-- "Police have closed several streets around Parliament Hill during an 'ongoing police investigation.' In a later tweet, police alluded to a 'suspicious incident in the area of Parliament Hill.' Multiple streets are closed and there is a large police presence. Do not enter the area. Follow the direction of the officers.” --UPDATE: 'That's none of your business, peasant!'
-- "Neither Ottawa Police nor the Parliamentary Protective Service immediately responded to questions on the nature of the operation." --
UPDATE2: Somebody punk'd the cops..
-- "Since the false alarm, questions have arisen within the security and intelligence community about the source of the initial tip and how the information was vetted." --THAT RCMP SCREWUP IN NOVA SCOTIA? FUHGEDDABOUIT!
-- "In an interview this past February, Lia Scanlan told members of the Mass Casualty Commission that the federal government was involved in what the police force told the public about a gunman's 13-hour rampage that killed 22 people. 'Minister (Bill) Blair. All these people, the Prime Minister, they were weighing in on what we could and couldn’t say,' Scanlan said." --