Where were you?

19 years ago gunman Marc Lepine confronts 60 engineering students during their class at l'École Polytechnique in Montreal on Dec. 6, 1989.

He separates the men from the women and tells the men to leave the classroom, threatening them with his .22-calibre rifle. The enraged man begins a shooting rampage that spreads to three floors and several classrooms, jumping from desk to desk while female students cower below. He roams the corridors yelling, "I want women."

Before opening fire in the engineering class, he calls the women "une gang de féministes" and says "J'haïs les féministes [I hate feminists]." One person pleads that they are not feminists, just students taking engineering. But the gunman doesn't listen.

He shoots 14 women women and then kills himself. Almost immediately, the Montreal Massacre became a galvanizing moment in which mourning turned into outrage about all violence against women.

December 6 has officially become known as the national day of commemoration and action against violence against women.

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Mer Bleue

Mer Bleue Bog is one of the largest bogs in southern Ontario and arguably the most important natural area in the National Capital Greenbelt.


Ecologically, Mer Bleue is an especially valuable example of a northern ecosystem - more typical of the Arctic than the Ottawa Valley - and it has been designated an international significant wetland under the United Nations' Ramsar Convention.


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Winter at the War Memorial

The memorial viewed across Wellington Street from the grounds of the parliament buildings

read about it at my blog

Ottawa River at night

The Supreme Court of Canada viewed from the grounds of the parliament buildings. Check out the larger version of this picture and you'll notice some red lights streaking over the buildings - they are the lights from three CF188 fighters approaching Uplands.

 

 

The Museum of Civilization in Hull Quebec

 

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Christmas on the hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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National War Museum

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Operation Santa Claus

Operation Santa Claus (OSC) is a highly successful program that sends deployed Canadian Forces members a Christmas gift package filled with items donated by Canadian corporations.

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