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The unfortunate death of Tina Fontaine has now symbolized into a rallying point for members of the aboriginal community against the prevailing issue of hundreds of other deaths of aboriginal women like Fontaine. However, Bryan Favel, whose father was his cousin, says that Fontaine was nothing less than a little sister to him and they were so close that Favel even counted him as a sibling.
Even when Fontaine lived in CFS care with Favel’s family, Favel says he often met her every weekend and holidays. He revealed that she was a very nurturing person, and when growing up, she wanted to become a CFS worker. Favel explained that “she wants to help other kids the way she was helped.” He added that the death of Fontaine’s father had a profound effect on her and she became a different person. He mentioned that “it was hard for all of us. It just hit her the worst. She was very happy, very outgoing and then she just stopped. She stopped caring about school, everything.”
Although Fontaine remained in foster care with Favel’s mother and was happy there for a while, she failed to get closure about her father’s death. Eventually she was transferred to another foster family in Winnipeg, where she was not so happy. He claimed that he was hurt to hear about Fontaine’s death and stated that “I’m just trying to hold back the tears. I’m here with her sister, and I want to be strong for her, but it feels like someone took a knife and stabbed me in the heart.”
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