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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba RCMP say three people have been left with “life-altering injuries” after being attacked with a box cutter at a home on Garden Hill First Nation. Investigators met up with the victims who were being treated for slash wounds at the community’s …
Read More »Manitoba spends $1.3 million on sexual assault crisis response and healing program – Winnipeg
Manitoba is spending $1.3 million on a new sexual assault crisis response and healing program, which will expand the accessibility of specialized services for survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, Families Minister Rochelle Squires, minister responsible for the status of women, announced Sunday. “Improving the availability of patient-centred, …
Read More »Police charge man with 2 assaults, sexual assault reported within hours in Etobicoke – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man has been arrested after two assaults and a sexual assault were reported at the end of March in Etobicoke, Ont. Toronto police said the first incident was reported just before 4:30 p.m. on March 28 around Twentieth Street and Lake …
Read More »Suspect wanted after teen’s glasses smashed, man spat on at TTC subway station – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police say they are looking to identify a suspect after two people reported they were assaulted at a TTC subway station in January. Police said the assaults happened on Jan. 30 at around 12:50 p.m. at North York Centre subway station. …
Read More »Survivor shocked, saddened by Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program staffing challenges – Winnipeg
A sexual assault survivor who got care at Health Sciences Centre’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program is shocked and saddened to see its staffing challenges unfold. Seven casual nurses with the program quit this week after working through long-standing shortages that forced some patients to return later for examination …
Read More »More nurses quit Manitoba service for sexual assault victims amid ongoing staffing issues – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Another two casual nurses who collect evidence after sexual and domestic assaults in Manitoba have resigned. Shared Health confirmed the resignations from the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or SANE, program at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg late in the day Wednesday. Read …
Read More »Toronto police search for man wanted after alleged Victoria Park Avenue sexual assault – Toronto
Police in Toronto are searching for a man who investigators believe sexually assaulted a woman at the beginning of the month. Toronto police said that a sexual assault was reported in the Victoria Park Avenue and Parma Court area of the city. A man was reportedly at someone’s house between …
Read More »‘It’s pretty scary’: Victim in suspected hate-motivated TTC assault speaks out – Toronto
A Muslim woman who was threatened with a knife on the TTC in a suspected hate-motivated assault last week said she is still shaken by what she experienced. “It’s pretty scary,” the woman said. She spoke with Global News on the condition of anonymity out of fear for her safety. …
Read More »Police look for suspect after assault outside Law Courts Building – Winnipeg
Winnipeg police are looking for a suspect after a woman was assaulted outside the Law Courts Building early Friday morning. Police say the 20-year-old woman was walking from St. Mary Avenue and Kennedy Street to the courthouse at around 5:45 a.m. when an unknown man began to follow her. As …
Read More »Family of Milton, Ont. woman attacked with unknown chemical speaks out
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Dean McCoy and his wife have remained at their daughter’s bedside every day. Twenty-two-year-old Bradi McCoy has been identified by family as the woman who suffered severe burns to her face and body after being doused with an unknown chemical on March …
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