'It's gotten worse': gender-based violence on the rise in Nova Scotia

Advocates say Nova Scotia isn't addressing gender-based violence fast enough

CBC NewsAlex Guye

Nearly two decades have passed since Paula Gallant, a 36-year-old mother, was murdered by her husband. 

Gallant was strangled in her home on Dec. 27, 2005, after arguing with her husband over a $700 online gambling debt on his credit card. Her body was later found in the trunk of her car in the parking lot outside of Beechville-Lakeside-Timberlea Elementary School, where she was a Grade 3 teacher. 

Gallant's husband, Jason MacRae, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2011 following a lengthy…

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'It's gotten worse': gender-based violence on the rise in Nova Scotia

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