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.
Resource Enforcement officers looking for information about a fire in Trout River
Wild Cove opens for regular operations but crews continuing to smother the fire
Qalipu First Nation Chief and Council met in St. John's for the first time to include members in that area
Route 340 near Lewisporte is closed both ways due to a motor vehicle collision
Electrofishing to start this weekend to continue getting goldfish out of Link Pond in Massey Drive
