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The Tragically Hip, from L-R: Johnny Fay, Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Gord Sinclair and Paul Langlois, pictured in front of a tour bus. Gordon Hawkins/Prime Video It’s been almost exactly seven years since Canadians lost The Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, and more than eight years since the band played …
Read More »Intimate partner violence at dangerous levels in Manitoba: shelters – Winnipeg
Some Manitoba shelters supporting women and girls fleeing domestic violence say demand for their services has increased drastically in the last few years. “The demand is high and overwhelming,” said Lisa Fast, the housing and outreach co-ordinator for Agape House in Steinbach, Man. “Last year we had the highest numbers …
Read More »Town to ask Ontario to name intimate partner violence an epidemic after family deaths
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2024 4:30 pm Updated August 14, 2024 4:31 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The council of a southwestern Ontario town where a mother and two children were found dead in their home from gunshot wounds …
Read More »West Vancouver standoff ends with charges in suspected intimate partner assault – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Warning: This story contains sensitive content that may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised. A man has been arrested and charged in connection to the heavy police presence in West Vancouver’s British Properties on Wednesday. West Vancouver police said it …
Read More »Ontario won’t declare intimate partner violence an epidemic following inquest
TORONTO — Ontario is rejecting calls from a coroner’s inquest into the deaths of three women at the hands of their former partner to formally declare intimate partner violence an epidemic. The jury at a coroner’s inquest into the 2015 deaths of Nathalie Warmerdam, Carol Culleton and Anastasia Kuzyk in …
Read More »Stratford Festival’s ‘beautiful, intimate’ Tom Patterson Theatre reopens after $72M transformation
The Stratford Festival’s transformed Tom Patterson Theatre has officially reopened to public performances after being stalled by two long pandemic years. “[It’s] a historic day for the Stratford Festival, one that has been years in the making with a few interruptions along the way,” said artistic director Antoni Cimolino during a ribbon-cutting …
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