domestic violence

In this May 13, 2022 file photo, MLA Kelli Paddon speaks during the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new Primary Care Centre in Chilliwack. On Dec. 10, 2023, the Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity presented B.C.’s action plan on gender-based violence. (Jenna Hauck/ Black Press Media)

B.C. releases action plan on gender-based violence, backed by $62M from feds

3-year plan promises to reduce waitlists on existing services, invest more in Indigenous-led solutions

 

Sean Burns (RLP Coast Capital Broker Owner), Candace Stretch (manager, Cridge Supportive Transitional Housing), Natalie Burns (RLP Coast Capital broker owner), April Grout (manager, RLP Coast Capital Realty), Marlene Goley (manager, Cridge Transition House for Women), Michelle Kientopp (manager, RLP Coast Capital Reality) and Adam Richards (CEO, Cridge Centre for the Family) celebrate a donation to change the lives of women facing violence. (Courtesy Cridge Centre for the Family)

Fall walk raises $27K for Victoria women’s transition house

Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, community support ‘sends women a powerful message’

 

Ellen Frood, third from right, and Chris Alemany, second from right, of Sage Haven Society, are joined by community leaders to officially open Wiiksahiqu?il, Sage Haven’s new second stage housing complex. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Second-stage housing opens in Port Alberni

Housing provides a place for women and children leaving domestic violence

 

Sarah Williamson expects to start every day of her second Royal Lepage Trek for Shelter with tears and purpose, much like she did in the Purcells in 2021 (pictured). (Courtesy of Sarah Williamson)

Realtor climbs mountains for Greater Victoria women facing violence

Women fleeing violence face ‘perfect storm’ of compounded challenges

Sarah Williamson expects to start every day of her second Royal Lepage Trek for Shelter with tears and purpose, much like she did in the Purcells in 2021 (pictured). (Courtesy of Sarah Williamson)
Sault Ste. Marie Police Chief Hugh Stevenson provides an update during a media availability in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bob Davies

Family identifies Sault shooter, says three children killed were his

Bobbie Hallaert identified as shooter in what is being called incident of intimate partner violence

Sault Ste. Marie Police Chief Hugh Stevenson provides an update during a media availability in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bob Davies
Kamal Dhillon is shown in an undated handout photo. Dhillon was horrified to learn about the deaths of five people in Sault Ste. Marie that police have attributed to intimate partner violence and says the type of abuse that nearly killed her decades ago will only stop when everyone starts paying more attention to an issue that affects so many families. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Kamal Dhillon

Sault shooting spree shines harsh spotlight on intimate partner violence

Intimate partner violence has gained attention due to several high-profile cases

Kamal Dhillon is shown in an undated handout photo. Dhillon was horrified to learn about the deaths of five people in Sault Ste. Marie that police have attributed to intimate partner violence and says the type of abuse that nearly killed her decades ago will only stop when everyone starts paying more attention to an issue that affects so many families. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Kamal Dhillon
Statistics Canada estimates that nationally, the rate of domestic abuse is approximately 44 per cent over a woman’s lifetime. (File/Pixabay)

‘Way past due’: UBC Okanagan helps create concussion guide for survivors of domestic abuse

A researcher from UBCO was on the team of advocates and clinicians that developed the free resource

Statistics Canada estimates that nationally, the rate of domestic abuse is approximately 44 per cent over a woman’s lifetime. (File/Pixabay)
Family, friends and supporters of the victims of the mass killings in rural Nova Scotia in 2020 gather following the release of the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry’s final report in Truro, N.S. on Thursday, March 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Inquiry into N.S. killings calls for bold change to tackle family violence ‘epidemic’

Commissioners called findings on domestic violence ‘single most important’ lesson of inquiry

Family, friends and supporters of the victims of the mass killings in rural Nova Scotia in 2020 gather following the release of the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry’s final report in Truro, N.S. on Thursday, March 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Jan Bate, executive director of the Cowichan Women Against Violence Society, said the announcement of 33 transition units of second stage housing for women fleeing violence in the region is much needed. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

New housing units on the way for vulnerable Cowichan Valley women

Facility to be run by Cowichan Women Against Violence Society

Jan Bate, executive director of the Cowichan Women Against Violence Society, said the announcement of 33 transition units of second stage housing for women fleeing violence in the region is much needed. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Quebec Deputy premier and Public Security Minister Genevieve Guilbault announces the implementation of proximity bracelets for domestic violence abusers, Wednesday, December 1, 2021 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Quebec to expand tracking-bracelet program for domestic violence suspects in 2023

