Some of the stories behind the statistics:

Aug. 21, 2013 — Lee Allan Bonneau, 6, is beaten to death by a child under 12 while Bonneau’s foster mom was at a bingo on the Kahkewistahaw First Nation. He’d been in the foster home three weeks. The killer, too young to be charged, is now in the child welfare system.

Aug. 2, 2012 — June Alexus Dawn Goforth, 4, dies in hospital. June and her two-year-old sister, who also received medical care, were in the care of relatives under “a person of sufficient interest” (PSI) order. The caregivers have a manslaughter trial pending. The girls’ biological mother has sued the provincial government, alleging the children were severely neglected and abused. In a statement of defence, the government says it acted “in good faith,” followed procedures and could not “reasonably foresee” what might occur.

Sometime between 2006 and 2012 — A two-monthold girl dies in an over-capacity foster home after falling off a bed and suffocating while inverted in a nearby garbage can. The case is cited in the 2012 Children’s Advocate report, but no date is specified. A review found “significant issues with the approval, supervision and monitoring of life changes affecting the foster parents and the children placed in the home.” When the foster parents separated and placements in the home exceeded the assessed capacity, “the home came under stress.”

Nov. 1, 2011, Genesis Vandell Parenteau-Dillon, 13 months old, is beaten to death at a foster home in Paradise Hill. He was killed by the foster mother’s live-in boyfriend, Allen Charles Davidson, a drug addict with a record of 85 prior convictions who was on probation at the time for assault. He was sentenced for manslaughter.

June 8, 2010 — Evander Lee Daniels, 22 months old, drowns in a bathtub of scalding water at a foster home near Aberdeen when he was left unattended. The couple were approved for three foster children but were caring for five foster children under the age of four as well as their nine-year-old daughter. The acreage was also home to more than 20 horses as well as more than 20 breeding dogs. The foster mom was acquitted of criminal negligence causing death.

Dec. 17, 2009 — A.P.G. (a publication ban was imposed on his name), a three-yearold boy, dies in a Pense foster home from a treatable chest infection. The home, which housed three adopted and two foster children, was cluttered, unsanitary and unsafe. After the toddler’s death, a review of 31 files on the home since it opened in 1999 revealed a pattern of concerns regarding quality of care and conditions.

Sept. 21, 2008 — Celine Whitehawk, 10 weeks old, is beaten to death by her father Delbert Warren Whitehawk on the Cote First Nation. Born addicted to morphine, the baby was apprehended two days later from her mother. Although placed into the care of her grandmother, the baby was moved to the father’s home. A social worker visited Whitehawk’s house five days before the killing and approved of the situation, describing him as a “caring, compassionate, open-minded, honest and dedicated parent.” Out on bail on criminal charges at the time, Whitehawk, a drug addict, had a record of 26 prior convictions, including seven for violent or weapons offences. Celine died from head injuries but had suffered a broken leg, forearm and ribs as much as 11 days prior. The father went to prison for manslaughter.

Prior to 2008 — “Dustin,” seven months old, dies from “non-accidental trauma” and medical treatment that starved his brain of oxygen. By pseudonym, he is referenced in the 2008 report of the Children’s Advocate, but no date of death is given. Dustin had numerous trauma injuries — broken ribs and limbs, contusions on his face, scalp and spine — in various stages of healing, as well as an injury involving swelling of the brain. His stepfather said one of Dustin’s siblings had jumped on the baby’s stomach, but doctors determined the injuries were caused by an adult. No one was charged. Reviews found “substandard” case management and missed opportunities to assess the risk to Dustin and the other children in the home despite previous reports of protection concerns.

Sept. 27, 2007 — Corona Florence Genaille, seven months old, dies three days after suffering injuries inflicted by her mother Corrona Charity Shorting. A psychologist was surprised a social worker allowed the fragile preemie to be released to her mother. Shorting had previously lost custody of three other children due to her drug addiction. At the time of the baby’s death, Shorting was also caring for three siblings, aged 1, 4, and 5 who also had special needs. Her last contact with a social worker was more than three months before the death. Shorting was sent to prison for manslaughter.

Dec. 11, 2006 — Shatoya Cheyenne Chatelaine, 17 months old, dies from untreated impetigo, a common skin infection. Her mother Charissma Deedee McDonald ignored a doctor’s advice to take the baby to hospital. Shatoya, born addicted to opiates, was initially placed in foster care, but returned to her mother. Four months before she died, the baby went to hospital with seconddegree burns from a tub of scalding water and also had an untreated arm fracture. Believing the child was being abused and neglected, a doctor reported the injuries to Social Services. A worker approved Shatoya’s return to her mother. McDonald went to prison for criminal negligence causing death.

Oct. 27, 2000 — Antonio Blaze Kakakaway, 18 months old, dies from what a judge determined was “a blunt contact force injury consistent with a blow from an adult.” He was placed with a relative, one of five children in the Regina home under the supervision of Social Services. One of the adults residing in the home had a record of several violent offences. A judge was convinced the boy was killed in the home — but couldn’t determine by whom.

Sept. 13, 1997 — Karen Rose Quill, 20 months old, dies in an overcrowded St. Louis foster home. She was in an unfenced backyard, without adult supervision, with the other six foster children, all but a nineyear-old were toddlers and preschoolers. The home was approved for two foster children. Suffering numerous blunt injuries, Karen died from internal bleeding and an injured liver. RCMP believed she was injured while playing with the other children. “It is difficult to conceive how these injuries could have occurred if an adult was supervising the children,” the Children’s Advocate wrote in her review. Social workers never visited Karen in her foster homes during her entire 109 days in care.