How Could You? Hall of Shame-Canada-Manitoba Foster Parents
This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.
From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, a 25-year-old foster mother and a 26-year-old foster father were charged with “aggravated assault, assault and failing to provide the necessaries of life.”
A six-year-old foster girl suffered “injuries that may lead to her being paralyzed for life, search warrant documents show.
Nahanni Fontaine characterized what occurred to the girl as “abominable abuse.”
“I take the safety of all children incredibly seriously.… I think that all of us can agree that children shouldn’t be abused,” she said, adding she cannot go into further details about the case due to privacy laws under the Child and Families Services Act.
“We’re looking at what occurred within the system to allow this child to face this amount of abuse.”
The girl, from one of the four First Nations in the Island Lake area, was living in Winnipeg in the care of foster parents when she was taken to hospital in critical condition on Sept. 19, Winnipeg police previously said.”
“Police said at the time they believed the girl, who was one of four children taken from the home, was injured sometime on Sept. 17 or Sept. 18 [2025] and did not receive the medical attention she needed. ”
“In a sworn affidavit, a Winnipeg police officer said the girl sustained “life-altering” injuries, including a fractured cervical spine, a fractured breast bone and a bruised lung, and had “significant bruising” over her entire body.
Her sternum and vertebrae were broken and she had tape burns on her mouth, police say, along with what appeared to be small stabs at the bottoms of her feet. ”
“Officers who investigated at the home found the little girl’s bedsheets were soaked in urine, leading them to believe she had been lying in bed for an extended period of time, according to the documents.
A separate search warrant document filed in September by Winnipeg police sought access to the foster parents’ phones, alleging the devices held evidence to show what the foster parents did after the girl was injured.
In those documents, police say that during interviews with them, the foster mom admitted to slamming the little girl on the ground a number of times on Sept. 18. She told them she called paramedics the next day, after the foster parents found the girl wasn’t moving.
The foster parents likely used their cellphones to get advice on how to treat the little girl’s injuries, the search warrant documents say.”
[CBC 12/1/25 by Kristin Annable and Michelle Allan]
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