Program is on the FAST track
A group of kids shoot hoops together. In another corner, a child tries to master Wii tennis and Dance Dance Revolution. Over to the side, another puzz...

Kids with FASD need more services: Alberta educators
Learning disabilities, memory loss, a short attention span and difficulty understanding the consequences of actions ­ these are just a few of the ...

Guidelines for alcohol, pregnancy in works
Local people familiar with the adverse effects of alcohol consumption on unborn children say health professiona...

Doctor's report in murder case criticized
Deficiencies in a doctor's report intended to determine if a teen killer should receive a special sentence drew criticism in court last week. The boy'...

Appeal Court to decide if FASD a factor in sentencing
TORONTO — The role that fetal alcohol spectrum disorder should play in deciding violent offender status for a man with a long rap sheet of sexual assa...

A matter of respect
Bruce Robinson, with his daughter Giuliana, moved to the Bulkley Valley nearly five years ago. Robinson is accredited with designing the highly-succes...

Natives must take responsibility
 This article was recently published in the Winnipeg Free Press - reader comments are welcome. UNICEF's report on the health of Canada's ab...

First Nations youth focus of new committee
Child welfare | Provincial court judge and former MP to head up team
 
Shortage of funds, surplus of suffering; Inadequate funding for child welfare on reserves will perpe
With the passing of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Canada must wrestle with the bleak reality that ...

Prisons short of mental health pros
Critical work with inmates in federal prisons is not being done because of a shortage of mental health professionals, the union representing those...