Fog Blog Canada Log: 30th Anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre:
Thirty years after 14 women were killed in an anti-feminist massacre at École Polytechnique in Montreal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared more work needs to be done to combat gender-based violence and win the struggle for equality.
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Remembering the women killed in the École Polytechnique massacre
A gunman walked into the building on the snowy evening of Dec. 6, 1989 and opened fire in the school. He murdered 14 women and injured 13 others before killing himself.
At a commemorative ceremony held on Montreal’s Mount Royal Friday evening, 14 beams of light shined into the dark sky to honour each woman who was killed.
