Remembering Nathan Cirillo, one year later

Cpl. Nathan Cirillo remembered at sunset ceremony in Hamilton

With a ceremonial beam of light streaming into the dusk sky, the family of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo stood with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in Hamilton Wednesday to remember a son, brother and father who was shot and killed in Ottawa one year ago.

Surrounded by military officials and hundreds of supporters, Cirillo's sister, Nicole, told the crowd at Hamilton's Bayfront Park that his deathhas made life "unrecognizable" for her family.

Man who comforted Nathan Cirillo in last moments haunted by tragedy

The violence Michael Zehaf Bibeau visited upon an unsuspecting Ottawa one year ago not only killed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, but irrevocably altered the way Martin Magnan looks at his own life and the people around him.

Magnan, 47, is a dapper, soft-spoken, thoughtful man.A year ago, he was a well-regarded media adviser at National Defence on his way to a meeting when Zehaf Bibeau popped out from behind the National War Memorial to gun down Cirillo before storming Parliament Hill.

Cpl. Nathan Cirillo mourned at funeral in Hamilton

Tears flowed freely in downtown Hamilton on Tuesday as Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who was gunned down while standing guard at the National War Monument in Ottawa, was honoured with a regimental funeral in his hometown.

Cirillo's funeral procession arrived at Christ's Church Cathedral injust before noon as thousands of onlookers stood silently in the streets to pay their respects to the young soldier. Cirillo's mother Kathy sobbed as she was helped to her seat by members of her son's regiment, overcome with grief as his flag-draped casket was carried inside.

Ottawa shooting: A day of chaos remembered 1 year later

One year ago today, a gunman shot and killed a ceremonial guard at the National War Memorial before being shot to death himself in a hail of gunfire on Parliament Hill.

The fatal shooting of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and thesounds and images of gunfire ringing through the halls of Centre Block,as security staff and frightened parliamentarians raced through corridors, climbed out of windows and locked themselves in meeting rooms, shocked the country and received media coverage worldwide.

CBC's full coverage of the attack onParliament Hill

A look at all that happened that day last year when a lone gunman killed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo in an attack on theNational War Memorial and Parliament Hilllast October.The list of stories includes a moment-by-moment account of how events unfolded after the first shots were fired at 9:52 a.m. until, at 8:25 p.m. when police finallylifted the security perimeter, although the police operation was continuing.

Ottawa shooting:6 people still bound by effort to save Cpl. Nathan Cirillo

The six people who rushed to Cpl. Nathan Cirillo's side to try to keep him alive as he lay dying in the shadow ofthe National War Memorial remain connected by the shock of thatday one year later.

"No one elsenot your husband, not your best friendreally can understand what you went through, other than those five people," said former nurse Margaret Lerhe, who was one of the first to arrive, in an interview this week.

Nathan Cirillo: What it's like to hear a city mourn

Thousands of people lined the streets of Hamilton Friday to honour Cpl. Nathan Cirillo as a procession carried his body home. CBC Hamilton's Adam Carter tells that story here in his own words.