Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Mayor Carl Chisholm (left) and MLA Maurice Smith sign a declaration Friday morning at the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre declaring May as Sexual Assault Awareness month as Heather Blackburn, co-ordinator of the sexual assault nurse examiner program, looks on. It is the third year the resource centre has recognized the month of May for sexual assault awareness. (Rachel Psutka photo)

To kick off May as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a community discussion on sexualized violence and bullying was held April 30, in the evening, at St. Andrew Junior School. Outreach worker Megan Fogarty was one of the organizers of the event. “The evening went really well,” she said. “We had 14 in attendance and it was great because we had a diverse sampling of the community. Everyone came motivated and [...]

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