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THANK YOU! Raft River Elementary School PAC leader Sabine Cooperman leads the school's children in saying “Thank you!” to Aviva Canada as loud as they can. Despite being in the open air, the sound was deafening. They were taking part in the official opening of the Courtney and Skye Buck Memorial Playground at the school on Thursday of last week. For more about the opening, see page A12 inside. Photo by Keith McNeill
Attack on Parliament: MP McLeod, Senator Greene Raine safe after soldier killed Cam Fortems – Kamloops This Week Hearing gunshots immediately outside the room where she was meeting in Parliament, Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod said she feared a gunman would come
through the door. McLeod remained with others late in lockdown on Oct. 21 in the Parliament Buildings following shootings in Ottawa that left a Canadian soldier and his apparent shooter both dead. In an emailed message to KTW, McLeod said MPs were instructed to be careful
with public communication via Twitter. “The shooting happened right outside the door from where I was located. The first shot, you tried to identify what it was,” she said. The gunman shot and killed a soldier — Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, a 24-year-old reservist from Hamilton — standing guard
at the National War Memorial across from Parliament. The gunman then went to Parliament Hill, where he was reportedly killed after trading shots with Parliament’s sergeant at arms, Kevin Vickers. McLeod said the sound of gunshots was unmistakeable, but what wasn’t clear is
what would come next. MPs do not have electronic communication in many of their meetings. “So, it took a while to have more clarity as to what was happening,” she said. “With multiple gunshots, it quickly became apparent that is was an attack of some sort.
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