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“They’ve created life-sized red wooden figures with each of them having a plaque telling the story of each woman. These women whose life ended because of family violence,” Luger said.

That sounds like a powerful testiment to the loss of these women's lives. Except later in the article:

Statistics show there were 31 victims of domestic homicide in Alberta between the years 2000 and 2004, with 23 female victims and eight male victims. Males were the perpetrators in 29 of those cases, while women were the cause of two.

We should be acknowledging the seriousness of all of these victims of domestic violence. Why are these eight male victims being left out?

I hope in future years, they acknowledge all victims of domestic violence. Other groups are.

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