For Melissa, the last thing she imagined starting her first year at Western University, with plans to become a lawyer, was to become a stripper, let alone fall victim to human trafficking.

Toronto police say an officer and nine other men have been charged in a human-trafficking investigation involving an underage girl.

Opposition parties joined forces to call for action from the Liberal government over the recently lapsed funding for organizations supporting victims of human trafficking.

A 19-year-old St. Catharines man is facing child pornography charges, and police believe there may be additional victims in the case.

Halton police say they responded to an “unknown problem” at a hotel in Burlington on Wednesday.

Winnipeg police have released the identities of the city's two latest homicide victims.

Police were initially contacted about Epp on March 12, and following an investigation by the sexual assault and child abuse section, made an arrest the following day.

It was an painful understanding of a darkness and brutality that first bonded these women together. But out of that, with the help of a Calgary organization, they have formed a sisterhood that helps keep them accountable and pushes them forward.

On Sunday, Montrealers gathered to celebrate International Women's Day in many different ways, but all with the same goal -- protect women's rights.

John Collyer received the sentence at Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Bridgewater on Wednesday after the victim and her mother delivered emotional impact statements.