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• Stephen Harper says "Canada will never be intimidated" after attack in Ottawa
• War Memorial victim ID'd as Hamilton corporal, dog lover and outdoorsman
• Edmonton well-prepared to manage threat, says EPS
• Canada's parliament attacked near where prime minister was speaking, Harper safe
• Woman charged after 6 infant bodies found in Canadian locker

Stephen Harper says "Canada will never be intimidated" after attack in Ottawa Posted: 22 Oct 2014 05:32 PM PDT Stephen Harper took to the airwaves, on Wednesday night, following the deadly shootings at the National War Memorial and Parliament Hill.  In the televised address to the nation, the prime minister said that today's events were a grim reminder that Canada is not immune to the types of terrorist attacks we have seen elsewhere in the world.  "We are also reminded that attacks on our security personnel and on our institutions of governments are by they very nature attacks on our country, on our value, on our society, on us Canadians as a free and democratic people who embrace human dignity for all," Harper said from an undisclosed location.

War Memorial victim ID'd as Hamilton corporal, dog lover and outdoorsman Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:51 PM PDT A soldier shot and killed in Ottawa on Wednesday was a reservist who was only on a short-term posting at the National War Memorial.

Edmonton well-prepared to manage threat, says EPS Posted: 22 Oct 2014 08:14 PM PDT Following a day of drama and tension in the nation's capital, Edmonton's police service is reassuring citizens they are not in imminent danger. Calling the events in Ottawa "a senseless act of unprovoked violence," Deputy Chief Danielle Campbell said the EPS members' thoughts and prayers are with those affected. Campbell said police here have "not received any information to suggest that there is an imminent threat in the Edmonton region at this time."

Canada's parliament attacked near where prime minister was speaking, Harper safe Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:49 AM PDT By Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - At least one gunman entered Canada's parliament buildings on Wednesday and many shots were fired just outside the room where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was addressing a meeting of legislators. Harper was safely removed from the building but parliament was locked down. Eyewitnesses said at least 30 shots were fired in dramatic scenes in the heart of the Canadian capital. "PM (Harper) was addressing caucus, then a huge boom, followed by rat-a-tat shots. We all scattered. ...

Woman charged after 6 infant bodies found in Canadian locker Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:09 AM PDT By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG Manitoba (Reuters) - Canadian police said on Wednesday they have charged a woman with concealing the bodies of six infants in a storage locker, but are not handling the incident as a homicide investigation. Winnipeg Police Service discovered what officers initially thought were the bodies of four babies on Monday afternoon after being alerted by storage company U-Haul, a subsidiary of Amerco. The police have since arrested the Winnipeg woman who was renting the locker in the western Canadian city. ...

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