Here’s to the Hill staffer and the two PPS guards who helped save Hill staffer Stefan Kapuran’s life

What happened on March 9 at the Confederation Building is not only a good news story of how a young person's life was saved, it also reinforces the notion that miracles do happen, that we need to look out for each other, and that lives can change in an instant.

Liberal staffer Ellena Yazdani, left, Conservative staffer Stefan Kapuran, and Conservative MP Ned Kuruc. Kuruc said the doctor told him that it was 'a miracle' Kapuran was alive because 'he was actually dead for about five-and-a-half minutes.'The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia and courtesy of Ellena Yazdani and Stefan Kapuran

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BY EDITORIAL

April 6, 2026

It's not every day someone's life is saved on Parliament Hill, but that's what happened four weeks ago. Thanks to a Liberal staffer and two...

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