MONTREAL - Ceremonies are being held today to mark the 26th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre where 14 women were shot to death at the Ecole Polytechnique.
White roses were laid on pillars in a park near the school this afternoon to remember the victims.
Representatives of women's and aboriginal rights groups reminded the public that women in Canada still face violence.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to attend a ceremony on Mount Royal later today where 14 beacons of light will be projected into the sky.
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.
He ranted during the carnage that feminists had spoiled his life.
