Acfl oHao Meeuieasitntl teCapo yetra onigte. asi oklw in th Uxecu assistan, told the Campioné U) Oakville MP Terence Young emailed his con- .~stituency office yesterday morning to say ail _MPs were safe but in lockdlown. Responding to a text from the Oakville Bea- & ver later in the day, Young wrote, HAll parlia- Ementarians are safe and secure. lb. shooter was shot dead by aur sergeant-atý arms Kevin SVickers, a brave man. Our prayers are with E NEZS ipolice headquarters restricted yesterday as precauUion the soldier that was murdered and his family, and the security guard in hospital who was shot in the leg7' Young said police were in the process of se- curing the building and MPs were stili being held in a secure location. Burlington MP Mike Wallace was also safe and in lockdown, his constituency office re- ported to the Burlington Post. Thie incident cornes just two days after two Canadian soldiers were run over - and one Police investigate the scene of the National War Menrafloi tra' shooting. of them killed - in Quebec by a man with ji- hadist sympathies. Here in Halton, there are no imminent threats within the region in light of the tragic events in Ottawa, police said. «Halton Regional Police are maintaining a certain degree of vigilance and are continu- ing with their set infrastructure that is aiready 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 theres no Halton connection to the shooters or victims. r. :JJIAND dàin Sponsored by: wwtwbw As a precaution, there was restricted access yesterday at Halton police headquarters on Bronte Road, with an officer in a cruiser sta- tioned outside. 'The doors were locked, with visitors screened as they entered. Davies said the same restricted access was be- ing used at police stations across Halton. Halton Region Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Jane MacCaskill said the Region hasn't invoked any officiai emergency response pro- tocols, but that security is definitely height- ened there. The Regional building on Bronte Road in Oakville caiied in additional security person- nel and instructed them ta make more fre- quent rounds inside and outside the property. However, the main doors to the Regional building weren't locked, unlike the doors to police headquarters around the corner. A police cruiser was parked near the Regional building entrance. »We are always in a state of readiness when an event like this happens,"MacCaskill said. "We are in contact regularly with the chief of (Hal- ton) police and monitoring the media" Yesterday afternoon, Halton police Chief Ste- phen Tariner spoke at a brief press conference at police headquarters. Several regional and municipal politicians were in attendance. 'l want to reassure the public that there is no imminent threat to public safety in Halton and the immediate area. ... (but) the public needs to be increasingly vigilant and flot let suspicious activity go unnoticed or unreport- ed "he said. - With files tram Tim Whitnel, Herb Garbutt and Rachael Williams, Metroland West Media Group