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NOTE TO EDITORS/JUSTICE--REPEAT COMMEMORATION CEREMONY
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A ceremony marking the sixth anniversary of the killing of
14 young women in Montreal will be held in the foyer of
Province House tomorrow, Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 9 a.m.
Justice Minister Bill Gillis will lead the commemoration. It
will be followed by a flag-lowering on the south lawn of
Province House.
The women were murdered at the Ecole Polytechnique in 1991.
Since then the date has been observed nationally as the
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against
Women.
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NOTE TO EDITORS: Ecole should be spelled with an accent aigu
on the first E.
Contact: Brigitte Neumann 902-424-5820
trp Dec. 05, 1995