Intimate partner violence will soon have tougher penalties under new law

Canada’s Criminal Code will soon have tougher penalties for intimate partner violence, particularly in cases of murder, after a Conservative bill became law Wednesday. The private member’s bill essentially leapfrogged the Liberal government’s own bill that would criminalize femicide and other forms of intimate partner violence and coercive control, and includes many of the same…

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‘More than just a roof’: New housing for Winnipeg women fleeing violence unveiled – Winnipeg

Downtown Winnipeg’s new income-based transitional housing for women escaping domestic violence is fully occupied, with an additional facility set for completion in the coming weeks, the Manitoba government announced. Standing Eagle, the first of the two projects, opened last January and has 11 units – five two-bedroom homes and six three-bedroom homes, the province said…

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