A dozen residents bowed their heads in silence to commemorate one of Canada’s darkest days.
A candlelight vigil at Pioneer Square on Sunday, Dec. 6 marked the 26th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.
“Women are still unsafe in their homes, communities and workplaces,” organizer Courtney Geig, with the Women’s Resource Centre, told the mourners. “We deserve better.”
As they stood in the cold December air, mourners held photos of each of the 14 victims of the Dec. 6, 1989 Montreal Massacre.
The tragedy saw a deranged gunman fatally shoot the women at L’Ecole Polytechnique, an engineering school.
“Canada grieved for the 14 young women, students at the school, and their loved ones,” said Geig. “It’s no easier 26 years later to reconcile how someone could slaughter women in Canada because of their gender.”
