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Opposition Calls On Manitoba Government To Release Review Into Teen's Death

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 30 Mar, 2015 11:24 AM

    WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Opposition says an internal investigation into how a 15-year-old girl in the care of social workers disappeared before being found dead in the Red River is complete and should be released.

    Conservative critic Ian Wishart (WIHZH'-ahrt) says the Child and Family Services review into Tina Fontaine's death could help save the lives of other vulnerable children.  

    He accuses Family Services Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross of keeping the report secret instead of making changes to prevent similar deaths.

    Fontaine was reported missing from foster care in early August and was found days later passed out in a Winnipeg alley.

    She was picked up from a hospital by social workers and taken to a hotel, but she ran away again.

    Her body was found wrapped in a bag in the Red River more than a week later.

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