For decades, the family of an Ottawa student killed in a historic high school shooting has largely kept their memories of that traumatic time in what one sister calls "the memory box."

Now, as the 50th anniversary of his tragic death approaches, the contents of that box are spilling out.

On Sunday, the family of Mark Hough — who never made it to his 19th birthday — will meet on the west side of Ottawa's Rideau Canal and gather around a simple wooden bench they had dedicated to him earlier this year.

The memorial is an acknowledgement of Hough's life, his sister Lynne McArthur says. But it's also a reminder that "bad things can happen anywhere, even in Ottawa."

Earlier this year, Hough's family had a bench along Ottawa's Rideau Canal dedicated to Hough. The family will gather there on

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