Protection Order

• Gun control groups urge faster ‘protection order’ ineligibility change

  The provision is intended to quickly remove firearms from the hands of abusers at the time when they are often the most dangerous.

  Politics

  Jun 18
  
• ‘A piece of paper that did nothing’: Advocates say protection orders are failing women in Canada

  Protection orders are meant to act as life-saving tools for victims of spousal abuse, but the very tool designed to help keep women safe is failing them, advocates say.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2019
  
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• ‘Better than nothing’: Do restraining orders actually work?

  'We tend to forget that people who are often most at risk minimize their own perceptions of risk.'

  Features

  May 4, 2019
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• Home of homicide victim broken into after her death

  Several pieces of jewellery along with two televisions were stolen from the home of a homicide victim after police say they had cleared and secured the scene.

  Apr 27, 2016
• Domestic violence: when the law isn’t enough

  Camille Runke had a protection order against her estranged husband. But when she was murdered last year, her name was added to a long list of women killed every year in Canada by someone they used to love.

  Feb 17, 2016
• Update: Camille Runke’s sister reacts to new protection order legislation

  The NDP government will introduce new legislation later today making it easier for people to get a protection order in Manitoba.

  Nov 30, 2015
• Camille Runke’s family suggests ankle bracelets for suspected stalkers

  The sister of Camille Runke is demanding changes to the way protection orders are done, after Runke was allegedly gunned down by her ex-husband.

  Nov 12, 2015