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5 Ways to Help Prevent Intimate Couple Violence from Triple Homicide Investigation

When neighbors are asked about acts of partner violence that end in a murder next door, they sometimes comment that “they can’t believe this happened here,” said psychologist Dr. Peter Jaffe. This sentiment highlights the need for more public education on domestic violence and its early warning flags, said Jaffe, one of several witnesses who …

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This is how opponents will use the courts to try to thwart Quebec’s 96th bill

Route links Quebec News National Local news The new language law “has the potential to fundamentally change the constitutional order in Quebec: it puts French above fundamental rights and freedoms.” Date Posted: June 9, 2022 • 1 day ago • 9 minutes reading • 71 comments People gather at Dawson College for a demonstration to …

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A 50-year-old man was accidentally assaulted at a bus stop: Winnipeg police

A 26-year-old man from Winnipeg has been charged after a 55-year-old man was injured in an apparent random assault at a bus stop, according to police. At approximately 11 a.m. Thursday, officers were called to the intersection of Notre Dame Avenue and Arlington Street following a report that a man had been assaulted. Officers found …

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The Ukrainian family now living in PEI is asking for the support of the community

Anya Zakharenkova remembers hearing her mother cry over the phone from Ukraine in February, when the Russian invasion began. Zakharenkova now lives in Halifax, but worked as a hairdresser on Prince Edward Island for years. His mother told him that his 91-year-old grandmother, blind and in a wheelchair, was too surprised to understand what was …

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New Canadian regulations would put a warning on every cigarette, not just the packaging

Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press Published Friday, June 10, 2022 2:33 PM EDT Last Updated on Friday, June 10, 2022 4:18 PM EDT Canada is about to become the first country in the world to demand that a warning be printed on every cigarette. The measure is based on Canada’s mandate to include graphic warnings …

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