BWSS Battered Women’s Support Services
@EndingViolence
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BWSS takes action to end intimate partner, domestic & sexualized violence through support services, training, education & advocacy
Joined April 2009
We placed these signs in the exact places where women and girls were harmed—because no one else did. 📍Public safety is failing survivors. It’s time to confront that truth—and build something better. #DesignedWithSurvivors #EndVAW #PublicSafetyCrisis
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RT @CAN_Femicide: @Richieprospers Volumes of research has been written on this. If you are really interested, it's at your finger tips. For….
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RT @cnnipr: "Everyday we get a story. It's a bit overwhelming." . CNN's As Equals team sheds light on Kenya's growing femicide crisis, th….
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RT @Missing_CA: Missing Woman in Langley, British Columbia – Lesley Arial, 43, Missing Since July 2, 2025 - #BC #BritishColumbia #Langley #….
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RT @Missing_CA: Missing Woman in Kamloops, British Columbia – Cheri Wilkinson, 42, Reported Missing July 13, 2025 - #AB #Alberta #BC #Briti….
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RT @CAN_Femicide: They were to return to Canada on July 20 and Melina would be returned to the custody of her mother in Montreal. The mothe….
montrealgazette.com
Luciano Frattolin, 45, is charged with second-degree murder and concealing the body of Melina Frattolin, 9.
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RT @clairestiles: A verdict is expected this Thursday in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial. For many survivors, this moment is heavy.….
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RT @Sarah_Colero: The report found that 98% of (social assistance) households tracked remained below Canada’s poverty line in 2024. In addi….
ctvnews.ca
A report published Thursday found that poverty in Canada remains widespread among those receiving social assistance.
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RT @guyfelicella: Imagine living with disabilities and trying to survive on just $1,300 a month in a city where the average 1-bedroom place….
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May 6, 2025 – The vehicle travels through British Columbia.May 7, 2025 – The vehicle travels by ferry to Nanaimo, B.C. May 10, 2025 – The vehicle returns to the Edmonton area.May 12, 2025 – The vehicle is observed west of Lloydminster.May 15, 2025 – Natanis’ vehicle is found.
Edmonton police say here vehicle was tracked from the Prairies to the Pacific and back — but Saskatchewan woman Natanis Merasty is still nowhere to be found.
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RT @mssinenomine: In BC, under that sweet social democratic NDP social welfare vibe, all 4 categories (Single-employable/single disabled/1….
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RT @clairestiles: And almost always against women. We have a violence epidemic among our young men.
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RT @clairestiles: One year ago today, 18-year-old Breanna Broadfoot was brutally murdered by her ex-partner who she repeatedly accused of i….
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RT @CAN_Femicide: Because #society continues to frame these cases about #love. That's why. It is not #love. It is #control. It is #Fem….
vernonmorningstar.com
The Turner Files by Wilbur Turner
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RT @womanfounddead: Nothing is more revolting to me than men hiding their blatant racism under the guise of protecting women and children.….
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RT @CAN_Femicide: #CallItFemicide . Understand the reasons why and #CallItFemicide. @SeanFraserMP @rechievaldez @MarkJCarney.
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RT @amanpour: A buried scandal that's haunted Ireland for decades, with excavations now underway for the remains of hundreds of babies at a….
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Nearly half of women across BC are living with the aftermath or threat of violence—whether physical, sexual, psychological, or economic. And yet, public safety apparatus continue to treat #GBV and violence against women as secondary, invisible, or already addressed.
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RT @CAN_Femicide: Was this a double homicide? Anyone ever charged?. Was it a murder-suicide?. Case occurred in January 2025. Any progress….
mapleridgenews.com
Christopher Carter of Chilliwack and Sandy Raposo of Maple Ridge found in vehicle fire on Jan. 3
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RT @CAN_Femicide: This woman was killed in January 2025. To our knowledge, her name has never been released. She seems to be invisible in….
cbc.ca
Colchester County District RCMP went to a home on Bomber Drive on Jan. 3 for a well-being check and found the body of a 42-year-old woman and an unconscious man.
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