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Christmas Cheer Board to start accepting hamper applications as holiday season nears
From CTV News--The Christmas Cheer Board of Winnipeg is getting ready for the holiday season, as the organization will start taking phone calls on Tuesday for hampers. Shawna Bell, the executive director of the cheer...
Murray Sinclair, former senator who led Truth and Reconciliation Commission, passes away at 73
From CBC.ca--Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe senator and renowned Manitoba lawyer who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has died at age 73. Sinclair died at a Winnipeg hospital early Monday morning...
Manitoba judges’ education bill could help domestic violence survivors, advocate says
From Global News--Advocates say a new bill before the Manitoba legislature could have a big impact on the relationship survivors of domestic violence have with the court system. The bill, which may not pass before the...
AFN vote on $47.8B-child welfare reform deal doesn’t pass after lengthy debate
From the Winnipeg Free Press-- First Nations chiefs have voted to reject a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal, reached in July with the Canadian government. At a special chiefs assembly in Calgary hosted...
Governments of Canada and Manitoba announce expanded school food program
Government of Manitoba Press Release--Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, alongside Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds and...
Government announces new agreement-based supports to keep children out of care
Manitoba Government News Release--Amendments to the Child and Family Services Act (CFS) that allow new agreement-based supports to keep more children in their homes and out of the child welfare system are now in...
Families minister apologizes as part of CFS settlement
From the Winnipeg Free Press--Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine apologized Tuesday to children in care who were denied federal special allowance payments from 2005 to 2019. “Today, as minister of families, and on...
Moms share harrowing stories of online child sexual abuse to push for Bill C-63
From Global News--Six Canadian mothers are sharing their children’s stories of online sexual abuse in Safe Spaces, a new campaign by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection demanding urgent action for the online harms...
Toba Centre launches ‘Go Blue’ campaign for Child Abuse Prevention Month
From Global News--October marks Child Abuse Prevention Month across Canada, and here in Manitoba, Toba Centre for Children and Youth is working to raise awareness and community involvement with their “Go Blue”...
Rural Manitoba has highest domestic-violence rate in Canada
From the Winnipeg Free Press--Rural Manitoba holds the dubious distinction of having the highest rate of intimate partner violence in Canada, where the domestic-related homicide rate is 10 times higher than urban...