Nippard's daughter picks up cause
The daughter of a well-known victims' rights advocate will take part in a ceremony Tuesday night in Grand Falls-Windsor to mark the 16th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.
Nellie Nippard, whose husband stabbed her repeatedly in the face, stomach and back in July 1990, became a pioneering advocate for victims of crime.
She fought and won the right to be heard at Llewellyn Nippard's National Parole Board hearings, and became a public speaker on justice issues.
Nippard, who was convinced Llewellyn Nippard would harm her again if released, died two years ago after battling cancer.
- FROM DEC. 1, 2003: Victims' rights pioneer dies
Her daughter, Brenda Chaulk, is picking up where her mother left off, and is planning to address her father's next parole hearing, in 2007.
"She knew how dangerous he was, or he is," Chaulk said.
"But you know what? We know how dangerous he is. We grew up with this, we dealt with this as well. This is not just her fight. It's our fight as well."
Chaulk, who was 14 when her father left her mother for dead in their Lewisporte home, said the emotional pain has not gone away.
"We went through a lot before this actually happened, and we've [gone] through a lot since then," she said.
Chaulk will take part in a ceremony in Grand Falls-Windsor to mark the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, in which Marc Lepine targetted and murdered 14 female engineering students.
- FROM CBC ARCHIVES: The Montreal Massacre
Chaulk will light a candle to remember those women, but also, she said, to honour her mother and her fight for victims' rights.