WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s First Nations family advocate says a mother who had her newborn baby apprehended will learn this week about when the child will be reunited with family.
Social media videos of the two-day-old baby girl being taken from the arms of her crying mother in a Winnipeg hospital led to outcry online and calls for change from Indigenous leaders.
A statement from the First Nations Family Advocate Office says the family attended its first court date and has visited the baby.
The mother, who cannot be identified under Manitoba law, says in the statement that she had a private arrangement before the birth to transfer guardianship to her aunt.
She says they are working with child and family services to make that happen as soon as possible.
Statistics from the Manitoba government show newborn apprehensions occur, on average, about once a day in the province.
The Canadian Press
