"This is common across the country right now. The reduction in reporting is quite alarming."

"[Victims] are in the house stuck with their abuser, so they're having more trouble asking for help."

The number of child abuse cases filed with the Zebra Child Protection Centre has dropped by about 30 per cent compared to the same time last year.

Bill Peters made a return to professional hockey on Wednesday when he was appointed coach of Russian hockey club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.

Linz Hunt raised more than $17,000 for the YWCA Crossroads Shelter from her 100-kilometre trek in the Sahara Desert.

If Dr. Karin Kerfoot is found guilty she lose her licence, without the ability to reapply for five years.

Police have laid charges against a Calgary woman after an alleged case of child abuse was livestreamed on the online gaming website Twitch.

A former WHL hockey player says young athletes need support — not verbal or physical abuse — from their teammates and coaches.

"We will not tolerate abusive behaviour of any kind," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday.

For women, trans and non-binary people of colour, living with violence and abuse can mean pressure from family and communities to stay.