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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To mark Manitoba Human Trafficking Awareness Day, The Joy Smith Foundation is holding a press conference to announce an initiative that aims to...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Labour trafficking is a hidden and urgent issue in Manitoba, with victims often coerced into unsafe working conditions through deceptive...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Feb. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In honour of the second annual National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on February 22, 2022, the Joy Smith Foundation – widely considered...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The City of Winnipeg Council voted today to end business licensing of body rub parlours and escort services. Winnipeg is the first major urban...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Human trafficking is on the rise in Canada and the only way to stop it is by educating people on the signs to look for and the steps to take to...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Human trafficking is on the rise in Canada and the only way to stop it is by educating people on the signs to look for and the steps to take to...