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Jun 2024
18m 46s

Cape Bretoner speaks about experience be...

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The powerful story of a Cape Breton woman who says that for 25 years, she lived a life of domestic violence and human trafficking, at the hands of her partner. She is now sharing her story so that other people in her situation know they are not alone.

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