Edmonton vigil marks 29th anniversary the Polytechnique Montréal massacre

Students held candles at a vigil event at NorQuest College in downtown Edmonton Thursday to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, created after 14 women were slain at Montreal’s l’École Polytechnique in 1989.
“They died because they were women,” Minister of Status of Women Danielle Larivee said in a statement. “They died because they dared to break down barriers and enter fields dominated by men. We lost their leadership,