Sgt. Alexis Petrovic says a number of members of Project First to Respond attended the Women of Distinction Gala event and the tenor of the night left them feeling unwelcome.
It will be a "long road to recovery" for the woman who was assaulted in an alleyway off Barton Street in Hamilton, according to the woman's mother, who spoke at a vigil and march held in honour of the victim and other sex workers in Hamilton.