Family of Indigenous youth who died in care calls on province for answers, accountability [Video]

The family of Chantelle Williams, an Indigenous teen who died while in provincial care earlier this year, gathered in B.C.’s capital city on Wednesday, calling for answers and accountability.

As CBC News first reported, 18-year-old Williams died in hospital on Jan. 28 after being found unresponsive on a sidewalk in sub-zero temperatures only a few blocks from her group home in Port Alberni, B.C.

Members of her family believe she may have frozen to death. 

The teen was in the guardianship care of Usma Nuu-chah-nulth Family and Child Services, a delegated agency of the Ministry of Children and Family Development, and living in a contracted group home operated by Inside Out Care Corporation. 

WATCH | Family calls for answers in death of Chantelle Williams: The family of an Indigenous teen who died in the province’s care was at the B.C. Legislature on Wednesday asking for answers. Chantelle Williams passed away in January after being …