SooToday has received an update from MP Carol Hughes' office.
Staff are currently being evacuated.
Earlier update at 2:54 p.m.:
SooToday received three photos from the office of Carol Hughes, MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, showing the scene still ongoing on Parliament Hill.
Read more about the attacks in Ottawa here, and in our National News section.
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