The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

[MountieBoyOz]

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NHL postpones Leafs-Sens game. Right move.

BTW, the video of the shooting in the hallway of the Parliament building -- the Conservative and NDP parties were caucusing on either side of that corridor.

I listened in on the radio because I enjoy the Canadian music stations. Wow. Just awful. I hope they get the parties responsible and everyone is safe.

[Kepler]

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Streaming CBC radio coverage here.

[joecct]

Streaming CBC radio coverage here.

Watching BBC on the TV. Avoiding US taking heads

[MountieBoyOz]

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I just saw vid from the Globe and Mail of the shootout. Wow. Chilling.

Kepler, I switched to CBC radio during my errands.

[joecct]

Streaming CBC radio coverage here.

The former President approves

@dick_nixon: The CBC coverage of the Ottawa shootings is everything that an American broadcaster would not do. Cold, patient, factual.

[MountieBoyOz]

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Question for you, Steve. How armed are regular Canadian beat cops? Do they have a sidearm or not? Just wondering. Thanks.

[SteveP]

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Question for you, Steve. How armed are regular Canadian beat cops? Do they have a sidearm or not? Just wondering. Thanks.

Patrol officers carry semi-auto sidearms. It's been 21 years since I left the Toronto force, so some agencies may now have patrol officers with shotguns and MP5 or other rifles. The last couple of years I worked I carried a shotgun in the trunk. Not sure, but the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary didn't carry sidearms, but that may have changed.

Ooops -- Thanks Wiki --- As a result of the recommendations of the Select Committee on the Arming Policy of the RNC, members on operational duty were permitted to wear sidearms starting June 14, 1998.

Watching BBC on the TV. Avoiding US taking heads

I already want to reach through the TV and strangle Shep Smith.

[MountieBoyOz]

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Patrol officers carry semi-auto sidearms. It's been 21 years since I left the Toronto force, so some agencies may now have patrol officers with shotguns and MP5 or other rifles. The last couple of years I worked I carried a shotgun in the trunk. Not sure, but the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary didn't carry sidearms, but that may have changed.

Ooops -- Thanks Wiki --- As a result of the recommendations of the Select Committee on the Arming Policy of the RNC, members on operational duty were permitted to wear sidearms starting June 14, 1998.

Sounds a lot like my uncle, who was a sheriff for many years. He had the same set of weapons, but he's also 6'6" and could handle himself.

I've also got friends in Ottawa that I heard from. Glad they're OK.

[SteveP]

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Sounds a lot like my uncle, who was a sheriff for many years. He had the same set of weapons, but he's also 6'6" and could handle himself.

I've also got friends in Ottawa that I heard from. Glad they're OK.

I carried a revolver for my entire career -- we were switching to Glocks when I left.

My son lives across the river in Gatineau, but he's working in suburban Nepean today. He was a member of the Parliament Hill press corps for a time when he was a journo student. Two of my extended family are in lock down in their offices.

[aparch]

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SiriusXM (XM Service) carries CBC Radio 1 on channel 169 (for those in their cars like I).

[aparch]

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The RCMP is holding a press conference, CBC's announcers noted that the word "terrorism" has not been uttered at all. Investigation is (obviously) ongoing, and some questions will not be answered until later in the investigation.

[SteveP]

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NHL postpones Leafs-Sens game. Right move.

BTW, the video of the shooting in the hallway of the Parliament building -- the Conservative and NDP parties were caucusing on either side of that corridor.

Surreal photo from Ottawa: doors to the Tory Caucus Room on Parliament Hill, blockaded with furniture. Wow. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/iFNtavhop2

— Taylor Mann (@tailormann) October 22, 2014

[Kepler]

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My son lives across the river in Gatineau, but he's working in suburban Nepean today. He was a member of the Parliament Hill press corps for a time when he was a journo student. Two of my extended family are in lock down in their offices.

Our best wishes to your entire family and your former peers. Thank you for posting your particular knowledge here; it is invaluable to have somebody with some experience.

Apropos of very little: are police in Canada required to be bilingual?

[Kepler]

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The former President approves

To be fair to US journalists, the questions being asked at the presser by Canadian journalists are every bit as provocative and self-serving as what you'd expect in the Lower 48.

[SteveP]

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Our best wishes to your entire family and your former peers. Thank you for posting your particular knowledge here; it is invaluable to have somebody with some experience.

Apropos of very little: are police in Canada required to be bilingual?

Thanks Kep. As my aunt texted me about my son -- He is likely in the midst of the action if he is like you or (my cousin) Grant

Bilingual is the norm in Ottawa and eastern Ontario and in the RCMP it's mostly yes. Especially if you want to get promoted to command ranks.

In Toronto - I spoke a little French, some Italian, Jamaican, Somali, Farsi, etc. etc. I was also fluent in drunk!