A Manitoba report into how family violence affects children who witness it suggests that every two hours, a child is exposed to a police-reported case of intimate partner violence.

New research from the University of Calgary has found women who experience emotionally difficult times as children are more likely to have physical problems during pregnancy and emotional problems afterwards.

Alberta’s NDP government is hoping to help fight child sexual abuse by expanding the model used for the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre in Calgary to several different communities across the province.