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  Manitoba's children's advocate critical of how Phoenix Sinclair case handled

  Manitoba's children's advocate says social workers who checked on a little girl three months before she was beaten to death shouldn't have closed her file without seeing her.

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  Social work supervisor defends decision to close file on Phoenix Sinclair

  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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  Social worker who decided Phoenix Sinclair was safe says he 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 describes visit to Phoenix Sinclair's home

  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.

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  Social worker testifies about final response in Phoenix Sinclair case

  Three months before little Phoenix Sinclair was beaten to death, social workers had a final chance to intervene. But a vague, second-hand tip that the girl was being abused was not treated as an emergency, the inquiry into Phoenix's death was told Monday.

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  Phoenix Sinclair inquiry hears of more abuse by her mother

  The inquiry into the death of a five-year-old girl heard of more mistreatment by her mother in March 2005 -- a time when Manitoba's child welfare system missed a last chance to intervene before the girl's violent death.

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  Mom made Phoenix Sinclair swear and belittle herself, inquiry told

  A public inquiry has heard that months before Phoenix Sinclair's mother brutally killed her, she was forcing the girl to belittle herself.

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  Closing Phoenix Sinclair file was 'error', social worker admits

  An inquiry has heard that Manitoba child welfare closed the file on a young girl without realizing she was being cared for by a man with a long history of brutal domestic violence.

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  Inquiry into 5-year-old's death puts spotlight on Manitoba's child welfare system

  An inquiry into the beating death of a five-year-old girl, whose disappearance from a Manitoba community went unnoticed for nine months, is expected to lead to major changes in how at-risk children are cared for in the province.

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  Child-welfare workers lost track of Phoenix Sinclair, inquiry hears

  Officials with Manitoba child welfare were unaware in April 2004 that a little girl was living with her mother -- the same woman who would help kill her.