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THURSDAY October 23, 2014 • www.langleytimes.com
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MARK WARAWA WAS IN CONSERVATIVE PARTY CAUCUS MEETING WHEN SHOOTING STARTED DA N F ERGUSO N Tim e s Re po r t e r
After a gunman opened fire on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday morning, Langley MP Mark Warawa contacted his office to let his staff know that he is safe. “He’s spoken with us,” a staffer in Warawa’s Ottawa office told The Times. The staffer said Warawa was attending a Conservative party caucus meeting when a lockdown was ordered. Social media images showed politicians barricading doors with chairs and tables. The Langley MP’s office is located in a building across the street from the caucus meeting. The building was also locked down, and staffers were told by police to stay away from windows. Reports from the scene said a reserve soldier from Hamilton standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa was shot by a man with a rifle. The soldier was rushed to hospital, where he died. Eyewitnesses said the attack began around 10 a.m. Ottawa time, when a short man with long black hair fired several shots at
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LANGLEY MP M A R K WA R AWA the soldier at close range. The attacker then headed to Parliament Hill’s Centre Block, where the various political parties were all holding caucus meetings. One eyewitness said he saw a man running with a double-barrelled shotgun, wearing a scarf and blue jeans, who hopped over the stone fence that surrounds Parliament Hill, forced someone out of a car, and drove to the front doors of Parliament. Several witnesses reported hearing a number of gunshots inside. The gunman was shot dead by Parliament’s sergeant-at-arms. Continued Page 4
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More than 180 wildlife lovers and their furry friends gathered at Campbell Valley Park for the sixth annual Critter Care Wildlife Society Walk On the Wildside fundraiser on Oct. 5. Around $17,000 was raised to help orphaned and injured B.C. wildlife.
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Langley Township Mayor Jack Froese has made a direct appeal to his Surrey counterpart to add a traffic light to an accident-prone stretch of 72 Avenue, where it crosses the border between the Township and its neighbour. The Township has the money to build a traffic light at 196 Street and 72 Avenue, but can’t proceed until a design consultant hired by the city of Surrey finishes work. In his Oct. 1 letter to Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts, released to The Times on Tuesday, Froese said the planned improvements to the intersection are scheduled to begin in early 2015, but residents feel upgrades are required sooner. “ … we are requesting that you direct your staff to try and expedite the works to en-
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