two damning reports and an avalanche of criticism of the province's child welfare system, the province ...

• CFS audit combs files of all kids in agency's care

  03/6/2008 5:00 AM0

  AN operational review of Southeast Child and Family Services will comb through the file of every child in the agency's ...

  • Review reveals complicated relationship between tribal council, child-welfare agency
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• Local CFS agency developing training program for social workers

  01/2/2007 1:49 PM0

  Dakota Ojibway Child and Family Services is developing the first native-run training program for social workers in Manitoba.

  The agency, which ...

• A fifth child agency probed

  05/17/2008 3:00 AM0

  A fifth Manitoba child welfare agency is under review -- this time for questionable hiring practices.

  It emerged this week that ...

• Troubled agency's director on leave

  03/5/2008 5:55 AM0

  The executive director of Southeast Child and Family Services has been placed on administrative leave during an ongoing operational review ...

  • Review reveals complicated relationship between tribal council, child-welfare agency
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• First Nation votes to remove troubled CFS agency

  11/9/2007 5:00 AM0

  BLOODVEIN First Nation has voted to boot the Southeast Child and Family Services agency off the reserve.

  The chief and council ...

  • Review reveals complicated relationship between tribal council, child-welfare agency
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• Sagkeeng CFS faces scrutiny over deaths

  03/27/2008 5:00 AM0

  The operations of Sagkeeng Child and Family Services agency are being reviewed as part of an ongoing probe into the ...

• Province working on plan to fix child welfare

  07/24/2007 8:20 PM0

  Manitoba’s Child and Family Services minister said he is saddened by the death of two-year-old Gage Guimond while in the ...

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