Close X
Saturday, January 11, 2025
ADVT 
National

Ceremony To Mark Death Of Soldier Patrice Vincent, Who Was Slain In Terror Attack

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 16 Oct, 2015 10:43 AM
  • Ceremony To Mark Death Of Soldier Patrice Vincent, Who Was Slain In Terror Attack
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. — A Canadian Forces soldier struck and killed by a jihadist sympathizer in a terror attack will be honoured on the first anniversary of his death.
 
A ceremony will be held for Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent on Tuesday — one year to the day he was run down and killed by Martin Couture-Rouleau, a radicalized Quebec man, in a parking lot in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
 
The Royal Canadian Legion in that town has announced it is holding an event in his honour near the site of the attack and that Vincent's family and friends will attend.
 
A banner depicting Vincent will be unfurled, while at Parliament a calligrapher will pen his name into the Book of Remembrance.
 
In a private ceremony at the Legion, Vincent will also be posthumously given the Hal Rogers Fellow Award to commemorate his sacrifice.
 
 
Vincent, a 28-year veteran who served with distinction across the country, was only in the town just south of Montreal that day to assist a fellow member of the military who wanted to visit a Veterans Affairs service centre.
 
Vincent was working as a member of the military's personnel support staff in the IT department at 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron in Saint-Hubert, near Montreal.
 
After striking Vincent, Couture-Rouleau triggered a police chase and was ultimately killed by police following what authorities have called an Islamic State-inspired attack.
 
Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, killed just two days later during an attack on Parliament, was given the Hal Rogers Fellow Award last February.

MORE National ARTICLES

Richmond Woman Sexually Assaulted By Man Pretending To Be Massage Therapy Student At Kwantlen

Richmond Woman Sexually Assaulted By Man Pretending To Be Massage Therapy Student At Kwantlen
RCMP say the man allegedly approached a 19-year-old woman at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and said he was doing a survey.

Richmond Woman Sexually Assaulted By Man Pretending To Be Massage Therapy Student At Kwantlen

Kimberly Mack, First Nations Woman Alleges Illegal Search, Says Police Threatened To Seize Her Child

Kimberly Mack, First Nations Woman Alleges Illegal Search, Says Police Threatened To Seize Her Child
Kimberly Mack will appear in provincial court in Bella Coola Thursday asking to be compensated $15,000 for what she alleges was an illegal search that failed to turn up any drugs.

Kimberly Mack, First Nations Woman Alleges Illegal Search, Says Police Threatened To Seize Her Child

Urban Deer Problems To Be Addressed By New Committee, Provincial Cash

Urban Deer Problems To Be Addressed By New Committee, Provincial Cash
The Ministry of Forests says the province is committed to creating a Provincial Urban Deer Advisory Committee and providing up to $100,000 for future urban deer management projects.

Urban Deer Problems To Be Addressed By New Committee, Provincial Cash

Verdict Delayed For Speedboat Operator Accused In Shuswap Lake Death

Verdict Delayed For Speedboat Operator Accused In Shuswap Lake Death
Leon Reinbrecht is charged with criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm in the July 2010 crash on Shuswap Lake that claimed the life of Ken Brown.

Verdict Delayed For Speedboat Operator Accused In Shuswap Lake Death

Police Watchdog Probes Officer-Involved Death Of Man In B.C.'s Fraser Valley

RCMP say British Columbia's police watchdog has been called to investigate the death of a man who apparently injured himself with a knife.

Police Watchdog Probes Officer-Involved Death Of Man In B.C.'s Fraser Valley

Municipalities Vote To Call On B.C. To Eliminate Local Auditor General Position

Municipalities Vote To Call On B.C. To Eliminate Local Auditor General Position
VANCOUVER — Municipal leaders in British Columbia have voted to call on the province to scrap a controversial office that audits local governments.

Municipalities Vote To Call On B.C. To Eliminate Local Auditor General Position