Domestic violence shelters seeing unusually-low call volumes Written by Taylor Brock Friday, Feb 19 2021, 5:00 AM Genesis House is the province s domestic abuse shelter in Winkler, the town where Deena Brock s home base is. (Genesis House/Facebook)
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Manitoba s crisis line phones may not be ringing off the hook, but alarm bells are.
Despite being ready to serve, Deena Brock, Manitoba Association of Women s Shelters Inc. s (MAWS) provincial co-ordinator says beds at emergency family shelters remain empty and their call volumes are lower than in previous years. It got very quiet for a while, and it was very concerning to us for a number of reasons, Brock says.