Thursday, December 18, 2025
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

Avalanche, blizzard kill 12 people, including 4 Canadians in Nepal

Avalanche, blizzard kill 12 people, including 4 Canadians in Nepal
KATMANDU, Nepal - An avalanche and a blizzard in Nepal's mountainous north have killed 12 people, including four Canadians, officials said Wednesday.

Avalanche, blizzard kill 12 people, including 4 Canadians in Nepal

Mom of first woman killed in Afghanistan combat proud vessel named for daughter

Mom of first woman killed in Afghanistan combat proud vessel named for daughter
HALIFAX - The mother of the first Canadian woman to be killed in Afghanistan in a combat role says she feels her daughter would be proud to have a coast guard vessel named after her.

Mom of first woman killed in Afghanistan combat proud vessel named for daughter

Natural gas leak in Halifax prompts evacuations in business park

Natural gas leak in Halifax prompts evacuations in business park
HALIFAX - As many as 50 buildings have been evacuated in a Halifax-area business park because of a natural gas leak.

Natural gas leak in Halifax prompts evacuations in business park

Greed, incompetence, neglect behind deadly mall collapse, inquiry finds

Greed, incompetence, neglect behind deadly mall collapse, inquiry finds
ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. - Decades of incompetence, neglect, greed and dishonesty by a succession of owners, engineers and municipal officials led to the deadly cave-in of a northern Ontario mall two years ago, a judicial inquiry reported Wednesday.

Greed, incompetence, neglect behind deadly mall collapse, inquiry finds

Key recommendations of the Elliot Lake inquiry

Key recommendations of the Elliot Lake inquiry
ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. - The inquiry into the deadly collapse of a mall in Elliot Lake, Ont., two years ago reported on Wednesday. Some key recommendations:

Key recommendations of the Elliot Lake inquiry

Supreme Court confronts question of whether Canadians can seek help to die

OTTAWA - Assisted suicide should only apply to cases involving patients who are never going to get better, the Supreme Court heard today as it confronted the question of whether Canadians have the right to seek help to end their lives.

Supreme Court confronts question of whether Canadians can seek help to die