Fangliang Xu, Centretown News
A heavily armed Ottawa police officer stands guard at the National War Memorial during Remembrance Day ceremonies.Thousands gathered under a heavy police presence at the National War Memorial to celebrate and honour Canadian soldiers in one of the largest Remembrance Day ceremonies in recent years.
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Trustee hopefuls line up to replace board chair
There’s more to voting at the upcoming municipal elections than picking a mayor and 23 city councillors. On Monday, it will also be time to elect school board trustees.
Advisory board cuts ‘closed door’ on citizen input
Municipal candidates and advocacy groups are capitalizing on the upcoming election to lobby for the reversal of a two-year-old change to city hall’s advisory committees.
Shootings shock residents as city centre shuts down
Much of Centretown became a lockdown zone on Wednesday after a soldier guarding the National War Memorial was shot dead by a man believed to have then stormed Parliament Hill and wounded a House of Commons security guard before being killed in a shootout with police.