Focus Montreal introduces Montrealers to people who are shaping our community, bringing their stories into focus.
It airs on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and at midnight.
Take a look at who we’re meeting this week on Focus Montreal:
Nathalie Provost remembers
On the 25th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre, Jamie Orchard sits down with survivor Nathalie Provost, who was in the classroom when the shooting began.
The hit list
With 14 women killed and another 14 injured inside the Polytechnique building, Canadians were shocked to find out that killer Marc Lepine had a hit list of 19 other women he wanted dead.
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One of the names on that list was Francine Pelletier, a journalist for La Presse at the time.
A sister never forgotten
Anne-Marie Edward was just 21-years-old when she was killed at École Polytechnique on December 6, 1989.
On the 25th anniversary of her death, Anne-Marie’s brother Jim Edward set up a memorial tribute page on Facebook so that the sister he loved so much would be remembered not as a victim, but as a remarkable, funny, vibrant young lady.
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