36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

Prime Minister Mark Carney hugs MP and massacre survivor Nathalie Provost, while Diana Fox Carney looks on, as they stand below fourteeen beams of light pointing skyward during ceremonies to mark the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique attack where a lone gunman killed 14 female students, in Montreal, on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Photo by Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

People stand by four of the fourteeen beams of light pointing skyward that mark the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique attack where a lone gunman killed 14 female students, in Montreal, on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Photo by Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Diana Fox Carney, left, stand below fourteeen beams of light pointing skyward during ceremonies to mark the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique attack where a lone gunman killed 14 female students, in Montreal, on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Photo by Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

Prime Minister Mark Carney gives remarks to media during ceremonies to mark the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique attack where a lone gunman killed 14 female students, in Montreal, on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Photo by Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Diana Fox Carney place white roses on a table during a ceremony to honour the victims of the 1989 Ecole polytechnique attack where a lone gunman killed 14 female students, in Montreal, on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Photo by Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

Prime Minister Mark Carney gives remarks to media during ceremonies to mark the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique attack where a lone gunman killed 14 female students, in Montreal, on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Photo by Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Diana Fox Carney, left, look toward 14 beams of light pointing skyward during ceremonies to mark the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Ecole polytechnique attack where a lone gunman killed 14 female students, in Montreal, on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Photo by Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

Fourteeen beams of light pointing skyward to mark the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique attack where a lone gunman killed 14 female students, in Montreal, on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Photo by Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

36th Anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Attack - Montreal

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Diana Fox Carney place white roses on a table during a ceremony to honour the victims of the 1989 Ecole polytechnique attack where a lone gunman killed 14 female students, in Montreal, on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Photo by Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

Students of the Ecole Polytechnique (Special military school of Polytechnique) march during the annual Bastille Day military ceremony on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, July 14, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

Students of the Ecole Polytechnique (Special military school of Polytechnique) march during the annual Bastille Day military ceremony on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, July 14, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

Students of the Ecole Polytechnique (Special military school of Polytechnique) march during the annual Bastille Day military ceremony on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, July 14, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

French Ecole Polytechnique members parade during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris on July 14, 2025.Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

French Ecole Polytechnique members parade during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris on July 14, 2025.Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

French Ecole Polytechnique members parade during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris on July 14, 2025.Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

French Ecole Polytechnique members parade during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris on July 14, 2025.Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

Annual Bastille Day military parade - Paris

French Ecole Polytechnique members parade during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris on July 14, 2025.Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

File - Trudeau Resigns as PM and Liberal Leader

File - Trudeau Resigns as PM and Liberal Leader

File photo - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of cabinet lay flowers on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, in remembrance of the victims of the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal massacre. On January 6, 2025, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

LaRef Conference - Paris

LaRef Conference - Paris

Researcher at the EHESS Political Anthropology Laboratory, teacher at SciencesPo and Polytechnique, Asma Mhalla at a meeting of French Entrepreneurs (REF) organized by the MEDEF at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris, France, on August 27, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

LaRef Conference - Paris

LaRef Conference - Paris

Researcher at the EHESS Political Anthropology Laboratory, teacher at SciencesPo and Polytechnique, Asma Mhalla at a meeting of French Entrepreneurs (REF) organized by the MEDEF at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris, France, on August 27, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

Grand Paris Express Construction - Paris

The Grand Paris Express is the new metro which will connect the main places of life and activity in the suburbs without passing through Paris. Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express extends over 35 km, including an aerial part via a viaduct, the longest bridge erected in France at almost 13 km. The metro will run in the open air, on the Saclay plateau in the Essonne department where the Saint Aubin CEA, Orsay/Gif (Paris-Saclay University) and Palaiseau (Polytechnique, etc.) stations are under construction. .. In total, line 18 will serve ten stations, more than 300,000 inhabitants, fourteen municipalities and numerous interconnections (RER, TGV, tram-train, tramway, metro, etc.). The first Orly-Saint Aubin CEA section should be put into service in 2027. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Pupils of the Ecole polytechnique march during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue, Place de la Concorde in Paris on July 14, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Pupils of the Ecole polytechnique march during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue, Place de la Concorde in Paris on July 14, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Pupils of the Ecole polytechnique march during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue, Place de la Concorde in Paris on July 14, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Pupils of the Ecole polytechnique march during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue, Place de la Concorde in Paris on July 14, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

2Students of Polytechnique School during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2023. Photo by Kelly Linsale/BePress/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Studenst of Polytechnique School during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2023. Photo by Kelly Linsale/BePress/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Pupils of the Ecole polytechnique march during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2023. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Pupils of the Ecole polytechnique march during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2023. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris

Pupils of the Ecole polytechnique march during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2023. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM