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After ex's assault charges dropped, woman wants Ontario among provinces deeming domestic violence an epidemic
A Thunder Bay woman says her ex-partner was charged after allegedly trying to strangle her on three occasions, but the court case was stayed due to a lack of evidence. Now, she's urging Ontario to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic, as several other provinces have. As an Ontario committee studies the bill, advocates say the problem is getting worse as a backlog of criminal court cases grows.