Child in critical condition, foster parents arrested in Winnipeg

ManitobaA child is in a Winnipeg hospital in critical condition with life-altering injuries, and a 25-year-old foster mom has been charged with assault and failing to provide the necessaries of life.4 children taken from home, 1 with critical injuries: policeCBC News · Posted: Sep 23, 2025 10:19 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour agoPolice removed four children from a home in Winnipeg’s Riverbend neighbourhood, two of whom were suffering injuries. (Gary Solilak/CBC)A child is in a Winnipeg hospital in critical condition with life-altering injuries, and a 25-year-old foster mom has been charged with assault, aggravated assault and failing to provide the necessaries of life.A 26-year-old man, identified by police as the foster dad, faces a charge of failing to provide the necessaries of life, Winnipeg police said in a news release on Tuesday.Police were called Sept. 19 to a home in the Riverbend neighbourhood in north Winnipeg about a child with serious injuries.The child was rushed to hospital and three other children in the home were also sent to hospital for medical assessment.Another child showed signs of having been assaulted and was in stable condition.The Winnipeg Police Service’s child abuse unit says the critically injured child was hurt between Sept. 17-18 and did not receive medical attention.The foster mom remains in custody, while the dad has been released under conditions.They are not being named in order to protect the identity of the children, whose ages and sexes have not been released by police.Anyone wishing to speak to an investigator can call the child abuse unit at 204-986-3296.Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine declined to comment on the specifics of the case as the investigation is ongoing.”Right now, we’re focused on making sure that those children get the supports that they need and that the WPS have the information that they need to be able to do the investigation,” Fontaine told reporters at an unrelated event outside the legislature Tuesday.More news from CBC Manitoba: