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The inquest into the death of 16-year-old Eishia Hudson, who was shot and killed by Winnipeg police in 2020, will determine if systemic racism played a role in her death and examine whether the use and level of force was warranted and/or appropriate.

Inner City Youth Alive executive director Kent Dueck says the report that multiple youth recorded a serious attack and didn’t intervene should make people think about the effects of social media and smartphones on youth violence. (Justin Fraser/CBC)

A child, youth and seniors advocate says New Brunswick school districts are denying hundreds of high-need students education services by sending them home on partial days.

Pride groups and some health-care providers are harshly criticizing the Alberta government’s latest attempt to get feedback on its proposed gender identity policies — a private invite that requires participants to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre understandably seized on a new report card released last week by Food Banks Canada that highlighted the number of Canadians who are living in poverty, struggling to pay their bills and turning to food banks for help.

Children from the Wet’suwet’en Nation stand in front of Lejac Residential School in the 1920s. Identified by K’ilisët Violet Gellenbeck are: back row, left to right, Brother Vallier, Jimmy Morris, Father Coccola, unknown, unknown adult, Frank Bazil; front row, Mary Morris, Mary Bazil, Agnes Bazil, Mary (Michell) Tom, Donald Mitchell, unknown, Damian Bazil (far right

Children’s Aid Societies across Ontario are concerned about the growing trend of having to temporarily place children and youth in hotels and short-term rentals instead of foster or group homes, saying vulnerable children don’t receive adequate care. (CUPE)

A memorial outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School is pictured in June 2021. A ground-penetrating radar survey of the site found approximately 200 anomalies in the ground, which could be possible human remains in unmarked graves. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

Nunavik’s youth in child protection services have limited access to nutritious food and experience overcrowding and other socio-economic conditions associated with child neglect, according to a report released last week.

Quebec Court Judge Peggy Warolin has issued two decisions in the last month highly critical of Quebec’s department of youth protection. She ordered copies of both decisions be sent to provincial ministers. (Ivanoh Demers/CBC)