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CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2012
Publications Mail Agreement No. 391275
47th Year No. 37
GAZETTE NORTH ISLAND
THURS., SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 EDITORIAL Page 6
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Projects sought to combat violence
Blanche Walkus is consoled by Paula Walkus Monday while she looks at a photo of her daughter, Cindy Scow. Scow was killed late Sunday night in Port Hardy and 19-year-old Dakota Johnny has been charged with the killing. J.R. Rardon
Teen charged with murder J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY—A Port Hardy teen faces a charge of murder in the death late Sunday night of Cindy Scow, a 28-year-old Port Hardy woman. Dakota Dillon Johnny, 19, has been charged with one count of murder in the beating death of Scow, RCMP announced Tuesday morning. Johnny, who was charged during a phone interview with a Justice, has been remanded into custody and is scheduled to face a remand continuation hearing tomorrow, RCMP said. Johnny was arrested and taken into custody shortly before mid-
Police secure the scene of an apparent homicide pending the arrival of forensic investigation teams Monday morning A O’Toole in Port Hardy.
night Sunday after police were called to a vacant house at 155 Tsulquate Road, on the Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw Reserve, on a report of a woman needing medi-
cal assistance. Scow, the victim of an apparent physical assault, was transported to Port Hardy Hospital, where she was declared dead shortly
after 1 a.m. Monday. A forensic autopsy will be conducted by B.C. Coroner Service to determine a specific cause of death. “The young guy they got, they said he confessed himself,” said Blanche Walkus, Scow’s mother, who spoke with some of the witnesses to Sunday’s incident. “He said he killed her.” Walkus had been in touch with Scow earlier on Sunday and was expecting her to visit that evening. But the young woman never arrived. “The first text I got, they said she was gone,” said Walkus.
Gazette staff Courtenay, BC – On behalf of the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, the Honourable John Duncan, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Island North, announced the launch of a Call for Proposals for projects that will prevent and reduce violence against women and girls in Canada. “Our government is taking concrete steps in the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls by helping communities address this important issue,” said Minister Ambrose. “By inviting proposals for projects that address violence against women and girls, we are working together to create safe communities for all.” The Government of Canada will accept funding applications for the call for proposals, Working Together: Engaging communities to end violence against women and girls, in four thematic areas: • Preventing and reducing violence against women and girls in high-risk neighbourhoods (Deadline: October 12, 2012); • Engaging men and boys in ending violence against women and girls (Deadline: October 12, 2012); • Preventing and reducing violence against women and girls in the name of “honour” (Deadline: November 9, 2012); and
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