Global News: Women’s groups demand more protection for women from domestic violence
CBC: Advocates call for better protection for victims of intimate partner violence
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Victoria court house to remember a mother of two killed in an alleged case of intimate partner violence. As CBC’s Katie DeRosa reports, they’re calling on the province and the federal government to do more to protect women.
Times Colonist: Cridge Centre aims to offer more than ‘one-time support’
Cridge programs help everyone from women fleeing intimate partner abuse to young parents in a difficult spot and people with brain injuries or complex health needs. With age comes experience, and the Cridge Centre for the Family has certainly picked up a few things over its 152-year history. The organization, on a hill overlooking the […]
Times Colonist: Intimate partner violence is dangerous — and becoming more common
Photo by Hilla Kerner of a vigil held in Vancouver in 2022 to pay respects to 10 B.C. women killed as a result of domestic violence that year. Maybe things start as typical bickering among couples, or maybe the rage blows up out of nowhere. The aggressor slaps, pushes and punches before grabbing their partner […]
Victoria News: Victoria family’s legacy of giving brings new support to brain injury survivors
A family legacy dating back to 150 years fuels a donation that will sustain the Second Chance Cafe in Saanich for years to come. Growing up in the Cridge family comes with stories of community works dating as far back as great, great, great grandfather Bishop Edward Cridge whose work alongside wife Mary led to […]