Tina’s mother’s mother had relationships with men coloured by violence and addiction; she too was sometimes left to fend for herself. She was apprehended by Child and Family Services (CFS) several times, and became a permanent ward of one CFS agency at the age of 10. (This would turn out to be Raymond Cormier, who was in December of 2015 charged with second-degree murder in Tina’s death. The CFS agency requested an emergency hotel placement for her. It was, the people who knew Tina told Penrose, the event that changed Tina’s life.

Source: National Post March 12, 2019 23:14 UTC