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Memorial honours women killed in Montreal

Memorial University of Newfoundland is honoring the lives of the 14 women killed at L'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989.

Memorial University of Newfoundland is honoring the lives of the 14 women killed at L'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989.

The St. John's campus is hosting a ceremony to mark the 21st anniversary of what has become known as the Montreal massacre.

Marc Lepine targeted women in the engineering department of the school in Quebec, then killed himself.

The Memorial University event is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Engineering building.