in the media
Bad date line - April 23, 2024
"So we put together – working with our non-profit partner HER Victory – a hotline, a tip line, a bad date line.”
addiction & control - april 4, 2024
Calgary police continue search for Chelsea Davidenas' body.
remains found - April 5, 2024
“She had a family that cared about her deeply…she was a bubbly, young woman.”
sex trafficking in calgary - november 19, 2023
Jacquie Meyer with HER Victory joins Global News Calgary to discuss the risks some of Calgary’s most vulnerable are currently enduring and the troubling numbers surrounding sex trafficking.
calgary police & her victory partnership - May 30, 2023
“We’re really excited about this initiative and getting these women the confidential option to report any sort of sexual violence or assault, or any suspicious activity that might come with working in the sex trade.”
we want to hear your stories - May 30, 2023
The launch of Bad Date Line comes just over a month after investigators charged a Rocky View County resident with kidnapping, drugging and sexually assaulting multiple sex workers.
cps partners with her victory to protect sex workers - may 30, 2023
This information will not be used by police to target sex workers, and will instead be used by police to target individuals causing harm to sex workers.
Town & Country transforms - December 8, 2022
"(It held) a lot of good memories for a lot of people (but) it also brought a lot of drugs, prostitution, murder.”
police lay additional charges - May 12, 2023
The Calgary police laid two additional counts of sexual assault and two additional counts of administering a noxious substance, bringing the total to 20 charges involving five different victims.
how to stop the stroll - July 24, 2019
“You can’t treat people like wild animals and cage them in an industrial area,” said Meyer. “These are human beings who don’t have the step in life as some people do.”
sanctuary in a storm - june 15, 2019
“Her Victory encompasses relationships, and so we are building trust with a lot of these women so that when they are at their bottom they know that they can come in and receive some sort of hope or some sort of . . . advocacy,”
southeast calgary’s prostitution problem - february 13, 2019
Residents who live in Forest Lawn say they’ve had enough of the sex trade in their community and are lobbying police and city council to take action to curb the issue.