Polytechnique

• Trudeau says firearms bill doesn’t target hunters as Carey Price, critics attack reforms

  A Liberal amendment to Bill C-21 would set out a regulatory ban on assault-style weapons by putting an evergreen definition for such firearms into law.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2022
  
• Polytechnique shooting survivor Nathalie Provost receives honorary doctorate

  The gun control advocate and survivor of the 1989 school shooting is being recognized with an honorary doctorate at a ceremony in downtown Montreal.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2022
  
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• Man who died in Montreal’s ferris wheel accident was civil engineering student

  The management of the ferris wheel says in a statement that it is ``heartbroken'' over the death, which happened following a workplace accident.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2021
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• Three murders, decades apart: Nova Scotia shooting was second tragedy for one family

  A year after 22 people were killed in a shooting spree in Nova Scotia, families are still searching for answers about what happened.

  Crime

  Apr 17, 2021
• Trudeau open to improving gun bill as Polytechnique survivors call for change

  Survivors of the mass shooting said in a letter to the prime minister this week he would no longer be welcome at annual commemorations unless his government strengthens the bill.

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2021
• Trudeau ‘a traitor’ unless gun bill overhauled, say families of Polytechnique victims

  In a letter to Trudeau made public Thursday, relatives of victims, survivors of the shooting and witnesses say the "dismal" Bill C-21 will not make society safer.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2021
• New maritime cybersecurity centre to fight pirates on the high seas and the digital world

  "It's time to do something, because the shipping industry is still lagging behind, technologically," said Jeremy Citone. "It's time for the shipping industry to catch up."

  Tech

  Jan 28, 2021
• Survivors, activists remember women killed at Polytechnique

  Survivors and activists marked the occasion and redoubled their calls for more urgent action on the long-standing issue of violence against women.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2020
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• Saskatchewan remembers victims of Montreal’s Ecolé Polytechnique massacre

  Officials in Saskatchewan said the anniversary of the Ecolé Polytechnique massacre is a chance for people to renew their commitment to ending gender violence.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2019
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• ‘We cannot let those women die in vain’: Ceremony marks 30th anniversary of École Polytechnique massacre

  "We will reinforce gun control by banning military-style assault weapons," Trudeau said during his speech at the ceremony. He said there is a clear consensus on the issue at the House of Commons.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2019