Centre Block

• About 26M pounds of asbestos, hazardous materials removed from Centre Block

  Officials say demolition work is essentially done as the renovation continues, including removal of around 12,000 tonnes or 26 million pounds of hazardous materials like asbestos.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2024
  
• Parliament’s Centre Block is getting a massive overhaul. Here’s what’s changing

  A new public entrance will be designed with two accessible pathways leading from the eternal flame and courtyard in front of Centre Block to the welcome centre's main floor.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2023
  
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• Burst pipe floods several floors of Parliament’s West Block

  "I haven't seen it, but I can smell it," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said as he left his office, near where water was pouring out of the broken pipe.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2019
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• Parliament Hill’s Centre Block closing for a decade for renovations

  The Centre Block of Parliament is set to close for 10 years as the PSPC gears up for extensive restorations and upgrades.

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2018
• Fire alarms force brief evacuations of Centre Block on Parliament Hill

  Fire alarms forced a brief evacuation of Centre Block on Parliament Hill on two separate occasions Wednesday morning.

  Politics

  Feb 17, 2016
• Toronto man arrested on Parliament Hill allegedly carried a meat cleaver

  The man arrested Tuesday trying to enter Parliament carrying a hidden meat cleaver probably has mental illness and isn’t a terrorist, the head of the RCMP said Wednesday.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2015
• Man apprehended on Parliament Hill carrying concealed knife: RCMP

  A man carrying a concealed knife was arrested Tuesday on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, police say.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2015
• RCMP ‘not prepared’ to deal with Ottawa shooting, report says

  A new report says the October shootings in Ottawa are a "grim reminder that Canada is ill-prepared" to stop terrorist attacks.

  Jun 3, 2015
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• ‘Slim chance’ of Ottawa shooter making his way into Centre Block today: security expert

  The gunman who stormed the halls of Parliament, only to die in a flurry of gunfire, would have a much more difficult time today, said one security expert.

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2014