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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
On 6 December 1989, Montréal was shocked when a gunman entered the École Polytechnique and started shooting.
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Hotel Rwanda
Last night, I stood in line outside of Concordia's Hall building for a good hour or so. dcoombs and I ate our dinners standing there, which was a fairly good plan because if we arrived any later, there wasn't any chance of us getting in. The line snaked all the way around the building, but the auditorium wouldn't fit us all.
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To sleep perchance to dream
I saw the most depressing thing this weekend.
Sunday evening, I left my parents place and took the subway down to Union station. As I walked up the stairs to go to the train station, I was accosted by various panhandlers.
These people were all depressingly poor. I mean, their bodies were emaciated, their hair was matted, their beards thick and ( Read more... )
