FACS tunes in to indigenous children’s needs
A child protection worker is in the home of an indigenous family. There, to investigate possible neglect. The worker opens a kitchen cupboard door. There's no food. At least, not traditional Canadian food. No boxes of cereal. No cans of soup. Nothing. Only flour. Oatmeal. Lard. And maybe powdered milk, or milk in the fridge. The assumption: neglect. But [...]
NIAGARA VOICES: Resolve to give back to your community
By now we are three weeks into the new year, and all that pumpkin pie, egg nog and turkey is just a distant memory. After the season of excess, I’m sure we have all turned our minds to our new year’s resolutions. It is the time of year when having experienced our many, many blessings, we start over with [...]
