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  Newly released document shines more light on death of Manitoba foster girl

  If social workers had kept better tabs on her family, a little girl might have been permanently taken away from the mother who would help beat her to death, say newly released sections of an internal review.

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  Daughter of killer tells Manitoba inquiry she saw bruises on victim

  April 23 would have been Phoenix Sinclair's 13th birthday. Instead, a public inquiry heard new details about how the young girl fell through the cracks of Manitoba child welfare even after a brutal beating ended her life when she was five.

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  Manitoba inquiry hears young girl beaten, choked, shot in final days

  A woman who alerted authorities to the death of a Manitoba girl cried Monday as she testified about the abuse the child endured during her final days.

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  Inquiry into Manitoba girl's death now expected to cost $9.6 million

  The Manitoba Justice Department is expecting to spend $3 million this year on the Phoenix Sinclair inquiry.

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  Costs climb for Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

  The cost of an inquiry into the death of a young Manitoba girl has risen to more than $6 million -- a figure expected to climb as the hearing encounters yet another delay.

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  Phoenix Sinclair inquiry resumes with testimony from former Child and Family Services CEO

  On Tuesday, the province’s Child Advocate took the stand at the inquiry into the death of Phoenix Sinclair.

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  Manitoba social worker insisted girl was fine, even after she had died: witness

  The inquiry into the death of a Manitoba girl has been told at least one social worker insisted the girl was doing fine, even though the child had been beaten and killed two months earlier.

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  Supervisor defends decision to close file on Manitoba girl who was later killed

  A social work supervisor is defending her decision to close the file on a Manitoba girl who was later beaten to death.

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  Social worker who decided girl was safe without seeing her followed guidelines

  The inquiry into the beating death of a Manitoba girl has been told it was not uncommon for Manitoba social workers to decide a child was safe without even laying eyes on the youngster.

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  Social worker testifies about visit to Phoenix Sinclair's home before her death

  The last Winnipeg social worker to check on Phoenix Sinclair, three months before the young girl was beaten to death, left the family's home without seeing Phoenix and without even stepping foot inside the apartment.

• Social worker testifies about final response in case of Manitoba girl who died
• Inquiry into Manitoba girl's death hears of more mistreatment by her mother
• Inquiry hears how mother made daughter swear and belittle herself
• Closing file on girl who would later be killed was 'an error:' social worker
• Man who would later kill Manitoba girl Phoenix Sinclair was deemed high-risk
• Godmother tells inquiry she warned Manitoba social workers not to give baby back
• More evidence child-welfare workers lost track of girl who was beaten to death
• We warned Manitoba government of chaos in child welfare: social workers union
• Phoenix Inquiry hears emotional testimony from foster father who was reluctant to hand child over to mother
• Sources say threats made against witnesses at Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry; union calls for more security
• Father of murdered Manitoba girl says he liked to party, but cared for girl
• Foster girl's father regained custody despite warnings of abuse: supervisor
• Testimony reveals workers went weeks without responding to concerns about danger to Phoenix, sister Echo
• Manitoba social worker says she 'probably could' have done more to check on girl
• Phoenix Sinclair’s parents deemed fit to care for third newborn child one year after Phoenix taken by CFS
• New details emerge about how child welfare failed to protect Phoenix Sinclair
• Inquiry hears social workers planned to return girl to parents despite concerns
• Inquiry into death of five-year-old Phoenix Sinclair resumes in Winnipeg
• Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry to recommence Nov. 14
• Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry could be back on track soon; appeal court denies motion