Gisèle Lalonde, former Vanier mayor and SOS Montfort leader, dead at 89 ottnews ottawa
CBC NewsGisèle Lalonde, pictured here in 1997 as president of SOS Montfort, led the five-year effort to save the Montfort Hospital.
Lalonde studied at the University of Ottawa to become a teacher, then worked in education for about 30 years ending in the early 1980s. SOS Montfort's efforts to stop that, with Lalonde as its president, included 2,000 students forming a human chain around the Montfort and a pep rally of 10,000 supporters at Lansdowne Park.
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