Families and advocates of children with disabilities are concerned about backlogs in the system leaving some without support.
Some people trying to access these services say they've been waiting about a year and are still in limbo.
"We just feel that we are bleeding money for services that we are approved for but can't access because they are so backlogged," said Veronica Groat. "Alberta talks a lot about being progressive and wanting families to thrive and be successful and you can't do that if your child has a disability and your whole family system is falling apart because you don't have support services," said Groat.
An American woman accused of killing her two youngest children in Colorado last December told her 11-year-old daughter who survived the attack that God made her do it, a prosecutor said in a London court.YouTube says the channels of a far-right Canadian influencer have been removed after U.S. officials alleged the company she co-founded received US$760,000 in fees and commissions as part of an alleged Russian ploy to dupe right-wing influencers into sowing division among Americans.
Two Regina police officers were hurt early Friday morning when a vehicle being driven by an apparent impaired driver rear-ended their patrol unit during a traffic stop.The start of September marked meteorological fall and Sept. 22 at 6:43 a.m. will mark the 2024 fall equinox. That has winter on the minds of many even though hot weather is still in the forecast.
The Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has died after collapsing outside of the Manitoba courthouse Friday afternoon, according to multiple sources.A Manitoba judge acquitted a provincial corrections officer of all charges in the death of an Indigenous inmate following a violent stand-off in the jail more than three years ago.A former low-income housing complex that’s been an eyesore in downtown Winnipeg for years is going to be torn down.
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