The risk is higher for some women, like Indigenous, a minority, living in poverty, these experiences can be 6 times more often.
According to Stats Canada, 40 percent of women will experience intimate partner violence at some time in their life. Heather Davis is the Executive at Willow House in Corner Brook. She says the risk is higher for some women, like Indigenous, a minority, living in poverty, these experiences can be 6 times more often. Davis says Willow House serves a large part of the west coast and they’ve housed 135 women and children so far this year. She says they’ve been open for forty years now and have served over 7100 women and children.
2nd annual radiothon in support of Bay of Islands Volunteer Search and Rescue is tomorrow 12-3 on Bayfm!
Government begins recruitment campaign to get more foster parents called "Foster a Future"
14th annual Corner Brook Kinsmen Charity Golf Tournament is next weekend, still time to enter a team
Coastal Action team pulls 44 goldfish out of Link Pond this week in less than 3 minutes
Cost of electricity could go up 2.25 percent on July 1st, 2027
