Femicide

• Woman found dead in Montreal remembered as advocates renew calls to combat violence against women

  Police sources told Global News that Ben Salem was participating in a work-related Zoom call when she was attacked inside her Ville-Marie apartment.

  Crime

  Sep 24
  
• Montreal police investigate suspected femicide after woman found dead

  Montreal police are investigating a suspected femicide after a 44-year-old woman was found dead Saturday in an apartment in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough. 

  Crime

  Aug 17
  
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• Rise of firearm-related intimate partner violence ‘not a surprise’: experts

  The study released Wednesday 'examines trends in firearm-related intimate partner violence, including characteristics of incidents, victims, and accused persons.'

  Crime

  Jul 10
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• Intimate partner violence will soon have tougher penalties under new law

  The Conservative bill essentially leapfrogged the Liberal government's own intimate partner violence bill that includes many of the same measures as 'Bailey's Law.'

  Politics

  Jun 17
• Quebec advocates warn of femicide crisis after Brossard murder-suicide

  Marcos Amilcar Diaz Lopez, 56, and his wife, Sonia Maricela Gonzalez Vasquez, 54, were found dead shortly after midnight on Monday.

  Canada

  Feb 3
• Motorist found covered in blood facing murder charge: Windsor police

  Police in Windsor, Ont., have charged a man with first-degree murder after officers found him covered in blood during a traffic stop.

  Crime

  Nov 13, 2025
• Liberals urged to increase penalties for intimate partner violence, murder

  Conservatives are pushing a private member's bill they say would combat intimate partner violence — just as a new report tracks how the problem has grown in recent years.

  Politics

  Oct 28, 2025
• B.C. advocates push for femicide to be deemed a specific offence

  Advocates say femicide should be deemed its own specific offence in B.C. Femicide means the intentional act of killing women or girls due to their gender.

  Crime

  Aug 4, 2025
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• ‘Uphill battle’: Criminal Code must include definition for femicide, advocates say

  Advocates urge Ottawa to define femicide in the criminal code as more Ontario police use the term to describe gender-based killings.

  Crime

  Jun 8, 2025
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• Ottawa woman killed, police believe it could be femicide

  Police are investigating the death of an Ottawa woman earlier this week as a suspected case of femicide.

  Crime

  Jun 3, 2025