Sexual Harassment

• Show of solidarity for female officers behind proposed B.C. harassment class action lawsuit

  The lawsuit was filed Oct. 12, by six women police officers, alleging discrimination and harassment based on gender.

  Crime

  Dec 21, 2023
  
• Man who sexually assaulted woman on North Vancouver trail gets 6-month conditional sentence

  Jairus-Paul Covacha Sacramento will spend the first three months of his sentence under house arrest. Another 18 months of probation will follow.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2023
  
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• Hierarchical police, military and CSIS in need of harassment reckoning: professor

  Victims of sexual harassment in Canadian police forces, the military, and its spy agency point not just to individual offenders, but to ongoing acceptance of problematic behaviour.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2023
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• More female police officers interested in proposed B.C. harassment class action lawsuit

  More than 60 female officers have added their names to a confidential information website created for the lawsuit, which alleges systemic discrimination and sexual harassment.

  Crime

  Oct 23, 2023
• B.C. MLA and former Mountie speaks out amid new female police officer class action suit

  Surrey South BC United MLA Elenore Sturko, who served as an RCMP officer for 13 years, says she also faced harassment during her time as a police officer.

  Politics

  Oct 17, 2023
• Minister responds to sexual harassment suit filed by female B.C. police officers

  The 25-page lawsuit names all 13 cities with municipal police forces in the province, along with the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner and B.C.'s public safety minister.

  Crime

  Oct 13, 2023
• Quebec nursing assistant charged with sexual assault at care home, more victims possible

  Laval police are asking anyone who may have been a target of Abdeslam El Asri, charged for reported sexual assaults at a Laval, Que., care home (CHSLD), to come forward.

  Crime

  Jul 20, 2023
• Sexual harassment in the workplace spurs Sask. project offering free legal advice

  A study from Statistics Canada says that in 2020 one in four women and one in six men reported experiencing inappropriate sexualized behaviours in the workplace.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2023
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• Saskatoon morning news rewind: Monday, June 5

  Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Monday, June 5.

  Jun 5, 2023
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• Whitby mayor backs proposed bill taking aim at abusive elected officials

  Whitby's mayor Elizabeth Roy is joining a long list of leaders throwing their support behind Bill 5. The private member's bill aims to hold local leaders accountable for behaviour.

  Canada

  May 12, 2023