Canada - Ontario - Ottawa (historic school shooting 1975)

[Senior Sleuth]

St. Pius High School is located on Fisher Avenue in Ottawa. It was a private Catholic high school in 1975 and families had to pay tuition to send their kids there.

School shootings were very rare back in the 1970s in Canada. This article summarizes the events. It was a shock to people of that era.

The Pius X High School Tragedy

27 October 1975 Warning: this story may be disturbing to some readers. Perhaps the greatest horror of a parent is something evil happening to their children. Sadly, on the afternoon of 27 October 1…

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[LadyL]

St. Pius High School is located on Fisher Avenue in Ottawa. It was a private Catholic high school in 1975 and families had to pay tuition to send their kids there.

School shootings were very rare back in the 1970s in Canada. This article summarizes the events. It was a shock to people of that era.

The Pius X High School Tragedy

27 October 1975 Warning: this story may be disturbing to some readers. Perhaps the greatest horror of a parent is something evil happening to their children. Sadly, on the afternoon of 27 October 1…

todayinottawashistory.wordpress.com

wow that was a tough read - really disturbing
these mass shooters all seem to have a lot of things in common and this was decades ago so we can't blame video games here but a lot of other factors line up JMO
I hadn't heard of this incident and was surprised to read that they used to sell guns at Giant Tiger
thanks for posting