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SupportLink Marks 10 Years of Helping Victims of Violence in Ontario during National Victims of Crime Awareness Week

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April 30, 2009

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Attorney General Chris Bentley; (far right) joins (from right to left) Irwin Glasberg, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Ontario Victim Services Secretariat; Mark Henderson, President & CEO Ericsson Canada Inc.; Glenna Byers, co-ordinator, Near North SupportLink program (North Bay) and recipient of the Attorney General's Victim Services Award of Distinction; Rob Bruce, President, Rogers Wireless; and Superintendent Ken Cenzura, Toronto Police Service Community Mobilization Unit, at an event to mark more than a decade of service provided to victims of crime by the SupportLink program.

The provincially funded program provides victims at risk of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking with personal safety planning, as well as wireless phones provided by Ericsson Canada, pre-programmed by Rogers Wireless to dial 911 in the event of a personal safety emergency.

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Contacts:

Jessica Bishop, Ministry of the Attorney General
Minister's Office, 416-326-3266
Brendan Crawley, Ministry of the Attorney General
Communications Branch, 416-326-2210