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A Montreal engineering graduate says his autism service dog helped transform his life, guiding him from struggling in elementary school to earning a university degree.

When Victor Bal walks across the stage to collect his mechanical engineering degree at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, his service dog Kopeck will be by his side.

Officials say the investment will allow Polytechnique to accommodate more than 500 additional students and expand its research and teaching capabilities.

Nathalie Provost was shot in the leg, foot and forehead by a gunman who killed 14 women and injured more than a dozen people in 1989, including six of her classmates.

Officials with Canada's security and intelligence agency told MPs the ideology 'can function as an enabling factor along pathways to violent extremism' but is not itself a threat.

While details on the firearm used in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. are not yet known, other mass shootings in Canada have spurred changes to gun laws in recent decades.

A shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in northern B.C.'s Peace region is the deadliest attack connected to a Canadian education facility in nearly 40 years.

"The people of Tumbler Ridge remain in a state of crisis following one of the worst mass shootings in our province's and country's history," Nina Krieger said.

Carney travelled to the B.C. town along with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and the leaders of the federal opposition parties to mark one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history.

RCMP said there were "multiple victims" from a shooting at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, where students attend Grades 7 through 12.

Prime Minister Mark Carney paid tribute to the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., and the victims of Tuesday's deadly mass shooting during a speech in the House of Commons.

Polytechnique Montréal honoured the 14 women murdered in the 1989 anti-feminist attack, with ceremonies, tributes and calls from leaders to confront gender-based violence.

Vigils were held at universities in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in remembrance of the 14 women killed at Montreal's École Polytechnique in 1989 in an anti-feminist attack.

The scholarships, set up to pay tribute not only to the victims but also to their families, were awarded during a ceremony at the school on Monday.

Polytechnique Montréal is expanding its scholarship program honouring the 14 women who were killed at the engineering school 36 years ago.

The government has been heavily criticized by gun control advocates for not banning the semi-automatic SKS, which is commonly used in Indigenous communities.

Facing the threat of cyberattacks and with limited budgets, non-profit organizations across Quebec are being offered free cybersecurity consulting sessions.

Conservatives are pushing a private member's bill they say would combat intimate partner violence — just as a new report tracks how the problem has grown in recent years.

Montreal researchers design a low-cost kirigami parachute that is cheap, stable, and scalable, for use in drones, airdrops, and possibly space.

The engineering school had offered the grants since 2014 to offset costs associated with mandatory internships.