Advocates are calling for the term 'femicide' to be included in the Criminal Code of Canada, ahead of a funeral service for a mother and daughter who were killed in Ottawa's Alta Vista neighbourhood three weeks ago. It was one of 86 recommendations released by a jury in a Renfrew County coroner's inquest, on the same day of the stabbing.
Experts at a coroner's inquest into the murders of three rural Ontario women by the same man are calling for more oversight to ensure recommendations stemming from inquests involving intimate partner violence actually result in change.
Following a homicide in LaSalle, which police suggest may be the result of intimate partner violence, service providers that help women in abusive relationships are speaking out to empower them and prevent future incidents.