Killing of B.C. academic spurs calls for government action against gender violence

Killing of Saanich woman reignites calls to address intimate partner violence

Friends and advocates of a Saanich woman who was found killed in her home this month say B.C. and Canada's court system failed to protect her.

Killing of B.C. academic spurs calls for government action against gender violence

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‘Women keep being killed’: Victoria rally calls for urgent action after mother’s death

Following the recent death of a 41-year-old Vancouver Island mother, nearly 200 people of all ages gathered outside Victoria’s Courthouse on Wednesday, as the community and anti-violence organizations honoured her death and called on the government to act. Laura Gover, a 41-year-old mother of two, a university instructor and friend to many, was found dead in her Saanich home on Jan. 5. Gover’s ex-husband, 47-year old Muhammed Ali Basar, is charg…

Killing of B.C. academic spurs calls for government action against gender violence – Energeticcity.ca

The killing of a Vancouver Island academic is spurring calls for action against gender-based violence. Saanich police say Muhammed Basar had been charged with murder in the killing of a person found dead at a home on Jan. 5, later identified by an online fundraiser as 41-year-old Laura Gover, an instructor at Vancouver Island University and Camosun College. The fundraiser says Gover was a “beloved mother, daughter, sister, friend and teacher” an…