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» Michael Zehaf-Bibeau and Martin Couture-Rouleau acted separately

Angela Espinoza
News Editor

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QO: the morning of October
22, Hamilton resident
Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a lone
gunman, approached the
National War Memorial at
Parliament Hill and killed
Corporal Nathan Cirillo. Zehaf-
Bibeau then entered the Centre
Block, where he exchanged
gunfire with RCMP and was
eventually shot and killed

by Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin
Vickers.

Zehaf-Bibeau’s attack
occurred two days after Martin
Couture-Rouleau drove his car
into two soldiers in Quebec,
killing Warrant Officer Patrice
Vincent. Like Zehaf-Bibeau,

: Couture-Rouleau’s actions

: ended in his death; Couture-

: Rouleau attempted to escape

: in his car, but was chased and

: was ultimately shot by police.

: Reports indicate Couture-

: Rouleau had been waiting in

: his car for two hours prior to his
: attack.

In the case of the

: Parliament Hill shooting

: though, Zehaf-Bibeau drove

: into the area during the day. On
: October 25, CBC revealed that

: the car had been purchased the
: day prior, and that he had taped :
: junk mail to his window to feign :
: a temporary license plate.

Zehaf-Bibeau walked up

: to Cirillo and another reservist
: from behind, shooting Cirillo

: but missing the second person.
: Within an hour of the attack

: being reported, the city of

: Ottawa began locking down

: businesses, schools, and

: Parliament itself. A photo taken
: inside a Parliament caucus

: room revealed those present

: were barricading the door with
: furniture.

Various reporters followed

: RCMP into the Centre Block as
: they went after Zehaf-Bibeau.

: One reporter from the Globe

: and Mail was present and

: filming what has since become
: widely-viewed footage of the

: scene. As officers approached

: Zehaf-Bibeau, the gunman

fired, inciting a barrage that
ultimately ended his life.

Prime Minister Stephen

Harper addressed the
: country later that day ina
: public statement, in which

: he said, “Let there be no :
: misunderstanding—we will not :
: be intimidated, Canada will :
: never be intimidated.”

While reasons for Zehaf-

: Bibeau’s attack are being

: investigated, it has since been
: discovered that Couture-

: Rouleau was a supporter of

: ISIS. Couture-Rouleau had his:
: passport seized in July when he :
: attempted to fly to Turkey. He  :
: was arrested and temporarily

: detained before being let

: go; Couture-Rouleau was a

: suspected extremist who was

: being monitored by the RCMP.
: As panic spread throughout :
: Ottawa, rumours of a second

? gunman circulated, although

: reports later proved to be false.

In the days since, both

: Cirillo and Vickers have

: been hailed as heroes, with

: memorials and messages in

: honour of Cirillo and Vincent

: occurring online and in public.

While an attack such as

: Zehaf-Bibeau’s was the first of

While reasons for
Zehaf-Bibeau’s
attack are being
investigated ...
Couture-Rouleau
was a supporter of
ISIS.

its kind on Parliament Hill, it

: is not the first time the area

: has been threatened. The

: most well-known incident

: regarding Parliament Hill

: prior to October 22nd’s attack
: was in 1966, when Paul Joseph
: Chartier accidentally killed

: himself while making a bomb
: ina Parliament bathroom.

As of October 24,

Parliament Hill is once again
: open for public visitation.

 

Get to know your Tri-city candidates

» Forum offers students opportunity to meet mayoral candidates

Angela Espinoza
News Editor

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he David Lam campus will

be the venue for Douglas’
2014 Tri-Cities All-Candidates
Forum. The forum allows

of the public to meet and
talk one-on-one with various
candidates in the upcoming
Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam,
and Port Moody elections.
“It'll be taking place in
the main cafeteria [in the
A-B building],” said Rodney

: Stehr, head of the Douglas

: Students’ Union Engage

: club. “In attendance there

: will be counsellors, mayoral

: candidates, and school board
: trustees running from each of
: the three cities.”

The purpose of the forum

: is to encourage students to

: engage in their local politics.
students, faculty, and members As polls open on November 15,
: students are being provided

: with an opportunity to meet

: and discuss with those who

: could change their respective

: cities in the future. “The

: people actually get to have

: direct interaction with the

candidates rather than just

: evening] is that ...
: on how many candidates show
: up ... we're going to have two

: candidates per table, and

: each table will have different

: themes.” Stehr stated some of
: the discussion themes would

: include affordable housing and :
: budgets, as well as “honouring
: historic contributions of all

: cultures to our cities” and “the
: Riverview lands and what our
: visions for mental health in the :
: different communities are.”

: being addressed in a speech,”
: said Stehr.

“The format [of the
depending

Students will also have an

opportunity to talk with their

: representatives during the
: dialogue period, and afterwards :
: when candidates and the public :
: alike will be encouraged to
: engage with one another in
: conversation. The forum will
: provide a unique opportunity
: where “people can actually
: ask questions to individual
: candidates and also brainstorm :

with them, which is not an

: Opportunity you normally

: would get. People interested
: in attending don’t have to be
: experts in their field nor are :
: they expected to be fully versed :
: in political affairs.”

The DSU Engage club

: has organized and will be

: hosting the forum on behalf

of the college. The club offers
opportunities for students to

: be involved with and discuss
: important issues in their

: respective communities. In

: astatement on the group’s

: Facebook page, the Engage

: club is described as wanting

“to inspire students to become

: leaders who will take on the

: role [of] educators who ...

: from their experiences, will

: redistribute their knowledge.”

: The forum will run from 6:30 to

9:30 p.m. on November 7, and

: you can register online free of
: charge at:
: http://goo.gl/DWvaUG