More Calls, More Fear, And Not Enough Safe Beds

Intimiate partner violenced and femicide are rising in dramatice numbers across the country.  In Niagara,  there has been a 57.8% jump in intimate partner violence investigations in Niagara in two years. This number is mirrored across the country.  Jennifer Guathier, executive director of Birchway women’s shelter talks about why there has been such a dramatic increase. She says part is the extra number of officers added to the domestic violence unit.
Birchway Niagara – https://birchway.ca/