Adoptees from other countries search for answers to sometimes painful questions
BY DENISE RYAN, VANCOUVER SUN NOVEMBER 20, 2010
Jenna Wiebe was adopted from Korea at age three by a loving, tight-knit Abbotsford family. But she felt drawn to her birth country to see if she could find the woman who’d given her up. (more…)
About 50 children were given up for adoption without official sanction.
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Supreme Appellate Court on Wednesday took strong exception to a Gilgit-based NGO Sina Health and Welfare society accused of sending nearly 50 children abroad for adoption over the years without fulfilling legal formalities. The children were sent without birth certificates. (more…)
Source:http://www.nationalpost.com
Tom Blackwell, National Post · Monday, Sept. 20, 2010
Someone opened a door at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital, slipped a two-day-old baby into the bassinet on the other side and promptly walked out of the newborn’s life. Thirty seconds later, an alarm sounded inside, alerting emergency department staff to the new arrival, and giving the reluctant mother or father time to leave undetected and anonymously.
In doing so, he or she became the inaugural user of the first program in Canada that encourages parents to safely abandon unwanted children. (more…)
Extradited from the Dominican Republic, wanted in Pennsylvania and indicted in Vermont for allegedly smuggling illegal immigrants, a former adviser to U.S. missionaries who were accused of taking children out of Haiti was ordered held without bail Friday.
Jorge Torres, 32, pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance since being returned to face charges that he smuggled immigrants from Canada into the U.S. in 2002. If convicted, he could get 25 years.
Torres, whose aliases include Jorge Puello, Jorge Torres-Puello and George Simard, made news this year after the Haiti earthquake, acting as a lawyer and spokesman for 10 Baptists from Idaho who were detained in Haiti on child kidnapping charges and later released. (more…)
by Tom McGregor Fri, Aug 13, 2010, 10:32 PM
World Vision Canada is demanding that the Canadian government crack down on any child traffickers who may be on board the Sri Lankan Tamil ship that is supposedly plagued by tuberculosis-infected passengers, which landed on Friday in British Columbia.
The Toronto Sun reports that, “the aid agency says Canada is known as a haven for child trafficking, both as a transit hub and a destination country. World Vision is concerned that a failure to clamp down on any child traffickers now would reinforce Canada’s unfortunate reputation.” (more…)
By: Larry Kusch
22/07/2010 1:00 AM |
MANITOBANS looking to adopt a child through a private agency will see their fees rise by more than 50 per cent. (more…)
Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com
Margaret Somerville
Two stories concerning the donation of gametes – sperm and ova – appeared recently in the media.
One related that a “virtual” sperm and egg bank is being established that will only accept offers to donate from “beautiful” people. Internet polling will determine who is beautiful enough to do so. The goal – informed by the principle that “everyone deserves a beautiful child” – is to enable “ugly” people to have beautiful children. (more…)
By ANDREW HANON, QMI Agency
Denise and Franklin Guillaume hold adopted children Alex and Olivia in Uganda in 2009. The Edmonton couple are battling the federal government to bring the kids to Canada. (more…)
Jun 04, 2010 14:38 ET
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – June 4, 2010) – Canadian adoptions from Nepal have been suspended due to concerns about fraud and child trafficking. (more…)
English.news.cn 2010-05-31 23:53:32
by Al Campbell
VANCOUVER, May 31 (Xinhua) — As the world gets ready to mark International Children’s Day this Tuesday, the occasion will be a truly special time for those families who have indeed become a family through the adoption of a child. (more…)
