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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 25, 2013, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A4 A 4 WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013 MANITOBA winnipegfreepress. com CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY Friday, July 26 AN EXTRA 10% * OFF IN- STORE! (* 5% on dairy, deli, produce, appliances and water) SERIOUS COLON SUPPORT! Ultra Potent Probiotic Protection It seems that everywhere we turn, probiotics are popping up. They are in yogurt, cheese, drinks and even chewing gum! To get the true benefit of probiotics, it is best to take them in a supplement. Probiotics help to support good health by: . Stimulating and supporting the immune system. . Maintaining regularity and health of the bowel. . Synthesizing vitamins such as thiamine ( B1), folic acid ( B9), pyridoxine ( B6) and vitamin K. . Replenishing bacteria balance after antibiotic use. . Helping to control inflammation in the body. If you are looking for the very best in a probiotic supplement, look no further than Ultimate Flora Ultra Potent . 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The general intent of the rezoning is to rezone the area as outlined below from: From: " R1- 17" Residential To: " CB" Commercial Business A copy of the above By- law and supporting material may be inspected by any person between 8: 30 a. m. and 4: 15 p. m., Monday through Friday at the Selkirk & District Planning Area Board office at 200 Eaton Avenue, Selkirk, MB. This notice has been prepared on behalf of the RM of East St Paul by Derek Eno, Community Planner, who may be contacted for further information as follows: Selkirk & District Planning Area Board 200 Eaton Ave., Selkirk, MB R1A 0W6 Ph: 482- 3717 Fax: 482- 3799 email: deno@ selplan. net A child- welfare system that is able to apprehend kids can still win the trust of at- risk families, the inquiry into the death of Phoenix Sinclair heard Wednesday. The public probe into how the little girl slipped through the child safety net and was murdered has heard a lack of trust in Child and Family Services prevented caregivers from accepting help and stopped others from reporting Phoenix's maltreatment. It's heard from some the system needs to be split into two parts - good cop and bad cop. One arm of child welfare should work with families to prevent kids from being taken into care and be based on a relationship of trust. The other should be charged with protecting and apprehending children. On Wednesday, lawyers for two groups argued splitting the system won't win anyone's trust or prevent another situation such as Phoenix's from occurring. " Separating streams won't deal with it," said Hafeez Khan, representing Intertribal Child and Family Services. " Proper training and workers in place to build relationships with families in a respectful manner will," he said. What the system needs is people with the ability to build relationships with children and their parents and the " collaterals" - relatives, teachers, and others with connections to the family, Khan said. A good child- welfare worker needs education, training and the ability to relate to people, Khan said. " Certain people are good at it," he said. " They have the ability to build relationships and understand the needs of parents," he said. " What we've found is that as long as parents are treated with respect and dignity, those relationships can be fostered." Splitting the child- welfare system would just add to the number of different social workers a family will have to deal with, said Laurelle Harris, representing the General Authority. " You don't want multiple workers engaging with a family," she said. That makes it tougher to build a relationship of trust, she said. Forging relationships can only happen if workers have manageable caseloads, said the lawyer. " Workload continues to be one of the most important factors," she said, recommending Commissioner Ted Hughes, in his report due Dec. 15, call for a maximum of 20 cases per worker. The system has gotten better, with funding more than doubling since the death of Phoenix. Training and tools for child- welfare workers have improved, Harris said. " In 2005, our social workers were not equipped in the way they are now equipped," she said. They're earning trust by communicating better with parents, she said. An example is when a parent passes out and a child is apprehended. Before, a parent would be told to take a substance abuse program to get their child back. They'd take the program but be told they couldn't get their child back because they were still drinking. " There was incredible frustration on the part of parents," said Harris. What the social workers wanted from them - acts of protecting their kids repeated over time - was not being accurately communicated, she said. Now it is, she said. " It's not ' Go take a program,' it's ' This is what we're worried about.' " They talk about it and what are the next steps - whether the child is apprehended or safe at home and what intervention is needed, she said. " That practice model builds trust," she said. So does working with the child to find out how what is happening in the home is affecting the child, then sharing