Weekly Update
Here’s what’s happening this week in Canadian feminism—key stories, advocacy highlights, and updates you need to know.
- Manitoba judge strikes sections of damages claim against Ste. Anne doctor who sexually assaulted patients (December 14, 2025): Court limits damages claim against Manitoba doctor accused of sexual assaults.…
Source link → CBC News
- Woman who was allegedly brutally raped lost nearly a month of her memory, court hears (December 17, 2025): Court hears harrowing testimony from woman who lost memory after assault.… Source link → Calgary Herald
- Mission RCMP warn vulnerable women of abductor in their midst (December 18, 2025): Mission RCMP warns vulnerable women about suspected abductor.…Vancouver Sun Source link → Vancouver Sun
- Sex offender sentenced to five years in penitentiary (December 19, 2025): Penticton Herald reports sentencing of convicted sex offender.… Source link → Penticton Herald
- Port Colborne, Ont., man charged with sexual assault while leading after-school program in 2002 (December 19, 2025): Man charged for historic sexual assault while leading after-school program.… Source link → CBC News
- Multiple sexual assault complaints linked to spiked drinks at illegal Sudbury bar, police say (December 19, 2025): Police investigate multiple sexual assaults linked to spiked drinks.… Source link → CTV News
- Massage therapist charged with sexual assault (December 19, 2025): Massage therapist charged with sexual assault amid misconduct concerns.…Calgary.ca Source link → Calgary.ca
- Man on probation charged in Richmond Hill transit bus sexual assault (December 19, 2025): Repeat offender charged in sexual assault on transit bus.… Source link → City News
- RCMP almost ready to launch units to investigate human trafficking in N.B. (December 15, 2025): RCMP prepares specialized units to combat human trafficking in New Brunswick.… Source link → CBC
- Protecting Victims Act (December 15, 2025): Debate on whether new Act will ease or burden the justice system.… Source link → Ottawa Citizen
- Anti-abortion billboards to come down after challenge by local activist (December 17, 2025): Local activist wins challenge to remove anti-abortion billboards.… Source link → AM1150
- What has — and hasn’t — changed in the way news addresses sexual violence (December 19, 2025): Analysis of how media coverage on sexual violence has evolved.… Source link → The Conversation
- 17 more charges for Edmonton man accused of luring teenage girls online, sexually assaulting them (December 19, 2025): Edmonton man faces 17 new charges for luring and assaulting teens online.… Source link → City News
- Supreme Court case involving Indigenous offender and victim could have repercussions in the North (December 20, 2025): Canada’s top court weighing sentencing options when both victim and offender are Indigenous… Source link → CBC News
- Why a Nova Scotia assault case before Canada’s top court could set precedent for Indigenous sentencing options (December 20, 2025): Supreme Court case weighs what sentencing looks like if both the victim and offender are Indigenous.… Source link → CBC News
- Shaun Clarence Cunningham wanted on province-wide arrest warrant (NS) (December 20, 2025): Source link → RCMP Nova Scotia
- Police investigate break-in and sexual assault in Niagara-on-the-Lake (December 20, 2025): Source link → Not Local.com
Gender Equality & Wage Gap
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- Study shows wide wage gap for trans and non-binary workers (December 16, 2025): Study shows persistent wage gap for trans and non-binary workers.… Source link → Talent Canada
- Report shelved on murdered, missing Indigenous women and girls (December 18, 2025): Report on murdered and missing Indigenous women shelved, raising concerns.… Source link → NB Media Co-op
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