US EditionGender-based violence spikes five years after Nova Scotia mass shooting
- In the past six months, police in Nova Scotia reported a spike in deaths from intimate partner violence, with seven women murdered since October 18, 2024.
- Data from police indicate that intimate-partner violence homicides in Nova Scotia last year were three times the average of the previous nine years.
- An inquiry issued 130 recommendations in March 2023 to help prevent gender-based violence, yet critical actions, including appointing a commissioner, remain unfulfilled.
- The Nova Scotia government has declared intimate-partner violence an epidemic, committing $228 million for programs supporting survivors in recent budgets.
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Gender-based violence spikes five years after Nova Scotia mass shooting
The worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history began almost five years ago, shortly after a Nova Scotia man brutally assaulted his common-law wife. Lisa Banfield was kicked, punched and choked by her partner of 19 years on the night of April 18, 2020. She was left with fractured ribs and vertebr...
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