An Indigenous family is planning to pursue legal action after they say a newborn baby was apprehended by Child and Family Services without warning.
A taxi was on its way to bring the mother and baby home on Monday, when a child-welfare worker unexpectedly showed up at the Winnipeg hospital, the mother’s older sister said in an interview.
“It was a wrongful, illegal apprehension that happened when the baby had multiple homes she could go to, within the family,” she said.
The family posted video of their exchange with the child-welfare worker online, which made the rounds on social media and attracted the attention of politicians who brought
