Saturday, June 6, 2026
ADVT 
National

Tighter security imposed at New Brunswick army base following Ottawa shooting

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 Oct, 2014 11:50 AM
  • Tighter security imposed at New Brunswick army base following Ottawa shooting

OROMOCTO, N.B. - Tighter security measures have been imposed at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown in New Brunswick as a result of recent violent acts against Canadian Forces members in Quebec and Ontario.

Capt. Jamie Donovan, a spokesman for the army base, says military police are checking the IDs of everyone entering the grounds in Oromocto.

That resulted in long lineups and staff were instructed to report at staggered times, depending on their duties.

The base is the largest military facility in Eastern Canada and home to about 6,000 military and civilian personnel.

Different precautions have been taken at military bases across the country.

In Halifax, gates to the waterfront navy base, the airbase and other bases were locked as part of heightened security efforts.

Forces members have also been directed not to wear their military uniform outside their place of work until further notice.

Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was fatally shot Wednesday at the National War Memorial in Ottawa by a gunman who then raced to Parliament Hill, where he was killed in a gunfight in the halls of the Centre Block.

MORE National ARTICLES

University Professor In Kamloops, B.C., Pleads Guilty To Assaulting Wife

University Professor In Kamloops, B.C., Pleads Guilty To Assaulting Wife
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A university professor who also serves as president of the Kamloops Child Development Society has pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife.

University Professor In Kamloops, B.C., Pleads Guilty To Assaulting Wife

Paws Get New Posting: Slain RCMP Officer's Police Dog To Return To Work Soon

Paws Get New Posting: Slain RCMP Officer's Police Dog To Return To Work Soon
INNISFAIL, Alta. - A police dog who tugged at heartstrings across the country when he rose on his hind legs at his slain partner's funeral to sniff his Stetson is going back to work.

Paws Get New Posting: Slain RCMP Officer's Police Dog To Return To Work Soon

Craft Distilleries In Vancouver Area Serve Up Cocktails, Offer Tours

Craft Distilleries In Vancouver Area Serve Up Cocktails, Offer Tours
VANCOUVER - There's a thriving craft distillery scene in and around Vancouver, which is being helped by recent changes to B.C. liquor regulations.

Craft Distilleries In Vancouver Area Serve Up Cocktails, Offer Tours

CP Rail halts demolition of Vancouver community gardens for talks with city

CP Rail halts demolition of Vancouver community gardens for talks with city
Canadian Pacific Railway has paused its bulldozers from demolishing community gardens in a Vancouver neighbourhood to meet with city officials about the land's use.

CP Rail halts demolition of Vancouver community gardens for talks with city

Premiers, native leaders call for forum on missing and murdered aboriginal women

Premiers, native leaders call for forum on missing and murdered aboriginal women
Canada's premiers and aboriginal leaders are calling on the federal government to participate in a roundtable to address the high number of native women who are missing and murdered.

Premiers, native leaders call for forum on missing and murdered aboriginal women

B.C. man says accomplices killed three women, teen killed herself

B.C. man says accomplices killed three women, teen killed herself
A young British Columbia man accused of killing three women and a 15-year-old girl says he was present when each of the victims died, but he told his trial that other people murdered the women and the girl killed herself.

B.C. man says accomplices killed three women, teen killed herself