that with the parent, Harris said. The social worker and the child talk about the three houses - the house of worries, house of dreams and house of good things - and the child's voice is animated for the parent, she said. " Very few parents, when they see the effect of whatever is happening in that house on their child, don't want to help." carol. sanders@ freepress. mb. ca T HE province and community activists have launched a drive to promote prenatal and early childhood programs among Manitoba's most impoverished families so kids from poor neighbourhoods get a better start in life. The effort is supported by the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and has gained the attention of a national philanthropic organization based in Montreal that invests in early childhood development. It thinks the effort, now concentrated in the city's North End, could serve as a template for other Canadian communities. On Wednesday, Manitoba Children and Youth Opportunities Minister Kevin Chief kicked off Starting Early, Starting Strong, a provincial effort to mobilize communities to spread the word about prenatal and parenting programs. Close to 300 people attended the initial meeting at the Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg on Higgins Avenue. It's the first of a series of meetings to be held in various parts of the province. Research is clear prenatal and parenting programs provide lasting social and economic benefits, Chief said. The cabinet minister was buoyed by the turnout Wednesday. Many of those in attendance came from backgrounds of struggle and hardship or work with such people. " That tells you that there's energy. That tells you that there is enthusiasm" to foster change, Chief said of the sizable crowd. One of the community activists who attended the event Wednesday is an expectant mom herself. Wendy Hallgrimson, program facilitator with the Winnipeg Aboriginal Sport Achievement Centre, promoted the event on Facebook and phoned all the expectant mothers she knew, inviting them to attend. " I thought what a perfect opportunity for me to learn about what I can do for my baby and what I can do for myself," said Hallgrimson, who lives in the North End and hopes those who attended the meeting will spread the word to others. Among the programs activists hope to promote are the province's healthy baby prenatal- benefit and community- support programs as well as the Triple P Parent line ( 204- 945- 4777 in Winnipeg), where moms and dads can talk to trained counsellors to help them with the challenges they face. Elaine Ranville, a grandmother of five originally from Crane River, has lobbied the government on the need to reach out to extended families, not just moms and dads. Many young mothers are unaware of the supports that are available to them, Ranville said. And grandmothers such as herself can help spread the word. " They listen to relatives more than to outsiders," Ranville said. In town for Wednesday's event were Ian Gill and Eric Young, who do contract work for the Montreal- based J. W. McConnell Family Foundation. Gill said he feels there is a " shift of the sands" taking place in north Winnipeg, with business, government and community members aligning and working for change. " McConnell's interest is in seeing if there is a role as a national funder of creating something of national importance and significance here that we could learn from in other parts of the country," he said. larry. kusch@ freepress. mb. ca Province births awareness plan By Larry Kusch Bad cop, good cop CFS no solution Inquiry hears case against split system By Carol Sanders Launches program to educate young families, expectant mothers ' That tells you that there's energy. That tells you that there is enthusiasm ( to foster change)' - MLA Kevin Chief EDMONTON - Rallies are planned across Canada today to draw attention to nutritional experiments performed on aboriginals and to demand the federal government release all documents that could reveal other such abuses. People concerned about the tests, which were reported by The Canadian Press last week, are expected to gather in seven cities to pray, talk and pressure Ottawa to provide information on residential schools to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. " People from different backgrounds, they've been telling me they're disgusted," said Wab Kinew, one of the organizers. " We wanted to provide an outlet for people who are feeling that way to come together, to do something that's spiritual and commemorative, and provide an emotional outlet for people so they're not left feeling negative. " The more political side is to have the people who gather call on the federal government to hand over the remaining documents to ( the Truth and Reconciliation Commission) now, rather than a year after the ( commission's) mandate expires." A rally will be held today at The Forks beginning at noon. - The Canadian Press Revelation of experiments prompts rally MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Expectant mother and community activist Wendy Hallgrimson says the province's new program is the ' perfect opportunity' for her to prepare for her child's birth. Phoenix Sinclair A_ 04_ Jul- 25- 13_ FP_ 01. indd A4 7/ 24/ 13 10: 05: 44 PM ;