Melanie Nicolaides was the youngest of three children and, by all accounts, grew up in a loving, supportive Greek family that split their time between Canada and their homeland of Cyprus in the Mediterranean.

The mother of three was brutally stabbed to death just under two years ago by her estranged husband during a murder-suicide in Calgary.

“She became the victim of domestic violence,” said her brother, Demetrios Nicolaides , the MLA for Calgary–Bow and Alberta’s education minister.

Nicolaides joined Global Edmonton’s morning news on Wednesday to talk about the deeply personal issue of domestic partner violence.

“She did everything right, you know, she did everything that was asked of her: sought out an emergency protection order, followed all the legal processes.”

But her ex brok

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