Tag: Violence against women
Serial sex offender gets 14 1/2 years for ‘wanton, cruel’ violence
The judge said James Munroe’s campaign of violence against women was the worst he’d ever seen in his court
‘Fear has become my life’ victim says at serial harasser’s sentencing hearing
The Crown is asking for a sentence of 16 1/2 years for the Sarnia man’s unrelenting harassment and violation of women dating back to 2014.
What’s driving increase in domestic violence reports in one area city?
St. Thomas police are reporting a significant increase in domestic violence cases and charges, averaging more than two calls a day in 2024 in a city of approximately 43,000 people. The department, which is dealing with an 11 per cent increase in domestic violence calls during the past three years, says the numbers do not […]
Trailblazer who helped start one of Canada’s first women’s shelters dies at 78
Trailblazing feminist Lee Lakeman â who established in 1970s Oxford County one of the first domestic abuse shelters in Canada â has died.
Noted Black novelist challenges London school board stance on N-word in books
Iconic Canadian writer Lawrence Hill says a London District Catholic school board ban on teaching his and other Black writers’ books containing the N-word will essentially erase their work from the classroom curriculum. Hill â the author of 11 books, including the Book of Negroes â first expressed his thoughts in an op-ed in The […]