Best of 2014

Sgt. Bjarne Neilsen changes his prosthetic leg while attending a training camp on February 8, 2014, for an upcoming Arctic expedition. SAGE Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

JP climbs at Vertical Reality climbing gym in Ottawa on February 22, 2014. (Matthew Usherwood)

Simon Valiquette starts off on Pieta di Roma 5.11a at Down Under in Luskville, Que. on April 3, 2014. (Matthew Usherwood)

 Prime Minister Stephen Harper shakes hands with the President of the Republic of Peru Ollanta Humala Tasson in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April. 10, 2014. iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood

The casket of former deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray is carried by pallbeaers into Congregation Machzikei Hadas in Ottawa on April 25, 2014. iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood

Retired Captain Sean Bruyea poses for a photo at his home in Ottawa on May 8, 2014. SAGE Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

Lauren Hall (R) leads while Anika Todd (C) and Kirsti Lay (L) follow in hot pursuit during the Grand Prix Cycliste Gatineau on June 7, 2014. Canadian Cycling Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

A man runs on a back road in Gatineau on June 19, 2014. (Matthew Usherwood)

Performers sore through the air during the Canada Day festivities in downtown Ottawa, July 1, 2014. Matthew Usherwood/Ottawa Sun

Maxime St-Jacques rock climbs during sunset in Gatineau Park, Que. October 10, 2014. (Matthew Usherwood)

Robert Elrick poses for a photo at his home in Ottawa on October 30, 2014. SAGE Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

Conservative MP Scott Reid met with iPolitics’ journalist BJ Siekierski at his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on December 10, 2014. iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood

An Ottawa police officer stands watch over two arrested men at Tangar Outlets Mall where a shooting occurred in Ottawa on December 26, 2014. Matthew Usherwood/Ottawa Sun

QMJHL Hockey

Gatineau Olympiques’ #18 Vaclav Karabacek shoots on Quebec Ramparts’ goaltender #1 Eric Brassard during third period QMJHL hockey in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. (Matthew Usherwood/ QMI Agency)

Quebec Ramparts’ #27 Marcus Cuomo and Gatineau Olympiques’ #77 Joey Richard collide during first period QMJHL hockey in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. (Matthew Usherwood/ QMI Agency)

Quebec Ramparts’ #27 Marcus Cuomo poke checks Gatineau Olympiques’ #62 Alexis Pepin during first period QMJHL hockey in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. (Matthew Usherwood/ QMI Agency)

Quebec Ramparts’ #15 Nikolas Brouillard pressures Gatineau Olympiques’ #13 Alex Dostie during third period QMJHL hockey in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. (Matthew Usherwood/ QMI Agency)

Maxime St-Jacques rock climbs during sunset in Gatineau Park, Que. October 10, 2014. Matthew Usherwood

Richard Vallance Janke takes a moment after placing a candle on the tomb of the unknown solider during a candle light vigil at the National War Memorial in Ottawa to show his respect to Cpl Nathan Cirillo on October 25, 2014. Cirillo was shot and killed in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. Matthew Usherwood/ Ottawa Sun

Emeritus Physics Professor Peter Watson poses for a photo at Carleton University in Ottawa on October 29, 2014. Sage Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

Katherine Stewart poses for a photo at her home in Ottawa on October 29, 2014. Sage Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

 Robert Elrick poses for a photo at his home in Ottawa on October 30, 2014. Sage Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

Prime Minister Stephen Harper pictured in his office in Ottawa on Friday, October 31, 2014. iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood

Sunset in Gatineau QC

The Chief Squamish BC

A boat sits in the Howe Sound in Squamish BC

Shannon Falls Squamish BC

JS on some 10b slab in Squamish BC

Pallbearers carry the casket of former deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray into the funeral service in Ottawa on April 25, 2014. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

Lauren Hall (R) leads while Anika Todd (C) and Kirsti Lay (L) follow in hot pursuit during the Grand Prix Cycliste Gatineau on Saturday, Jun. 7, 2014. Canadian Cycling Magazine/ Matthew Usherwood

Sen. Wilfred Moore poses for a picture in Ottawa on May 7, 2014. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

Retired Captain Sean Bruyea poses for a photo at his home in Ottawa on May 8, 2014. Sage Magazine/ Matthew Usherwood

Trevor Rennicks on Sausages 5.10c at Down Under in Gatineau. (Matthew Usherwood)

Red River Gorge, Kentucky.

James Campbell goes for the clip out of a huge hueco on Mona Lisa Overdrive 5.11b in the Red River Gorge. (Matthew Usherwood)

Melanie Douglas on Crown of Thorns 5.11c in the Red River Gorge. (Matthew Usherwood)

James Campbell on Crown of Thorns 5.11c in the Red River Gorge. (Matthew Usherwood)

JP on Snozzberries 5.12a in the Red River Gorge. (Matthew Usherwood)

Phil Arcand figures out the key beta of Stunning the Hog 5.12d before sending it in the Red River Gorge. (Matthew Usherwood)

Past month of Politics in Ottawa

NDP MP Olivia Chow scrums with media in Ottawa on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford signs an autograph while scrumming with media during the Big City Mayors’ Caucus Meet in Ottawa on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

Prime Minister Stephen Harper shakes hands with the Spiritual Leader of the Ismaili Muslims The Aga Khan in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

A guard walks the halls of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Vadym Prystakio met with iPolitics’ journalist Olesia Plokhii at the Ukraine Embassy in Ottawa on Monday, Mar. 3, 2014. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

A family poses for a photo on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Mar. 6, 2014. Matthew Usherwood

Canadian Series Mogul Competition

Here are a few frames that I took on the final day of the Canadian Series Mogul Competition at Camp Fortune in Quebec.