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Woman sentenced for baby’s drowning at Saskatoon motel

Jan 14, 2011 | 6:17 AM

Tears flowed in a Saskatoon courtroom Thursday during the sentencing of a woman from Green Lake.

Three and a half years ago, Tera Bouvier was staying at a motel on Idylwyld Drive in Saskatoon with her two small children when she left them unattended in a bathtub.

Her eight-month-old baby boy ended up drowning.

Court heard Bouvier left the room to get a bucket of ice. She was then locked out of her room and had to run to the front desk to get the key card reprogrammed. By the time she returned, her child was dead.