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Aboriginal babies made up 71 per cent of infant deaths reviewed by B.C. children's advocate

British Columbia's Representative for Children and Youth has just issued an "aggregated, in-depth" report into the recent deaths of 21 infants in that province.

The total number of deaths in B.C. within the time period examined was actually 69. Moreover, that figure refers to 69 cases "reported to the Representative," suggesting more, unreported, infant deaths may have in fact occurred in B.C. over that time. Under the methodology employed by the Representative, the report screened out 48 cases

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Amnesty International
June 3, 2010 |
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal resumed hearings yesterday into the federal government's underfunding of children's services in First Nations reserves.
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