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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, October 23, 2014 | 12 Police and emergency personnel surround the War Memorial in Ottawa after violence erupted at Parliament Hill in the nation's capital Wednesday morning. A soldier was killed, as was the man who shot him. A security guard was taken to hospital with gunshot wounds. Local MPs were put in lockdown. Halton.ca 311 2014 ­ 2015 Seasonal Influenza (flu) Immunization Clinics The Halton Region Health Department is offering free seasonal flu immunization clinics to Ontarians six months of age and over at the following times and locations. No appointments necessary. Visit Halton.ca/flu or dial 311 for the complete clinic schedule and to learn more about the seasonal flu. Date Wednesday, October 29 Wednesday, November 5 Tuesday, November 11 Wednesday, November 12 Thursday, December 11 Thursday, January 8 Time 4 ­ 8 p.m. 4 ­ 8 p.m. 4 ­ 8 p.m. 4 ­ 8 p.m. 4 ­ 8 p.m. Location Abbey Park High School 1455 Glen Abbey Gate Iroquois Ridge High School 1123 Glenashton Drive Holy Trinity Secondary 2420 Sixth Line St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary 124 Dorval Drive Halton Regional Centre, Auditorium 1151 Bronte Road Halton Regional Centre, Auditorium 1151 Bronte Road 4 ­ 8 p.m. Flu immunization clinics for all residents start October 27 The Halton Region Health Department's seasonal influenza (flu) immunization clinics began for high-risk individuals last week. Beginning Oct. 27, immunization clinics will open for all Halton residents aged six months and older. Getting the influenza vaccine every year is the most important way to protect against the flu. It also helps to prevent the spread of the virus to those who are vulnerable to complications of the flu. For more information on the flu, including all clinic dates and locations, visit Halton.ca/flu, or dial 311. 4 continued from p.1 Vickers, a brave man. Our prayers are with the soldier that was murdered and his family, and the security guard in hospital who was shot in the leg." Young said police were in the process of securing the building and MPs were still being held in a secure location. Andrew Brander, Halton MP Lisa Raitt's executive assistant, told the Milton Canadian-Champion Wednesday morning the MP was in lockdown in the caucus room and that she was safe. Burlington MP Mike Wallace was also safe and in lockdown, his constituency office reported to the Burlington Post. The incident comes just two days after two Canadian soldiers were run over -- and one of them killed -- in Quebec by a man with jihadist sympathies. Here in Halton, there are no imminent threats within the region in light of the tragic events in Ottawa, Halton police told the Beaver. "Halton Regional Police are maintaining a certain degree of vigilance and are continuing with their set infrastructure that is already in place with our partners at various levels of government and other law agencies," said Sgt. Paul Davies, with headquarters operations. Davies noted at this point, there is no Halton connection to the shooters or victims. As a precaution, there was restricted access Wednesday at Halton police headquarters on Bronte Road, with an officer in a cruiser stationed outside. The doors were locked, with visi- Shooter killed at the scene | photo by Brier Dodge - Metroland Media Ottawa Oakville MP Terence Young Halton MP Lisa Raitt Burlington MP Mike Wallace tors screened as they entered. Davies said the same restricted access was being used at police stations across Halton. Halton Region Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Jane MacCaskill said the Region has not invoked any official emergency response protocols but that security is definitely heightened there. "We are always in a state of readiness when an event like this happens," MacCaskill said. There was no lockdown or increased security Wednesday at the Town of Oakville building on Trafalgar Road. Halton police chief Stephen Tanner spoke at a brief press conference at police headquarters at 3 p.m. yesterday flanked by several local politicians. He offered his service's sympathies to the family of those killed or wounded in the shootings this week, later noting he has heard the soldier killed at the war memorial was a reservist with a Hamilton regiment. "I want to reassure the public there is no imminent threat to public safety in Halton and the immediate area.... (but) the public needs to be increasingly vigilant" and not let suspicious activity go unnoticed or unreported, said Tanner. The chief said, "Terrorism changes our world in many ways," adding if the killings in Québec and Ottawa this week are terrorism-related, "it affects us all." Tanner said he did not feel the need to call in extra officers on overtime, under the circumstances. - With files from Tim Whitnell, Herb Garbutt and Rachael Williams, Metroland Media West