Lest we Forget: Ceremonies to mark 25th anniversary of Montreal Massacre
Various ceremonies will be held today to mark the 25th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre where 14 women were shot to death at the Ecole Polytechnique.
The events will include the traditional laying of white roses at a commemorative plaque outside the Polytechnique.
There will also be an afternoon torchlit procession through the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery.
Marc Lepine's 20-minute shooting rampage at the Universite de Montreal's engineering school in 1989 sparked a national gun-control debate that rages until this day.
Lepine also wounded another 13 other people -- nine women and four men -- before taking his own life.
He ranted during the carnage that feminists had spoiled his life.
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I was in high school in New York when this happened. I remember the teacher telling us about it, and we were all shocked.
