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On the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, more than 100 organizations, including YWCA Toronto, have released an open letter urging Premier Doug Ford to declare Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) as an epidemic in Ontario. The call follows the province's refusal to do so in accordance with the recommendations of the Culleton, Kuzyk, and Warmerdam Inquest Report. Despite initial rejection, survivors, advocates, and organizations continue to advocate for this declaration and for more significant efforts to address these pervasive issues....

On the 34th anniversary of the murders of 14 women at École Polytechnique in Montreal, community members and groups came together in Petawawa, Ont. to mark the day, and remember those women lost to violence in their own community.

Declaring an abuse epidemic can be the first step toward taking effective, immediate action. And we all have a role to play in making this happen.

An important day in Canadian history will be remembered this Wednesday night in downtown Renfrew. Community Ou...

Councillors voted to declare gender-based and intimate partner violence an epidemic in Brant County, following sobering presentations