Family Violence

• 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
  
• 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
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Alberta RCMP investigate homicide in Langdon

  Strathmore and Langdon RCMP said they responded to a 911 call of an assault at a residence at around 12:10 p.m. on May 26. They found an woman who later died.

  Crime

  Jun 14
• Edmonton police say family and domestic violence calls most dangerous to respond to

  Edmonton police said domestic and family violence calls are unpredictable and dangerous, and those who work to prevent it say the situations are becoming more complex.

  Canada

  Mar 17
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• Quebec woman facing charges in alleged chemical attack in Milton, Ont.

  Halton Regional Police say a Quebec woman was arrested in connection with an assault with an unknown chemical on a family member Thursday that caused life-altering injuries.

  Crime

  Mar 15
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• Manitoba spending $2 million to support family violence prevention

  'Gender-based violence is a pervasive and complex issue that impacts the emotional, physical, social and economic health of survivors and their families.'

  Economy

  Mar 8