Thibideau J.

A status review application under the Child and Family Services Act concerning four children in the care of the Children's Aid Society.

The court conducted a 14-day trial to determine whether the children should be returned to parental care under supervision or made Crown wards.

The Society sought Crown wardship for all four children, citing the parents' inability to adequately care for, supervise, and protect the children, particularly regarding control of problematic child behaviour.

The father sought return of the children under Society supervision.

The children's representatives sought various dispositions.

The court found that the children were in need of protection under section 37(2)(b)(i) and (ii) of the Act due to the parents' failure to adequately care for, supervise, and protect the children, creating a risk of physical harm.

The court ordered that all four children be made Crown wards of the Society.

A 14-year-old youth pleaded guilty to 16 counts of sexual assault and one count of touching for a sexual purpose against a five-year-old victim on a school bus over a seven-month period.

The offender was a school bus monitor who groomed the victim through friendship and trust.

The court determined that the offences constituted violent offences under section 39(1)(a) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act based on the psychological harm caused to the victim.

The court imposed a deferred custody and supervision order of four months in custody and two months supervision, followed by one year of probation, rather than immediate incarceration, based on the offender's youth, supportive family environment, positive response to rehabilitation, and the availability of intensive monitoring and treatment programs.

The accused was convicted after trial of operating a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol causing death (two counts), operating a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol causing bodily harm (four counts), and failing to comply with a recognizance.

The offences arose from a motor vehicle accident on August 29, 2010, on Six Nations Territory near Brantford, Ontario, in which the accused's impaired driving resulted in the deaths of two passengers and serious injuries to three other passengers and the driver of the other vehicle.

The accused was sentenced to six years imprisonment (with five months pre-trial custody credited), with concurrent sentences on the bodily harm counts and a 15-year driving prohibition.

The accused was charged with seven offences arising from a motor vehicle collision on August 29, 2010, on Six Nations Territory.

The charges included failing to comply with a recognizance, operating a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol causing bodily harm (four counts), and operating a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol causing death (two counts).

The court found that the accused was driving at excessive speed (100-120 kph in an 80 kph zone) while significantly impaired by alcohol (blood alcohol concentration between 66-144 mg/100mL), with defective vehicle brakes and tires, in foggy night conditions.

The other driver, who was also impaired, made a left turn into the accused's path.

The court convicted the accused on all counts, finding that his impaired driving was a significant contributing cause to the deaths of two passengers and injuries to three others.