Election 2014: Candidate profile
Sidney’s economic issue
Sidney’s fourth mayoral candidate, Cliff McNeil-Smith, sits down for an interview with the News Review, page 5
Mayor’s Task Force leaves Sidney’s economic future up to the next council, page 3 Black Press C O M M U N I T Y
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Friday, October 24, 2014
MP was locked down in Ottawa Elizabeth May on Parliament shooting: ‘Time seems to have stopped’ Daniel Palmer News staff
MP Elizabeth May and her staff were locked down Wednesday morning in Ottawa after at least one gunman bypassed security and shots rang out at Parliament Hill. One gunman, who reportedly shot a soldier guarding the National War Memorial that morning, is dead after he stormed the halls of Parliament Hill, just metres from where a Conservative caucus meeting was being held. May said she was passing through the area where the gunman was shot about 20 minutes prior to the incident. “Eight of us (were) huddled together in one space, and we (were) told to stay away from windows and doors,” May told Black Press Wednesday. “I don’t know what to anticipate. At this point, time seems to have stopped.” MPs and other witnesses on Twitter reported several shots fired inside Centre Block. MP Michelle Rempel, who was meeting with her Conservative caucus at the time of the shooting, tweeted: “Is it clear people? Shots were outside caucus room.” Early reports indicate there were shooters in the area. May and her staff have confirmed that Victoria-area MPs Murray Rankin and Randall Garrison — who were meeting for their weekly caucus meeting across the street from Parliament Hill — are safe. Please see: May shocked at security bypass, page 4
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Sidney’s mayoral candidates, from left, Cliff McNeil-Smith, Steve price, Steve Duck and Don Amos answer questions at the Support Our Sidney mayoral forum Tuesday evening at the Mary Winspear Centre.
Four strong mayoral candidates No clear standouts at SOS forum Tuesday night as election battle heats up Steven Heywood News staff
Plenty of people were asking just who emerged as the front runner out of Tuesday evening’s Sidney mayors’ forum at the Mary Winspear Centre. This early in the runup to voting day —
and after only the first major forum on the Saanich Peninsula — that’s no surprise. What the Support Our Sidney-hosted event did show, however, was four strong candidates who will be fighting for each and every vote on Nov. 15. Candidates Cliff McNeil-Smith, Steve Duck, Steve Price and Don Amos spoke to
a large audience in the Charlie White Theatre during the two-hour session. While not every question people had was asked of the quartet, those that did get asked and answered addressed the most common issues facing Sidney. Please see: Interim leadership possible, page 9
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