Polytechnique massacre

• 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
• ‘Anti-feminist attack’: École Polytechnique plaque changes reference to massacre

  The attack at Polytechnique remains the deadliest shooting in Canada’s history. Thirty years later, it continues to spark questions about violence against women and gun control.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2019
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• Polytechnique survivors group call on Liberals to end assault-style gun sales

  The Liberals made a campaign promise to work with provinces and territories to give municipalities the ability to further restrict or ban handguns.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2019
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• ‘Because they were women’: Book to honour Polytechnique victims

  The commemorative sign at Place du 6-Décembre-1989 in Montreal's Côte-Des-Neiges borough will also be changed ahead of Dec. 6 to reflect that the killings were an act of violence against women.

  Features

  Nov 10, 2019
• Less than 20 per cent of long guns registered in Quebec ahead of Jan. 29 deadline

  Quebec's attempt to establish a firearms registry is facing resistance.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2018
• This week on ‘Focus Montreal’: Dec. 1

  Focus Montreal introduces Montrealers to the people who are shaping our community by bringing their stories into focus.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2018
• Quebec gun control groups question federal commitment to proposed handgun ban

  Groups representing survivors and families of victims of Quebec mass shootings say they fear a federal consultation on a possible ban of handguns and assault weapons is coming too late to accomplish anything.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2018
• Pro-gun group pushes feds to take Polytechnique massacre survivor off firearms advisory body

  Nathalie Provost was shot four times in the Polytechnique massacre.

  Politics

  Jul 26, 2018
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• This week on Focus Montreal: February 24

  This week on Focus Montreal: Projet Montreal's plan to ban cars from crossing Mount Royal, Russell Copeman helping young anglos in Quebec and gun-control activist Heidi Rathjen's reaction to protests in the U.S.

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2018
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• Focus Montreal: Dec. 1

  This week on Focus Montreal, meet the author of a report on racial profiling in Montreal, hear from Polytechnique survivor and gun-control activist Nathalie Provost on her latest battle, and learn what is being done to fight bullying in some Quebec schools and to help children in crisis.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2017