More than a dozen Canadian cities hosted marches to call for stricter gun control laws in both Canada and the United States in the wake of a deadly high school shooting that killed 17 people in Parkland, Fla. Elementary school students in Montreal's Westmount rally for tighter gun control measures. "I think it's important to have this march today in solidarity with students in the United States because gun violence is taking its toll on families, individuals, communities across North America…," said Louis March, a co-founder of Toronto's Zero Gun Violence Movement. "Heartbreaking is not a strong enough word," said Matthew Greenfield, recalling the Feb. 14 mass shooting at his former high school. "The gun violence epidemic in America touches both Americans and Canadians living in Vancouver," said spokesperson Bodil Geyer in a release.

Source: CBC News March 24, 2018 18:25 UTC