Bracelet allows survivors to avoid running into their abusers

Quebec Deputy premier and Public Security Minister Genevieve Guilbault announces the implementation of proximity bracelets for domestic violence abusers, Wednesday, December 1, 2021 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
A person uses a cell phone in Ottawa on Monday, July 18, 2022. A phone, a smart home, a digitally-connected car. These are the high-tech tools of digital domestic abuse that anti-violence experts say is on the rise.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

From smart homes to connected cars, new tools of domestic abuse make escape harder

Abusers can track their partners in real time and blackmail them with the threat of posting things online

A person uses a cell phone in Ottawa on Monday, July 18, 2022. A phone, a smart home, a digitally-connected car. These are the high-tech tools of digital domestic abuse that anti-violence experts say is on the rise.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Wei Kai Kum First Nation member Laverne Henderson, led the crowd in a drum ceremony to open the event. She said the turnout warmed her heart to see steps being made toward the end of domestic violence as a whole. Photo Edward Hitchins/Campbell River Mirror

Vigil for National Day of Remembrance of Violence Against Women carries a powerful message

Leaders, speakers at Spirit Square event want community to end stigma around feminism

Wei Kai Kum First Nation member Laverne Henderson, led the crowd in a drum ceremony to open the event. She said the turnout warmed her heart to see steps being made toward the end of domestic violence as a whole. Photo Edward Hitchins/Campbell River Mirror
A holstered taser is seen on a police officer’s belt. In B.C., dozens of municipal police officers were disciplined for things ranging from domestic violence to excessive use of force from mid-2021 to mid-2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Tasing house guests, stalking exes: Annual report reveals B.C. cops’ misconduct

Intimate partner violence, sexual harassment also widespread, police complaints commissioner found

A holstered taser is seen on a police officer’s belt. In B.C., dozens of municipal police officers were disciplined for things ranging from domestic violence to excessive use of force from mid-2021 to mid-2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Makenna Rielly, executive director of the Victoria Women’s Transition House Society, speaks at an announcement for 50 new safe housing units on the West Shore for women and children fleeing violence. (Victoria Women’s Transition House Society)

50 units of safe housing coming to the West Shore for women, children fleeing violence

The project will be operated by the Victoria Women’s Transition House Society

Makenna Rielly, executive director of the Victoria Women’s Transition House Society, speaks at an announcement for 50 new safe housing units on the West Shore for women and children fleeing violence. (Victoria Women’s Transition House Society)
Linda Pityn and Candace Stretch start planning for winter programs at the Cridge Centre for the Family in Victoria. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

Elves needed for Cridge Centre Christmas Hamper campaign

Organization that helps women fleeing violence sees spike in need

Linda Pityn and Candace Stretch start planning for winter programs at the Cridge Centre for the Family in Victoria. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
People take part in a demonstration to highlight violence against women in Montreal, Friday, April 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Gun regulation great, but doesn’t address root domestic violence drivers: advocates

“Violence in relationships is a social problem and most of it is learned behaviour”

People take part in a demonstration to highlight violence against women in Montreal, Friday, April 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
A man leaves the Kamloops Law Courts building, in Kamloops, BC on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. A family court pilot project in British Columbia may be a promising solution for domestic violence victims trying to navigate a confusing and intimidating legal system, advocates say. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Daniel Hayduk

B.C. informal family court promising for domestic violence victims: advocates

Informal trial doesn’t involve lawyers, let’s each side personally explain their stance

A man leaves the Kamloops Law Courts building, in Kamloops, BC on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. A family court pilot project in British Columbia may be a promising solution for domestic violence victims trying to navigate a confusing and intimidating legal system, advocates say. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Daniel Hayduk
Actor Johnny Depp arrives in the courtroom for closing arguments at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., Friday, May 27, 2022. Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)

At long last, jury gets closing arguments in Depp trial

Johnny Depp’s lawyers asked a jury Friday “to give Mr. Depp his…

Actor Johnny Depp arrives in the courtroom for closing arguments at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., Friday, May 27, 2022. Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)
Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, speaks during an announcement regarding the Government of Canada’s ongoing efforts to protect Canadians from the threat of gun violence during a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Women’s groups warn Liberals against ‘downloading’ gun control to potential victims

Concerns about ‘red flag provision’ raised as government prepares new gun-control legislation

Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, speaks during an announcement regarding the Government of Canada’s ongoing efforts to protect Canadians from the threat of gun violence during a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The Walk to End Violence returns to Victoria Thursday as part of the Moose Hide Campaign’s day of activities aimed at addressing violence against women and children. (Courtesy of the Moose Hide Campaign)

Walk to End Violence Against Women and Children returns to Victoria Thursday

Moose Hide Campaign continues to address violence against women and children

The Walk to End Violence returns to Victoria Thursday as part of the Moose Hide Campaign’s day of activities aimed at addressing violence against women and children. (Courtesy of the Moose Hide Campaign)