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Today is the First Nations National Day of Action. According to organizers The Assembly of First Nations (AFN), the event is a chance for all Canadians to call for "immediate action to improve [aboriginal peoples'] quality of life." Basically, bands from across the country are demanding the government work with First Nations to gain control of the programs, services and decisions that affect their lives. At noon, there will be a peaceful demonstration supporting the National Day of Action. Then the group will march from King's College Circle to Queen's Park, where participants can to enjoy music, food (mmm...bannock), dance, and inspirational words until 5 p.m. Sounds pretty sweetgrass to us.

Fourteen women engineering students were killed because they were just that - women studying engineering. On December 6, 1989, an anti-feminist gunman entered l'École Polytechnique de Montréal and murdered them.

Somehow, the world of -ists managed to make it through the week despite news that Jen & Vince broke up.

Today marks the 16th anniversary of 1989's tragic Montreal Massacre, when Marc Lepine entered the Université de Montréal's École Polytechnique and opened fire on the women in the building, killing 14 of them and injuring 8 others, all the while raving psychotically about how feminism had ruined his life.