A recent internal provincial government audit, obtained by CBC News, revealed problems with how serious workplace accidents in Newfoundland and Labrador have been investigated and called for more resources and improvements to the system.
The Newfoundland and Labrador government paid private companies nearly $400,000 per child on average last year to house and care for kids with complex needs.
Bouchra Marbouhi says she last saw her daughter the morning of Friday, Sept. 26, when she got her ready for school. She told the girl that her father would be picking her up for a sleepover. But he never brought her back.
A local advocate helping Bouchra Marbouhi says she is concerned about how Marbouhi's estranged partner got out of the province with their daughter, despite a court order aimed at preventing that from happening.
A complaint process is underway for an RCMP officer who arrested an intellectually delayed woman and removed her from a social centre, while off duty and in a different police jurisdiction.
Once a forceful advocate for civilian-led oversight of police, Helen Conway Ottenheimer now says she needs more time to talk to stakeholders before finalizing an oversight plan.
The former public face of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says she left the police force because of what she perceived as toxicity that enabled inappropriate conduct, undermined trust, and harmed employees.
