[URBAN NOTE] "Polytechnique Montréal holds low-key commemoration of 1989 massacre"
CBC News reports from Montréal about how the École Polytechnique is commemorating the 27th anniversary of the 1989 Montreal massacre.
Polytechnique Montréal held a simple ceremony today to mark the 27th anniversary of Canada's worst mass shooting.
On this day in 1989, 14 women were shot and killed at the engineering school by a gunman professing to hate feminists.
The school says it wanted its commemoration to have a more personal touch this year.
In a ceremony this morning, staff members placed 14 white roses at the memorial plaque on the south west side of campus.
Flags at the school have also been lowered to half-mast and will remain there until dusk.
In another ceremony at the Mount Royal chalet later today, 14 beams of light will shine, one by one, into the night sky.
Polytechnique Montréal held a simple ceremony today to mark the 27th anniversary of Canada's worst mass shooting.
On this day in 1989, 14 women were shot and killed at the engineering school by a gunman professing to hate feminists.
The school says it wanted its commemoration to have a more personal touch this year.
In a ceremony this morning, staff members placed 14 white roses at the memorial plaque on the south west side of campus.
Flags at the school have also been lowered to half-mast and will remain there until dusk.
In another ceremony at the Mount Royal chalet later today, 14 beams of light will shine, one by one, into the night sky.