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The Manitoba government has announced a new sexual violence response strategy is being created over the coming year to ensure help in rural and northern communities.

A new awareness campaign on sexual violence, that translates to 'We're listening', hopes to educate people in CEGEP and university communities across Quebec and eventually Canada.

Cecil Junior Houle, a 47-year-old man, is considered a high risk to re-offend, officers said, adding everyone, especially women, are at risk of sexual violence.

A UN report said there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed rape, “sexualized torture,” and other cruel treatment of women during its surprise attack in Israel.

As the use of artificial intelligence reaches mainstream audiences and becomes increasingly accessible to the public, concern is growing around its misuse. 

A small Nova Scotia town that has struggled to tame its sometimes rowdy population of university students is considering advice from an unlikely source.

On April 3rd, Ottawa's justice department notified Pinawa's Survivor's Hope Crisis Centre that funding for its sexual assault recovery and healing program ended March 31st.

New York’s highest court overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with improper rulings.

Several Nova Scotia groups that assist women are speaking out against comments on domestic violence by Justice Minister Brad Johns, and at least one is calling for his dismissal.

There are growing calls — including from a Toronto city councillor — for the Peel Regional Police chief to apologize for meeting the notorious head of Sri Lankan police.

District of Squamish councillors voted 4-3 to reject a one-year permit for a cruise ship that would have housed the Woodfibre LNG crews.

A department spokesperson estimated that more than 30 U.S. citizens a day would be able to depart Haiti on multiple helicopter flights.

Oh Yeong-Su reached international fame for his portrayal of Oh Il-nam, also called Player 001, in the Netflix original 'Squid Game.'

Alongside the notice that the documentary would be "coming soon," 50 Cent hyped the project by writing that it would "break records when this drops."

Dueck will be in court next March 21, and in the days and weeks ahead his trial on recent charges will be scheduled. 

Police in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand are still searching for four more suspects in connection with the gang rape of a Spanish-Brazilian tourist.

Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored UN resolution calling for “an immediate and sustained ceasefire” in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.

The judge reserved and is expected to give a decision regarding Dueck's potential freedom ahead of a trial on March 14  at Kelowna Law Courts.

A unique Canadian program meant to ensure sexual-assault cases aren’t closed inappropriately by police is set to run out of federal funding at the end of the month.

Calgary Stampede has been barred from participating in the annual Pride parade "for the foreseeable future" due to abuse from a former staff member.