Centre Block

• 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
  
• 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
  
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• 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
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• 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
• ‘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
• Jitters remains as MPs return to the scene of last week’s Ottawa shooting

  It may well be "the safest place in Ottawa right now," in the words of Conservative cabinet minister Lisa Raitt, but as MPs prepare to reconvene in their weekly caucus rooms in Parliament Hill, some jitters remain.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2014