Huron Expositor, 2014-12-17, Page 11Wednesday, December 17, 2014 • Huron Expositor 11
QMI Agency News Story of the Year
The terror attacks in Ottawa and
Montreal
Ted Rath
QMI Agency
We had heard the warn-
ings for years: One day
international terrorism will
hit Canada.
While politicians debate
whether the attacks in
Montreal and Ottawa in
October can be classified
as terrorism or the actions
of deranged men acting
out terror fantasies, the
end result was the same:
Two dead Canadian sol-
diers and gunfire in the
halls of Parliament. And it
shook us to the core.
QMI Agency editors
from newsrooms across
the country unanimously
voted the deaths of War-
rant Officer Patrice Vin-
cent, 53, and Cpl. Nathan
Cirillo, 24, as the news
story of the year.
"The deaths of these
men — both at the hands
of terrorists inspired by
Islamist extremists — was
easily the biggest single
event in a storyline that
was percolating along all
year — the radicalization
of young Canadian men,"
QMI Agency National
Bureau chief David Akin
said in his vote. "Their
deaths are forcing many
changes across Canada,
and the mood of the coun-
try in the wake of their
deaths is giving the federal
government the political
cover it needs for our com-
bat mission in Iraq."
Opposite, in fact, to how
terror is supposed to work,
the ISIS -inspired attacks in
Montreal and Ottawa only
shored up Canada's sup-
port for the airstrike mis-
sion against the terror
group.
The attacks also woke us
up from our complacency
that such violence only
happens elsewhere. We
were riveted by reports on
Oct. 22 when Michael
Zehaf-Bibeau, after shoot-
ing Cirillo, tried to con-
tinue his rampage in the
Parliament Buildings,
where sergeant -at -arms
Kevin Vickers gunned him
down.
"It represented an attack
on our way of life," Winni-
peg Sun managing editor
Kevin Engstrom said. "It is
a memory we're unlikely to
ever forget."
SEASON'S GREETINGS
Wishing
Everyone
a Happy
Holiday!
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Sentries return to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa October 24, 2014.
Canadian soldier Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was shot and killed at the National War Memorial on Oct. 22.
Merry Christmas
Wishing you and your family peace & happiness throughout this Holiday Season!
Front Row (L to R):CAO/Clerk Brad Knight, Councillor Dianne Diehl, Mayor Bernie MacLellan, Deputy -Mayor Joe Steffler,
Councillor Brenda Dalton, Finance Manager -Treasurer Paula Michiels
Back Row (L to R): Councillors Alvin McLellan, John Lowe, Larry McGrath, Kevin Wilbee, Bob Fisher, Raymond Chartrand,
David Blaney, Nathan Marshall
from the council and staff of the
Municipality of Huron East
Holiday Hours: Closed December 24th at noon until December 29th and closed January 1
The first regular Council meeting in 2015 is scheduled for January 6th, 2015
Recycling and garbage collection changes: Bluewater collection in Grey & McKillop will be on January 2nd
Brown Sanitation collection in Seaforth will be on Saturday, December 27th (for Thursday, December 25) and Saturday,
January 3 (for Thursday, January 1)