Manitoba foster children still being left in ‘last resort’ hotels

Manitoba foster children still being left in ‘last resort’ hotels

There were at least 10 foster children – most, if not all, aboriginal – staying at the downtown hotel on March 9. Among them was Tina Fontaine’s cousin. Tina, a Sagkeeng First Nation teenager, was found dead in August after going missing from her Best Western placement. Her killing sparked fresh scrutiny of the child-welfare system and reignited calls for a national inquiry into Canada’s murdered and missing native women.