2014-10-22, 04:17 PM
So, so far I've spent half of the day monitoring the situation in Ottawa atm with two of my closer friends living there.
I've heard back from one already as she was at home when the entire situation began. Her classes were cancelled so I know for sure that she's safe.
On the other hand, my other friend goes to UOttawa and I'm not sure as to what her class schedule looks like. Judging by the lack of response however, I feel as though she was at school at the time and she's still on lockdown (or just ignoring me, idk). Looks like the lockdown is just precautionary however, as the school's near Parliament Hill.
Quite honestly, this kind of thing infuriates me, the fact that this type of thing can happen in Canada as well as the fact that someone would just shoot a soldier at the pineapple-ing war memorial. From what I hear, the military personnel there are quite open to conversation with tourists and visitors and are quite used to people simply approaching them, and the fact that someone would just take advantage of that openness and exploit it... just pisses me off honestly.
A personal aside, I've wanted to go on a trip to Ottawa to not only meet up with my friends but also take in the sites of the city including Parliament Hill, and simply because of the events that transpired today, that puts a damper on some of these plans. A shame really, no way it's gonna be as open as it was before after today.
EDIT: looks like the UOttawa friend slept in today and missed her classes, so that's good.
I've heard back from one already as she was at home when the entire situation began. Her classes were cancelled so I know for sure that she's safe.
On the other hand, my other friend goes to UOttawa and I'm not sure as to what her class schedule looks like. Judging by the lack of response however, I feel as though she was at school at the time and she's still on lockdown (or just ignoring me, idk). Looks like the lockdown is just precautionary however, as the school's near Parliament Hill.
Quite honestly, this kind of thing infuriates me, the fact that this type of thing can happen in Canada as well as the fact that someone would just shoot a soldier at the pineapple-ing war memorial. From what I hear, the military personnel there are quite open to conversation with tourists and visitors and are quite used to people simply approaching them, and the fact that someone would just take advantage of that openness and exploit it... just pisses me off honestly.
A personal aside, I've wanted to go on a trip to Ottawa to not only meet up with my friends but also take in the sites of the city including Parliament Hill, and simply because of the events that transpired today, that puts a damper on some of these plans. A shame really, no way it's gonna be as open as it was before after today.
EDIT: looks like the UOttawa friend slept in today and missed her classes, so that's good.