The streets of 100 Mile House saw a large group of marchers with signs and candles protesting violence on Oct. 2.
The annual Take Back the Night rally, organized by the 100 Mile House & District Women’s Centre, included a few dozen men, women and children and the Wranglers Junior B hockey team walking in solidarity.
Emma Bailey, a Stop the Violence counsellor, addressed the group before the evening march.
“Every six days a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner,” Bailey said.
“In their lifetime, up to 70 per cent of women have been victims of a violent crime....
