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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. Rigolet is a close-knit Labrador community of about 300 people where everyone knows each other. It should be a place where people feel safe, but resident Desiree Wolfrey says she’s constantly warning her three daughters to be on guard. “I’m always telling them to be wary of where you are and who you’re with, and to be careful,” Wolfrey said in a recent interview. Labrador has a staggeringly high rate of sexual assault more than four times the national average, according to data supplied to The Canadian Press by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary and the RCMP. And the numbers show it’s rising. ....
With a sexual assault rate four times national average, Labrador advocates seek help Poll Independent Deirdre Connolly, shown in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L. on Monday, May 3, 2021, opened the Sexual Assault Crisis and Prevention Centre s Labrador office in March 2020 and says the St. John s headquarters has been calling for a sexual assault nurse examiner program in the region for years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Shirley White MANDATORY CREDIT ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Rigolet is a close-knit Labrador community of about 300 people where everyone knows each other. It should be a place where people feel safe, but resident Desiree Wolfrey says she’s constantly warning her three daughters to be on guard. ....
Posted: May 10, 2021 10:34 AM NT | Last Updated: May 10 New data shows that although Labrador is home to just five per cent of the province s population, it accounted for about one-quarter of police-reported sexual assaults last year.(Ben Nelms/CBC) Rigolet is a close-knit Labrador community of about 300 people where everyone knows each other. It should be a place where people feel safe, but resident Desiree Wolfrey says she s constantly warning her three daughters to be on guard. I m always telling them to be wary of where you are and who you re with, and to be careful, Wolfrey said in a recent interview. ....