Archives for August 2013

Remand and programs

 Aug. 12, 2013 Winnipeg Free Press - Oliver Sachgau Prisoners' mental health in spotlight - Overcrowding means lack of treatment, activists say   Kate Kehler, Acting Executive Director of John Howard Society, Manitoba, is advocating for the … [Read more...]

A double edged sword?

 Aug.10, 2013  Global TV News – Erica Tucker Double-edged sword: who the new cyberbullying law will help and hurt  The article on the Nova Scotia’s new law, implemented yesterday, includes a video of the father of Rehtaeh Parsons speaking to the … [Read more...]

Prisoners’ Justice Day

 Aug. 9, 2013  Aug. 10 – Prisoner’s Justice Day Focus on children of incarcerated parents -Media Advisory from Canadian Families and Corrections Network (CFCN) Prisoner’s Justice Day is a day when prisoners and their loved ones remember those who … [Read more...]

Mother and child…

 Aug. 8, 2013  Star Phoenix (Regina) - Hannah Spray  Psychiatric report ordered for teen who concealed baby’s body  A seventeen year pleaded guilty to neglecting to obtain assistance in child birth and concealing the birth of her baby.  … [Read more...]

Post-partum depression

 Aug. 7, 2013  CTV News Moms living in large cities most at risk for post-partum depression: study  Canada has seen repeated cases of the deaths of children in the context of post partum depression, most recently in the Gibson case in Winnipeg.  … [Read more...]

At the Edge…

 Aug. 6, 2013  EDGE 2013: Creating Direction for Peace and Justice (St. John's, NL, August 21-23) - Dorothy Vaandering  You will have opportunity to engage with world-renowned speakers, insightful youth, and intriguing topics about the … [Read more...]

Cruelty?

Aug. 5, 2013  Sudbury Star – Editorial by Jim Hendry of the Peterborough Examiner Inadvertent death of kids a life sentence in itself  Andrew Williams, a father of three kids, drove his car over the railroad crossing tracks, killing his two … [Read more...]

7-24 centre in inner city

Aug. 2, 2013 CBC News - Winnipeg Inner-city kids petition for 24-hour drop-in centre - Activist says centre would help keep kids safe from gangs  Romando Nilles, a youthful community worker in the North End of Winnipeg, was on the verge of taking … [Read more...]

Mother and infants

 August 1, 2013 Winnipeg Free Press – Randy Turner 'She's not a monster': caregiver  -  Lisa Gibson a devoted mom, woman says  Perhaps this most recent case in Winnipeg is a pressing invitation to us all to consider how this tragedy may have been … [Read more...]