The City of Saskatoon is recognizing the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women by lowering the flags to half mast. They also encourage their employees to wear a white ribbon or moose hide pin.
The City notes that Saskatchewan continues to have the highest rates of family and intimate partner violence in Canada. On this date in 1989 14 women were murdered at École Polytechnique in Montreal and another 10 were injured.
Saskatchewan 211 has resources for violent or abusive situations and can connect individuals with the supports nearest them.
