December 6th marks the 25th anniversary of the École polytechnique shooting also known as the ‘Montreal Massacre’ during which 25-year old Marc Lépine entered the school premises armed with a semi-automatic Sturm Ruger .223 he had obtained legally, and proceeded to shoot 27 people; 14 women died and 10 women and 4 men were injured. Lépine took his own life after the rampage.
Thanksgiving is rearing its turkey head in the US as families and friends are preparing to join hands in prayers at the decorated table to thank their God or lucky star for all the blessings afforded to them during the year.
At 10 a.m. on the morning of October 22, 2014, a lone shooter killed a Canadian soldier who had volunteered to stand guard at the National War Memorial, just a few blocks away from Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
On September 22, 2014, Gilles Pimparé, 60, was denied parole for the sixth time by the Parole Board of Canada following a hearing held at La Macaza Institution, a medium security penitentiary in the Laurentians. He first applied for parole in 2001 and has never succeeded in obtaining a release.
The name of Guy Paul Morin is always brought up by activists and lawyers when talking about wrongful convictions because of the text book mistakes made in his case.
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