Family Violence

• Saskatchewan RCMP saw almost 10K domestic violence victims in 2025

  The police agency in a news release on Monday said it was continuing a trend of 'persistently high levels' of both types of interpersonal violence. 

  Crime

  Mar 16
  
• ‘I’ve had a couple of tears’: Families flee, repairs needed after emergency shelter floods

  A emergency shelter in Calgary for families fleeing domestic violence is facing a long and expensive list of repairs after it was hit by flooding twice in the past month.

  Fire

  Feb 7, 2025
  
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• Family and partner violence against Canadian men is rising, data says. Why?

  Women and girls remain the primary victims, but the number of cases where men and boys are the victims appears to also be growing, new data shows.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2024
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• Supporting men important in preventing domestic violence: Calgary study

  A new report from the University of Calgary suggests more focus is needed on men's behaviour when it comes to preventing domestic violence. 

  Crime

  Mar 21, 2024
• Sask. provincial rates of family and intimate partner violence remain the highest in Canada

  Statistics Canada reports that Saskatchewan has the highest provincial rates of family and intimate partner violence in the country.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2023
• Domestic homicide often follows many warning signs, experts say

  The directors of domestic violence research and prevention organizations say more Canadians should be aware of the signs someone they know may harm members of their own family.

  Crime

  Aug 28, 2023
• Names released of 2 young Quebec boys police say were murdered by father

  Quebec provincial police declined to offer further details and refused to comment on reports that Ian Lamontagne had been arrested and released two days before the killings.

  Crime

  Aug 28, 2023
• Treasa Lynn Oberly, Beaumont homicide victim, remembered as ‘angel on earth’

  Treasa Lynn Oberly, a Beaumont woman who was found dead after being missing for over a week, is being remembered as an 'angel on earth' by friends and family.

  Crime

  Jul 26, 2023
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• Guilty plea from Surrey, B.C. man accused of fatally stabbing wife

  Navinder Gill's wife, Harpreet Kaur Gill, 40, was found with multiple stab wounds at a home on 66th Avenue near 127 Street shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 7.

  Crime

  Jun 23, 2023
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• Lethbridge father pleads guilty to assaulting infant daughter

  A Lethbridge father pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and failing to provide the necessaries of life to his six-week-old daughter, who was found injured in January 2023.

  Crime

  Jun 23, 2023