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The Minister responsible for Women's Equality says she is focused on supporting those who have experienced intimate partner violence.

A national charity is trying to make a difference — one box at a time — when it comes to intimate partner violence. Here's how it's helping people in New Brunswick.

Those who work with intimate partner violence cases say not only are the number of cases on the rise, but so too is the complexity of each case.

RCMP upgraded the man's charge to second-degree murder in connection to the death of an 84-year-old man. Police say the victim's death was the result of intimate partner violence.

The RCMP say a 31-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter and indignity to human remains in the death of 26-year-old Sarah Teakles.

Decades after Sarah Sherman was attacked, intimate partner violence cases have only grown in Canada. This is Part 1 in a Global New Brunswick series on IPV in the province.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he will toughen the penalties for intimate partner violence if his party forms government after this election.

The statement of claim alleges the plaintiffs have been denied justice due to strict time limits on criminal proceedings set by a landmark 2016 Supreme Court of Canada ruling.

Brandi Whynot said she was attacked by her ex-partner and, four years later, is still waiting from him to go to trial on two counts of assault involving strangulation.

Police in Bridgewater, N.S. say they are investigating the death of an elderly woman found inside her home Sunday morning as a case of intimate partner violence. 

The Nova Scotia government has announced $23.7 million to help transition houses amid a spate of intimate-partner violence in the province.

There are calls for New Brunswick to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in the province, much like neighbouring Nova Scotia has done. 

A Nova Scotia legislative committee heard disturbing testimony from a mother who described how her spouse allegedly subjected them to harassment while police, courts did not help.

The worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history began almost five years ago, shortly after a Nova Scotia man brutally assaulted his common-law wife.

A Toronto man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years after pleading guilty to the second-degree murder of his girlfriend.

As of Tuesday, paid leave for victims of family violence expands to five days from three, a move intended to give employees more time away from work to seek support.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney and the NDP's Jagmeet Singh expressed support Friday for federal spending to ensure a strong national public broadcaster, a notion Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dismissed as something Canada simply can't afford. 

There's many issues front of mind in the federal election campaign, but industry leaders say rural communities aren't getting enough focus.

A new study finds that access to abortion services expanded greatly in the five years after the abortion pill was approved and pharmacies began dispensing it in Ontario.

Police in Nova Scotia have charged a 31-year-old man with first-degree murder in the 2023 death of his intimate partner.