Police reports: Intimate partner violence continues to increase

walkertonnews.com

Factuality

Ownership

Police reports: Intimate partner violence continues to increase

Each year, on December 6th, a vigil is held to honour those who died in the massacre at École Polytechnique du Montreal when 14 young women students were killed by a deranged gunman for the simple reason that they were women. At the vigils, statistics are often raised around the issue of intimate partner violence. In 2023, Saugeen Shores Police Sgt. Chantal Primeau said there is evidence that gender-based violence is increasing, particularly aff…