Friday, April 26, 2013

Floralove Katz holds an American and Canadian flag while listening to speeches before taking part in a walk from Parliament Hill to the U.S. Embassy in memory of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, in Ottawa on April 22, 2013. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood
Armenian protesters lay roses in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 during a protest in Ottawa on Wednesday, April. 24, 2013. The Turkish government still denies that the Genocide ever happened even after many countries have recognized it. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar walk down the Hall of Honour on Parliament Hill during her official visit to Ottawa on April. 25, 2013. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

420 on Parliament Hill

About 9,000 supporters for the legalization of marijuana packed Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, April 20, 2013, to celebrate 420 in the capital.

Monday, April 15, 2013

WWII veteran and sole survivor of a pilgrimage to Vimy Ridge in 1936 John R Newell poses for a photo during a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 96th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood
NDP MP Nycole Turmel walks off the stage after speaking to delegates during the NDP Policy Convention in Montreal on Saturday, April 13, 2013. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood
Liberal Leadership Candidate Justin Trudeau is greeted by supporters at the beginning of the LPC Results Announcement in Ottawa on Sunday, April 14, 2013. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood
Newly elected Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau leaves the House of Commons Foyer after question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, April, 15, 2013. It was his first official day as the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood




Friday, April 5, 2013

Shooting at a daycare in Gatineau, Que.

A shooting took place today at a daycare in Gatineau, Que., leaving two men dead.  Here is a link to the story by CBC.  LINK

A man is reunited with a child after a shooting that took place at a daycare in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, April 5, 2013. (Matthew Usherwood)
Police officers carry children to their parents after a shooting that took place at a daycare in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, April 5, 2013. (Matthew Usherwood)
A women is reunited with a child after a shooting that took place at a daycare in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, April 5, 2013. (Matthew Usherwood)
A man comforts a young boy as he sticks his head out of a bus window used to hold children while they wait to be picked up by their parents after a shooting that took place at a daycare in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, April 5, 2013. (Matthew Usherwood)
A women carries a child away from the scene where a shooting took place at a daycare in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, April 5, 2013. (Matthew Usherwood)
A child runs after being reunited with her parents after a shooting that took place at a daycare in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, April 5, 2013. (Matthew Usherwood)
A child sticks her arm out of a bus window while waiting to be picked up by her parents after a shooting that took place at a daycare in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, April 5, 2013. (Matthew Usherwood)
A police officer carries two children to their parents after a shooting that took place at a daycare in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, April 5, 2013. (Matthew Usherwood)