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News Articles - British Columbia
B.C. Supreme Court grants temporary injunction to stop disabled baby from being taken off life support
– August 12, 2015
B.C. parents battle for baby’s life – August 13, 2015
http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/news/metro/parents+battle+baby+life/11282872/story.html?rel=813152
Credit card expenses in Ministry of Children and Family Development raise eyebrows – July 23, 2015
Abrupt removal from foster home ‘heartbreaking’ for girl, NDP says – July 3, 2015
Kamloops jury finds man accused of shaving youth’s pubic region guilty of sexual assault – January 28, 2015
Former B.C. youth worker facing sex assault charge in community he once assisted – January 9, 2015
http://www.theprovince.com/touch/story.html?id=10715451
B.C. man says he awoke to find his former social worker shaving his body hair – January 9, 2015
Family emphasized in new foster care class urged by B.C. child advocate – December 10, 2014
B.C. to hire 200 new child welfare workers by 2016 – November 6, 2014
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/hire+child+welfare+workers+2016/10358767/story.html
WATCH: Ministry of Child and Family Development decision investigated: unconfirmed reports – July 28, 2014
http://globalnews.ca/news/1478986/watch-ministry-of-child-and-family-development-decision-
investigated-unconfirmed-reports/
About Martin’s Family – June 22, 2014
http://bringmartinhome.beep.com/about-our-family.htm
One kid helping another – May 20, 2014
Kelowna doctor distressed over moving foster boys from home – May 15, 2014
http://globalnews.ca/news/1334049/kelowna-doctor-distressed-over-moving-foster-boys-from-home/
Kelowna foster parents feel betrayed – May 13, 2014
http://globalnews.ca/news/1328023/kelowna-foster-parents-feel-betrayed/
WATCH: Kelowna family protests boys move from foster care – May 9, 2014
http://globalnews.ca/news/1322670/watch-kelowna-family-protests-boys-move-from-foster-care/
One in three social workers not qualified for their job – March 7, 2014
Part Six: From care to where? A community to cheer them on (with video) – March 4, 2014
Part Five: From care to where? Foster parents – March 4, 2014
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Part+Five+From+care+where+Foster+parents/9550854/story.html
Part Four: From care to where? Early brain development susceptible to neglect, abuse – Mar 4, 2014
Part Three: From care to where? A continuing need for support – March 4, 2014
Part Two: From care to where? Left to pick up his own pieces (with video) – March 4, 2014
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Part+From+care+where+Left+pick+pieces+with+video/9537584/story.html
Part One: From care to where? Aging out of the foster system – March 4, 2014
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Part+From+care+where+Aging+foster+system/9532911/story.html
Support foster kids longer, says former B.C. Liberal MLA – March 4, 2014
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Support+foster+kids+longer+says+former+Liberal/9560684/story.html
Some facts about foster care in B.C. – February 24, 2014
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Some+facts+about+foster+care/9532914/story.html
Cumberland woman jailed 18 months for child-care fraud – January 21, 2014
Child looked after by wanted man was in gov’t care: neighbours – January 14, 2014
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/child-looked-after-by-wanted-man-was-in-gov-t-care-neighbours-1.1639770
B.C. gov’t workers scamming taxpayers, according to documents from special investigative unit–January 13, 2014
How do other provinces investigate child deaths? – January 8, 2014
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/other+provinces+investigate+child+deaths/9216998/story.html
Why wasn’t parent interviewed? – December 18, 2013
Social workers fear client in custody dispute, court hears – December 11, 2013
Father given unsupervised access to children he molested – November 28, 2013
RAW: Mother’s lawyer Jack Hittrich – “Every child sexual abuse allegation must be taken very, very seriously – November 28, 2013
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Embedded-Only/News/BC/ID/2421090267/
B.C. Child Poverty Rate is Canada’s Worst: Report – November 26, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/11/26/bc-child-poverty-rate_n_4344740.html
Child protection eats up $500 million yearly in B.C. – November 12, 2013
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Child+protection+eats+million+yearly/9157800/story.html
B.C. children’s watchdog: government spends resources on useless initiatives – November 6, 2013
Watchdog slams B.C. government for trying to offload native child welfare – November 6, 2013
Children’s watchdog says B.C. is neglecting Aboriginal kids – November 6, 2013
http://www.news1130.com/2013/11/06/childrens-watchdog-says-bc-is-neglecting-aboriginal-kids/
Ray Ferris: MEDIATION – The Poisoned Apple of Child Protection – October 26, 2013
http://ronunruhgps.blogspot.ca/2013/10/mediation-poisoned-apple-of-child.html
B.C. must start to foster change – October 19, 2013
http://auntleahs.org/bc-must-start-to-foster-change/
Reasonable Doubt: Coercion and the loss of all privacy if you’re a parent – August 16, 2013
http://www.straight.com/news/410756/reasonable-doubt-coercion-and-loss-all-privacy-if-youre-parent
Revelstoke man sentenced to nine years jail for heinous crimes against toddler – August 14, 2013
http://www.revelstoketimesreview.com/news/219459321.html
Have your say – Social work standards – August 8, 2013
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/have-your-say-218798141.html
Is cost of another ministry name change more poverty? – July 24, 2013
http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/letters/216836621.html
Children live in poverty while government wastes money – July 12, 2013
Mom’s fight against Predator and Ministry Lauded – July 9, 2013
(This article was removed from the Vancouver Sun site but is in conjunction with Ian Mulgrew’s story two links below)
B.C. Child Poverty Worst in Canada, Tied with Manitoba – July 8, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/07/08/bc-child-poverty-worst-canada_n_3563751.html
Ian Mulgrew: Children’s ministry sided with sexually abusive father, court finds – July 5, 2013
Foster home at centre of trial housed many children – June 26, 2013
Protection of children must be paramount: March 28, 2012
http://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/opinion/letters/144703885.html
B.C. not meeting the needs of most vulnerable children in care: report – March 27, 2013
Near Daily, a Child Dies or Is Hurt in Care of Province – March 11, 2013
http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/03/11/Child-Deaths-In-Care/
Ray Ferris: A British Columbia myth about the best interests of children – March 5, 2012
http://www.straight.com/news/ray-ferris-british-columbia-myth-about-best-interests-children
Ray Ferris’ Response to Turpel-Lafond’s Colonist Article – March 2, 2013
http://ronunruhgps.blogspot.ca/2013/03/response-to-turpel-lafond.html
MCFD approval of child restraint, confinement ‘Inconceivable’: child and youth rep – February 7, 2013
Ray Ferris: What has happened in 30 years to fracture child welfare – February 2, 2012
http://ronunruhgps.blogspot.ca/2012/02/what-has-happened-in-30-years-to.html
Ray Ferris Clarifies Some Perceptions – February 1, 2012
http://ronunruhgps.blogspot.ca/2012/02/what-has-happened-in-30-years-to.html
Adoption agencies hit rough patch in Canada; no Hope in B.C. – January 27, 2012
http://www.familyhelper.net/news/120127hope.html
B.C. family suffers death of second baby – June 9, 2011
What is MCFD Trying to Hide? – May 2, 2010
http://advocacybc.blogspot.ca/2010/05/what-is-mcfd-trying-to-hide.html
Tragedy & MCFD Statistics: What Will it Take for B.C.’s Kids to Really Matter? – June 20, 2009
http://advocacybc.blogspot.ca/2009/06/tragedy-mcfd-statistics-what-will-it.html
B.C. foster children at risk – December 29, 2005
http://www.canada.com/cityguides/vancouver/story.html?id=4c27eb3c-07c1-4bbd-8093-5e00e118ed66