Polytechnique Shooting
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Vigils, events mark 35 years since Polytechnique anti-feminist mass killingDignitaries gathered in front of Polytechnique Montréal's main campus to pay tribute to the 14 women killed at the engineering school in an anti-feminist attack 35 years ago.CanadaDec 6, 2024
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Trudeau says firearms bill doesn’t target hunters as Carey Price, critics attack reformsA 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.CanadaDec 6, 2022
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Carey Price apologizes for timing of pro-gun post, says he knew about Polytechnique shootingAn anti-gun-control social media post by Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price went up just a few days before the 33rd anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.CanadaDec 5, 2022
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Aspiring environmental engineer wins scholarship in memory of Polytechnique victimsSophia Roy is this year's winner of its Order of the White Rose scholarship, which was established in 2014 to commemorate the victims and survivors of the shooting on Dec. 6, 1989.CanadaDec 5, 2022
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Polytechnique shooting survivor objects to firearm coalition’s ‘disrespectful’ sales promotionThe Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights' online shop recently offered 10 per cent off clothing, mugs and other items to customers who used 'POLY' as a promo code.CanadaDec 2, 2022
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Polytechnique shooting survivor Nathalie Provost receives honorary doctorateThe gun control advocate and survivor of the 1989 school shooting is being recognized with an honorary doctorate at a ceremony in downtown Montreal.CanadaJun 16, 2022
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‘A step in the right direction’: Montreal gun-control advocates applaud federal firearm legislationGun-control advocates in Montreal say the federal government bill announced Monday that would impose new handgun restrictions in Canada is a step in the right direction.CanadaMay 31, 2022
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Trudeau open to improving gun bill as Polytechnique survivors call for changeSurvivors 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.CanadaMar 19, 2021
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Polytechnique survivor recalls moments of grief, confusion in wake of mass shooting in Nova ScotiaThe shooting is now the deadliest in Canadian history, surpassing the death toll of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal.CanadaApr 20, 2020
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Ensemble Montreal calls for motion to control firearms, ban private handgun possessionAccording to Statistics Canada, the number of handguns in the country has doubled in the last seven years.PoliticsNov 6, 2019
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