Province 'taking a good step' in discontinuing birth alerts: Tribal Chief Arcand
Regina / 980 CJME Jan 27, 2021 12:43 PM Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand speaks to reporters at TCU Place on Nov. 15, 2017. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM) As of next Monday, the Province of Saskatchewan will be discontinuing the practice of birth alerts. Birth alerts are notifications that would be sent to a mother’s file prior to labour if the mother was deemed by case workers or hospital staff as unfit to care for her child. The child then could be seized by officials from the Ministry of Social Services. The discontinuation of the practice aligns with recommendations from the Missing and...