Burns Lake residents met in the Gathering Place of the Burns Lake First Nation on Dec. 6 to mark National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The event featured local women Janet Whitford, Brenda Lolly and Wet’suwet’en First Nation chief Vivian Tom speaking about their experiences with gender-based violence. The day commemorates the murders of 14 young women at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989. (Blair McBride photos)
