Restraining Order

• Restraining orders filed against Edmonton Pride Corner organizer

  The organizer of Edmonton's Pride Corner has had her activism efforts interrupted by a string of restraining orders.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2023
  
• Regina man charged with assault, forcible confinement of woman, child

  The Regina Police Service was called to a restaurant Monday morning after a woman and child where dragged away by a man.

  Crime

  Oct 3, 2022
  
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• ‘A lot of blood.’ Dennis Oland’s wife accused him of intimate partner violence

  Less than a year after New Brunswick businessman Dennis Oland was found not guilty of killing his multimillionaire father, Oland's wife applied for a restraining order.

  Canada

  May 4, 2021
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• ‘A piece of paper that did nothing’: Advocates say protection orders are failing women in Canada

  Protection orders are meant to act as life-saving tools for victims of spousal abuse, but the very tool designed to help keep women safe is failing them, advocates say.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2019
• ‘Better than nothing’: Do restraining orders actually work?

  'We tend to forget that people who are often most at risk minimize their own perceptions of risk.'

  Features

  May 4, 2019
• Some Kingston businesses dealing with unexpected guests and damages

  Broken windows, multiple people sleeping in lobbies. Those are just a few of the problems businesses along Princess Street in Kingston have dealt with in recent months.

  Crime

  Feb 5, 2018
• Bob Layton editorial: Whose rights matter most?

  Why do we put sex offenders we expect to re-offend, back on the street?

  Sep 13, 2017
• Restraining order granted in Edmonton crowbar attack case: ‘We are afraid for our lives’

  Friends of a man accused of breaking a woman's arms with a crowbar in an alleged act of road rage have been granted a restraining order against him, saying they fear for their lives.

  Crime

  May 4, 2017
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• Domestic violence: when the law isn’t enough

  Camille Runke had a protection order against her estranged husband. But when she was murdered last year, her name was added to a long list of women killed every year in Canada by someone they used to love.

  Feb 17, 2016
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• Camille Runke’s family suggests ankle bracelets for suspected stalkers

  The sister of Camille Runke is demanding changes to the way protection orders are done, after Runke was allegedly gunned down by her ex-husband.

  Nov 12, 2015