Femicide

• Intimate partner violence will soon have tougher penalties under new law

  The Conservative bill essentially leapfrogged the Liberal government's own intimate partner violence bill that includes many of the same measures as 'Bailey's Law.'

  Politics

  Jun 17
  
• Quebec advocates warn of femicide crisis after Brossard murder-suicide

  Marcos Amilcar Diaz Lopez, 56, and his wife, Sonia Maricela Gonzalez Vasquez, 54, were found dead shortly after midnight on Monday.

  Canada

  Feb 3
  
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• Motorist found covered in blood facing murder charge: Windsor police

  Police in Windsor, Ont., have charged a man with first-degree murder after officers found him covered in blood during a traffic stop.

  Crime

  Nov 13, 2025
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• Liberals urged to increase penalties for intimate partner violence, murder

  Conservatives are pushing a private member's bill they say would combat intimate partner violence — just as a new report tracks how the problem has grown in recent years.

  Politics

  Oct 28, 2025
• B.C. advocates push for femicide to be deemed a specific offence

  Advocates say femicide should be deemed its own specific offence in B.C. Femicide means the intentional act of killing women or girls due to their gender.

  Crime

  Aug 4, 2025
• ‘Uphill battle’: Criminal Code must include definition for femicide, advocates say

  Advocates urge Ottawa to define femicide in the criminal code as more Ontario police use the term to describe gender-based killings.

  Crime

  Jun 8, 2025
• Ottawa woman killed, police believe it could be femicide

  Police are investigating the death of an Ottawa woman earlier this week as a suspected case of femicide.

  Crime

  Jun 3, 2025
• Colombian model killed days after Mexican influencer shot dead on livestream

  María José Estupiñán's death came less than a week after 23-year-old beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was killed by a man at the beauty salon where she worked in Mexico.

  Trending

  May 20, 2025
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• Man charged with killing N.B. woman in intimate partner violence investigation

  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.

  Crime

  Apr 22, 2025
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• Ontario man charged with murder in latest case of femicide: Ottawa police

  Police in Ottawa have charged a man in connection to a fatal stabbing of a woman earlier this week in what they are calling a case of femicide.

  Crime

  Apr 3, 2025