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First winter storm knocks out power High winds hit Langley on Tuesday night, knocking out power for thousands.
Firefighters kept an eye on a burning branch on a power line off 240th Street Wednesday morning, while waiting for BC Hydro crews to arrive. Matthew Claxton Langley Advance
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The first fall storm of the season hit Langley on Tuesday night, knocking out power to thousands of local residents. According to BC Hydro, thousands of residents were left without power, with Fort Langley, Walnut Grove, and the Salmon River Uplands areas north of 56th Avenue the worst hit. A number of branches fell on power lines around town, sending fire crews out. It was a moderately busy night for Langley Township fire crews dealing with power line calls, but not as busy as some previous winter storms, said assistant fire chief Bruce Ferguson. Crews kept an eye on some situations until BC Hydro crews could show up, including a burning branch that fell across wires near 48th Avenue and
240th Street Wednesday morning. Schools were open Wednesday, though the Langley School District said, Peterson Road Elementary lost power and was still dark as the school day began. A generator was brought in to get plumbing working in the morning.
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Parliament Hill and much of Ottawa was hunkered down as police sought gunmen.
“We’re all on lockdown,” Paulgaard explained shortly after the shooting. A gunman opened fire at the National War Memorial just before 10 a.m. Ottawa time (7 by Heather Colpitts a.m. Pacific time), and near the Parliament Centre Block. hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com Witnesses to the War Memorial Langley MP Mark Warawa shooting described a man pulling has reported in to his staff that up in a car just before 10 a.m., he was safe during the Ottawa getting out with a rifle and startshooting. ing to fire shots at the soldiers The Wednesday morning shoot- standing guard. About five or six ings had the capital on edge and shots were fired. the world watching. The wounded soldier fell on the Morgan Paulgaard, who works steps at the foot of the Cenotaph, for Warawa, called the Langley where bystanders and paramedAdvance to say the MP was not ics provided emergency medical available to comcare. The soldier, ment but was Cpl. Nathan okay. “We’re all on Cirillo, was taken “He let us know to hospital by lockdown.” that he’s safe,” he ambulance sufferMorgan Paulgaard said. ing from gunshots People were to his abdomen. being advised not By afternoon, to give their locations, but to the Ottawa Police said a suspect ensure they are in a safe place as was dead and confirmed that the police and other emergency offisoldier has died. cials try to deal with the chaotic There were reports of up to situation. three gunmen.
One gunman was And it isn’t a very strong shot and killed inside door. We put up these the Centre Block of flimsy little tables to get Parliament. people behind and get The Centre Block them under chairs. We shoot-out occurred wanted to make sure just outside the that everyone was safe,” doors where both Angus said. the Conservative and The Ottawa Police has NDP caucuses were asked for anyone with meeting. Those presinformation on this to ent barricaded the contact their local police. Mark Warawa doors with chairs. The man identified Langley MP Prime Minister as the shooter, Michael Harper was in the Joseph Paul Zehaf Bibeau, meeting at the time, but was 32, was charged with a robbery immediately taken from the Hill that took place in Vancouver to a secure location. The leadon Dec. 16, 2011, court records ers of the other political parties show. were reported to be safe and the He was convicted in February Hill was immediately put in lock2012 of the lesser included down. offence of uttering threats and In an interview with the Ottawa was sentenced to just a day in Citizen, NDP MP Charlie Angus jail. described the chaotic scene inside There were some official conthe party’s caucus room where firmations later that he is the about 100 MPs and staff were suspect who was killed in the gathered for their weekly caucus parliament buildings. U.S. media meeting. outlets first named him, and he “A series of gunshots rang out has a criminal history for drug and we realized they were right trafficking in Montreal. on the other side of the door. - With files from the Ottawa Citizen and Vancouver Sun.