{"id":82867,"date":"2025-08-20T04:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T04:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/82867\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T04:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T04:52:11","slug":"catherine-galliford-who-challenged-rcmp-sexual-harassment-dies-at-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/82867\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Galliford, who challenged RCMP sexual harassment, dies at 58"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A former high profile RCMP officer is being remembered for her bravery, and for inspiring others to speak out about harassment, prompting awareness and change within the RCMP.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755073388_375_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cpl. <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/catherine-galliford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine Galliford<\/a> represented the RCMP on its largest files, including the Air India bombing and the investigation into serial killer Robert Pickton.<\/p>\n<p>She also sued the force, for sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755073389_716_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, she died from liver cancer at age 58.<\/p>\n<p>Galliford\u2019s lawsuit prompted a class action suit and more than $100 million was paid to sexual harassment victims in the RCMP.<\/p>\n<p>Among them was MLA Elenore Sturko, a former RCMP officer, who recalls the attacks on Galliford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can remember that people characterized her as being crazy and disparaging her and that was deeply disturbing and sad because the Catherine Galliford that I had always admired was one that was one of the best in her field,\u201d Sturko said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11339007\/battle-river-crowfood-byelection-voting-day-pierre-poilievre\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755665531_552_Poilievre-Alberta.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPoilievre wins Alberta byelection, securing return to House of Commons\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a 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