Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 17, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ask about dynamics family of fun 9m44jj kids lured into sex Fra Down seven fear More to come by Doug Nairne police reporter a Man known for befriend ing Young Street children has been accused of run Ning a bartering operation where kids traded sex for food and a Safe place to girls As Young As 11 years old Are among the seven sexual abuse victims police have found so but investigators say they fear Many More children were lured into the there is a likelihood that Sev eral other children will be inter said youth division Ken this investigation is not All of the victims located so far Are the oldest was Only 14 when she was approached police say the children were approached on the Street and lured to an apartment at 250 Colony Street with the Promise of a Safe place to sleep or even a Chance to use the Bath room and once inside the the children were asked to perform Oral sex or participate in sexual touching with the a Small amount of Money was usually As Little As some of the children who were abused were asked to bring More friends Back with them and were rewarded if they photographs were taken of the nude children performing sex acts with a Man and with each investigators seized a number of the photos and Are now using them to help in their search for More it took nearly five years before one of the children told her Mother what had happened to her and police were Contact investigators say they have been Able to track the incidents to As far Back As december but fear there May be victims dating Back much further than the arrested faces 22 charges relating to sex including five counts of sexual he was originally arrested and charged on june 11 in custody but he was rearrested tues Day after he allegedly breached his bail conditions by meeting with an 11yearold girl on three giving her Money and asking her not to cooperate with the the Man was remanded in custody Neighbours of the Man say he was Well known for befriending Street often bringing them to his where they would be seen playing in and around the police say the Man knew where to look to find Street and spent Long periods of time talking to children and gaining their workers who Deal with win Nipges Street kids say its not the first time Treyve heard tons of children in the intercity being targeted for sex the say sexual predators know they can find vulnerable children on the streets who will be unlikely to report the abuse to police or their when kids Are desperate they find their own resources to and sometimes that Means getting involved in prostitution or other illegal said Ulysses executive director of Macdonald youth weve certainly Beard of vulnerable children being preyed on in this manner by certain individuals in the the name of the accused Man has been released by but the free press does not identify accused sex offenders until after they Goto Winnipeg free press local july 199 Douglas 69292 of satires met email a3 dancing in the Sun Why not a Little entertainment to while away the lunch hour downtown Biz patrol members from left Theressa Kie Thornt a thelyia Gendelman and Kerry Williams helped provide it with a chorus line of sorts at the downtown Biz out to lunch featuring Bob Moose yesterday at noon at Portage place Jeff free press probe targets care snags kids not at risk but overhaul urged for a cos by Paul Samyn legislature reporter an external review of the provinces largest child welfare Agency has concluded it suffers from a Host of problems ranging from inadequate Foster care placements to a Lack of Lon term Prairie research associates operational review of Winnipeg child and family services Agency also warns that a growing aboriginal caseload could drive up its costs by million Over the next five Are children at risk in this Agency i dont think Greg manag ing partner of Prairie said but can we improve the level of care provided by the review was launched by the province and a cos to get a Han dle on escalating costs and ongoing budget deficits at the government funding for the Agency has increased to million from million in More children expected to be at risk Hefe Are tie main findings of report systemic and sustained increases in the number of children at risk Are expected for the next 1015 years due to the economically advantaged aboriginal population the Foster care an emergency housing including resident Are failing and forcing Agency to expensive alternatives such As hotels y intake fee Malj written risk assessment process and this often leads to conservative costly care decisions the decision making process setting fees for special rate Foster care int consistent across the Agency v Agency been Able to overcome management problems related to its branches v Many activities such As Foster care and special rate determination Are fragmented across the four ser vice v aside from financial systems it has hot information systems and Efalua but in looking at the Bottom line con Cerns of the Agency responsible for children the review also identified a number of startling find Ings about a cos and provincial child welfare for the report said there is a fragmentation of services involving the departments of family services and each department has retreated in the face of fiscal the 136 Page report medically Complex children who Are no longer in the care of their parents usually with multiple mental and physical disabilities Are now often solely the responsibility of As the report said inadequate emergency housing often results in children being warehoused in expensive the training and retention of Foster care is seriously it even the relationship Between the Agency and the department has been the level of communication Between the department and a cos has not been Clear or especially at senior this has frustrated effective planning and fiscal a Cess Board is also singled out for a Lack of strategic planning and Over All policy Mason said operational reviews tend to be negative because they Are meant to identify family services minister Bonnie Mitchelson and a cos chair woman Helen Hayles yesterday pledged to use the report and its recommendations to change the Way the Agency delivers a joint committee made up of departmental and Agency staff will be looking at the recommendations which include a study of emergency better Agency wide coordination and a reorganization of the acting nip family services critic Diane Mcgifford Osborne said the report is a stinging indictment of the Way the tories have mismanaged it seems quite Clear that the governments centralization plan has Mcgifford we have lost the efficiencies of centralization and the Community based benefits of Mcgifford also accused the tories of delaying the release of the report which was completed on March 26 until after the passage of a new child and family services act in late Battle Over the Forks getting Nasty by David Kuxhaus staff reporter tenants Call for resignation of administration tenants at the Forks Are Call ing for the resignation of the Sites administration in whats become an increasingly ugly Battle Over its future Treyve failed and they dont have any vision for the said to chairman of the Market ten ants the Best thing would be to get rid of the group took out a full Page and in yesterdays free press which attacks administrators for adding a new restaurant and introducing 47 metered parking Razik said the four restaurants currently operating there Are already under we dont need another it Doest make any said who runs a wine and cheese but the Boss of the Forks said he wont be swayed by the associations were not going to run a closed shop said Kent president and ceo of the Forks North Portage he said opposition Over the new restaurant has been blown out of pro and trying to Duke it out in the newspapers makes the City look the and urges Winni Eggers to con tact mayor Susan Thompson and other politicians to voice their Thompson said yesterday that she was concerned that the continual infighting could hamper development of the the mayor said she will Dis cuss the rift at an upcoming meeting with the Forks the Forks is losing about a million dollars in Public Money each its business plan Calls for it to break even in five that Why ventures like the new to open by the end of the says an accompanying outdoor Patio which could seat up to 200 people is also being but Razik said talk of self sufficient by is being used As an excuse because the Only time that concept comes up is when there the administration doing something who Speaks for 35 of the 55 attributed financial losses at the Forks to to heavy but Smith countered that Treyve Cut operating costs by in the last three Razik said he would like to see More arts and crafts stores and interpretive he said if the administration does not they should at least be forced to be More often every Nite til 9 pm All Day saturday 1996 Csc Sierra ton 4x4 4 Speed automatic Abs 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