Talk to people living in the North about why the violent crime rate is so high compared to the rest of Canada and you'll hear about the "complex" or "unique" problems "up here." But it's not until you listen to Peter J. Harte, a lawyer in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, tell the unimaginable story of a young woman he knows that you can begin to understand what that means.
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At 13, the girl was sexually abused by her brother. This only came to the attention of police when they questioned her about why she was trying to put her little sister into hiding. Her brother wound up in jail, and the teen was placed with a foster family in another community.
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Almost immediately, the foster father began sexually abusing her, too-which police learned about this time when they encountered the girl running down the street naked. The man was convicted, but just before sentencing he hung himself. With no place else to go, the girl returned to her home community, where her brother, now free, nearly beat her to death.
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On every part of the world, there are always unsafe places to go to. And crimes are everywhere. Victims of different crimes have their own personal injury lawyer. Ottawa is one of the safest places in Canada. Less crimes are made in this place.
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