VANCOUVER Rona Ambrose

Rona Ambrose: Ambrose said the Mississauga, Ont., teen sought help at a shelter, but was returned to the care of her parents, according to Huffington Post. It was a situation the shelter had not experienced before, she said and VANCOUVER - The death of 16-year-old Asqa Parvez at the hands of her own family was top of mind for federal Status of Women Minister Rona Ambrose on Friday, as she announced funding for a program that will try to tap the perpetrators of so-called "honour" crimes for information on how to prevent them. "Unfortunately, the violence was being perpetrated by the family, in general, by the father and the brother. She ended up being killed," Ambrose said at a news conference in Vancouver. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.