Intimate Partner Violence

• B.C. murder case acquittal due to tainted evidence leaves shock, confusion

  Terry was found dead in her home on a First Nation reserve near Agassiz, B.C., in 2024, in a case of alleged intimate partner violence.

  Canada

  Aug 9
  
• 26% of gender-based homicide victims previously contacted police: StatCan

  Forty-nine per cent were 'victimized at least once by the same person later accused of their homicide, a proportion at least six times greater than other homicide victims.'

  Crime

  Aug 5
  
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• Man charged with fatal shooting in Rexdale had no contact order: court docs

  The 37-year-old's bail was rescinded on Friday after he was arrested and charged with the murder. The accused remains in custody and will return to court on July 31.

  Crime

  Jul 27
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• Rise of firearm-related intimate partner violence ‘not a surprise’: experts

  The study released Wednesday 'examines trends in firearm-related intimate partner violence, including characteristics of incidents, victims, and accused persons.'

  Crime

  Jul 10
• Bailey’s Law receives royal assent, brings reform to intimate partner violence laws

  Bill C-225, known as Bailey's Law, received royal assent on Wednesday, one day after passing third reading in the Senate.

  Canada

  Jun 17
• 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
• Victim of intimate partner violence calls abuser’s sentence a ‘slap in the face’

  A Nova Scotian woman says the justice system has failed after she was the victim of intimate partner violence. She's speaking out again on her abuser's sentence as well.

  Crime

  Jun 1
• Canada’s top court says intimate partner violence is a basis for civil claims

  The top court's ruling today comes in the case of a woman who suffered years of physical and emotional abuse by her husband during a 16-year marriage.

  Crime

  May 15
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• B.C. symposium puts spotlight on dangers associated with strangulation

  Charuka Maheswaran was 29 when she met the man she would later marry, have three children with, and who she said eventually beat and strangled her.

  Canada

  May 14
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• Man found guilty of manslaughter gets 5 years in prison for wife’s death

  A man who drove onto a curb, striking and killing his wife of 16 years after a fight outside the couple's Etobicoke home, has been sentenced to five years in prison.

  Crime

  May 4