Walk around certain spots in Prince George this week and you might have noticed an array of shoes placed out, each with a list of names attached to them.
In all, 85 shoes have been gracing the courthouse, Two Rivers Art Gallery, The Prince George Public Library, Hadih House and UNBC since Monday, each of them representing 10 women who have been murdered in B.C. over the last 40 years.
And that's the ones who are known, said Catharine Kendall of Hadih House, one of the local organizers of the event.
"There are a lot of names not on the list when we start cross referencing other lists that we are aware of," Kendall said.
The displays are remaining in place through today, which coincides with the Dec. 6, 1989 Montreal Massacre when a lone gunman murdered 14 women who were studying engineering at Ecole Polytechnique.
This year's event is in memory of Alvine Tom who passed away on Nov. 11 at age 29. A pair of moccasins are at the library with her name on them.
Kendall said Tom had been a co-worker for 18 months up until this past summer and was the mother of three. The RCMP have not yet given out the exact cause of death, Kendall said.
