York University says it is not at liberty to discuss the terms of the settlement, but concedes a one-year partnership contract with the clinic expired earlier this year.

Years worth of evidence suggests perpetrators of domestic violence exhibit patterns that make it possible to predict when someone is in harm's way. Being aware of warning signs, experts said, could help prevent tragedies such as the one that unfolded in Ajax, Ont., earlier this week.

Alarm bells should have gone off when the man now accused of killing three ex-girlfriends refused to sign a probation order last year, a women's rights group said Friday.