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Bernard Richard

Bernard Richard

Underfunding for B.C. aboriginal agencies means kids removed from homes: report

British Columbia's indigenous kids are being removed from their homes and placed in care because of underfunding from both provincial and federal governments, says the province's representative for...
Bernard Richard

Former New Brunswick youth advocate, politician, picked as B.C.'s new child rep

A former New Brunswick politician and the province's first child advocate is British Columbia's acting representative for children and youth and is slated to assume the post full-time by early next...