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B.C. child advocate to probe ‘unbelievably tragic’ abuse that killed foster kid

Jennifer Charlesworth to review how system failed two Indigenous children in care near Chilliwack

B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth is launching an investigation into the abuse of two foster children in the eastern Fraser Valley community of Lake Errock.

In a statement Monday (June 26), Jennifer Charlesworth called the circumstances that led to the death of one of those children “unbelievably tragic,” and pledged to do everything in her power to make sure it never happens again.

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Eric Welsh

About the Author: Eric Welsh

I joined the Chilliwack Progress in 2007, originally hired as a sports reporter.
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