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RCMP probe B.C. workers who failed to help vulnerable aboriginal teen
VANCOUVER – British Columbia's representative for children and youth confirms an RCMP investigation is underway, following a report about the tragically short life of an aboriginal teenager who died of an overdose in 2013.
Vancouver council wants province to make changes following report on Kamloops girl who fell through foster care cracks
VANCOUVER - After reviewing a lengthy report on a young woman who fell through the cracks of government care, Vancouver’s city council is calling on the province to make changes for better foster care in B.C. On July 7, the province’s representative for children and youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond spoke to councillors about her May...
Kamloops girl’s life cut short by abuse and neglect
KAMLOOPS - In a lengthy report documenting the plight of a young aboriginal girl failed by several bureaucracies, a critic says apathy, incomplete reports and inaction from ministry workers were significant contributors to a Kamloops girl's continual homelessness and eventual death at 19 years of age in the squalor of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Representative for...