Memorial, new project mark 26th anniversary of Air India

Prime Minister Stephen Harper marked the 26th anniversary of the Air India bombing on Thursday by unveiling a new memorial for victims of the doomed flight and by launching a new research project meant to help Canada prevent terrorism.
It was on June 23, 1985, that 329 people, mostly Canadian, were killed when an Air India flight taking off from Toronto and headed to India exploded in airspace near Ireland.
Harper helped unveil a memorial in the Montreal area Thursday that was the fourth and final such tribute. Similar memorials now stand in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver.
The federal government also announced Thursday a new project meant to help Canada fight future acts of terrorism.
The $10-million Kanishka Project will provide funding for such things as conferences, publications and major research projects to "help Canada build the knowledge base needed to effectively counter terrorism," the Prime Minister's Office said.
Harper said the occasion was a reminder to Canadians that they are not immune to global terrorism.
23/06/11 Derk Abma/Post Media News/The Vancouver Sun

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