Saskatchewan officials say more than 500 children have died under the province’s care

A father, who can only be identified as Merle, visits the grave site of his infant
daughter at the Paul First Nation. She died while in foster care and the parents are
suing the government for $1 million.
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EDMONTON - A newspaper investigation in Saskatchewan has forced provincial officials in that province to admit at least 539 children known to child welfare have died there since 1992.

A six-part Regina Leader-Post investigative report that began Saturday found one in four of those children were in foster care when they died, and the remainder were receiving services from the ministry but had not yet been apprehended.

Of those 539 children, roughly 40 per cent died preventable deaths, while 40 per cent of the deaths were natural.

The figures had never been released to the public.  (more...)

Saskatchewan officials say more than 500 children have died under the province’s care