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December 6 marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. 2024 marks 35 years since the École Polytechnique massacre that saw a gunman target female engineering students, 14 were killed. The Institute for International Women’s Rights Manitoba joins Global News Morning to reflect on the somber anniversary.

Thirty-five years ago, more than a dozen women were killed in a shooting rampage at a Montreal engineering school. It sparked calls across Canada for action against gender-based violence. As Skye Bryden-Blom reports, it’s a message still resonating in Nova Scotia today.

People across Canada are making 35 years since a massacre in Montreal saw the lives of 14 women lost at Ecole Polytechnique. In New Brunswick, the government held a vigil to honour the victims while calling for continued change. Anna Mandin reports.

A somber ceremony was held Friday morning at Polytechnique Montréal, marking the 35th anniversary of one of the darkest moments in Canadian history. On Dec. 6 1989, a lone gunman murdered 14 women at the engineering school simply because they were women. Global’s Dan Spector reports.

This December 6th marks the 35th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. The day a man stormed into the Polytechnique engineering school and shot and killed 14 women and injured 13 others. As Quebecers prepare to commemorate the victims and survivors, one Polytechnique professor is speaking out for the first time about how she narrowly avoided...

In just a few days, it will be the 35th anniversary of the Polytechnique massacre. In honour of the 14 women killed, for the tenth consecutive year, the school has given a major award to a Canadian female graduate student. This year’s winner of the Order of the White Rose Scholarship seems destined to reach...

Friday December 6 marks the 35th anniversary of the Polytechnique Massacre. Polytechnique Montréal president Maud Cohen joins Global News Morning’s Laura Casella to mark the sombre occasion and look towards the future.

Thirty-five years later and over 3,300 kilometres away, people in Lethbridge gathered to remember the victims of the École Polytechnique massacre. Justin Sibbet reports.

A sombre ceremony took place in Montreal on Friday, marking the 35th anniversary of the Polytechnique Montreal massacre that saw 14 women killed because of their gender. Also tonight, a smell that simply won’t go away in one neighbourhood and how area residents are fuming.

At an annual ceremony in Montreal, where 14 beams of light fill the sky in memory of the victims of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, a 15th light was added to remember victims of femicide across the globe. Still not enshrined in the Criminal Code of Canada, Heather Yourex-West reports on the push to change...

Constant noise at the American Iron and Metal scrapyard in Moncton has neighbours once again crying foul after the company received provincial approval to continue operating for another four months. Also tonight, the New Brunswick government held a vigil to honour the lives lost in the Ecole Polytechnique tragedy 35 years ago in Montreal.

Today marks National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, which falls on the 35th anniversary of Montreal’s École Polytechnique massacre. Miranda Anthistle speaks with YWCA Canada Public Policy Director, Amanda Arella to discuss the advocacy work put in place to combat the rising issue of violence against women.

As the 35th anniversary of the Polytechnique massacre approaches, the Fédération des femmes du Québec is taking a hard look at the relentless and evolving realities of gendered violence in Quebec. This year, the 12 Days of Action Against Violence Against Women campaign, shines a light on a growing yet often overlooked issue: gendered cyberviolence....

There were a lot of wide-eyes at the “Folie-technique” day camp. The event brings young campers together with engineering students to talk about some of the students’ fascinating, and unusual, prototypes. Nily Louis and Jonah Aspler have the story.

Commemorative ceremonies are being held across the country to mark the 34th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre. As Skye Bryden-Blom reports, a moment of silence was held at two university campuses in Halifax to honour the 14 victims.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a memorial service in Montreal on Wednesday to honour victims of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre.

December 6, marks the 34th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre when 14 women at the engineering school were killed by a gunman in an anti-feminist attack. Several tributes were being held in Montreal to honour the memory of the lives lost and all those impacted by the tragedy. Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines reports.

On Dec. 6, Montreal will mark the 34th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre. Nine years ago, a scholarship called the Order of the White Rose was created. It’s a prize given to a Canadian female engineering student in honour of the women who were killed. Global’s Amanda Jelowicki has more on this year’s recipient,...

The Week of the White Rose is an annual fundraiser, to benefit Polytechnique Montréal’s science camp, Folie Technique. It is aimed at giving girls from disadvantaged communities the opportunity to take part in science awareness activities. Polytechnique Montréal president Maud Cohen joins Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines.

A group of 28 colleagues from a Montreal’s Polytechnique university are the lucky winners of a Lotto 6/49 draw worth $5 million. They’ll each be taking home almost $180,000. Many of them learned the news in different ways, including one man who found out while showering in Greece.