In Canada, a woman is murdered by her intimate partner once every six days. In Canada’s last decade, more women were killed by their partner than soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
These two statistics are in the new documentary, The War At Home. The stories of women like Cristin Hepting and Lani Elliott, who know the fear of not feeling safe inside their own home, are told in the doc. Unfortunately, their friend, Celeste Yawney, did not have the opportunity to tell her tale — her boyfriend was charged for her murder last year. Continue reading