World War II veteran Ernest Côté, who survived a violent home invasion at his New Edinburgh apartment in December, is being remembered at a funeral service at Ottawa's Notre-Dame Basilica Cathedral this morning.
Dignitaries in attendance include Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O'Toole, the associate minister of the Department of National Defence, Julian Fantino, and Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau.
Côté, 101, died at Ottawa's Montfort Hospital of natural causes on February 25, his family said.
Côté was a retired lieutenant-colonel who helped plan the Normandy landing and put together the World Health Organization charter, his family said. He received France's Legion of Honour award in 2004 for his service during World War II.
Parishioners gathered on March 7, 2015 to honour Ernest Côté, the Second World War veteran who died at 101 years old. (Michel Aspirot/CBC)
Côté made headlines after he was robbed in his home and left bound with a plastic bag over his head on December 18. He was able to free himself and call police.
Côté spoke to CBC News about the home invasion in January.
"I was madder than a wasp, and I couldn't do a damn thing, and that's all I could do until he left," Côté said at the time. "I was never afraid. I was madder than a wasp. Wasps ain't afraid; they're mad."
Ian Bush, 59, was charged with attempted murder in the case after police released photos and a surveillance video from the lobby of Côté's building. He was also charged with robbery with violence, forcible confinement, break and enter, and two counts of use a credit card obtained by crime.
Ernest Côté smiles during an interview at his Ottawa condo in January. The Second World War veteran and survivor of a high-profile home invasion in December died Wednesday, Feb. 25 at age 101. (CBC)
Bush was found fit to stand trial in the case after a psychiatric assessment. He remains in custody.
In February, Bush was charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the unsolved 2007 triple homicide of retired tax court judge Alban Garon, his wife Raymonde and their neighbour, Marie-Claire Beniskos, all in their 70s.
The bodies of the three seniors were found beaten and bound with plastic bags over their heads inside the Garons' 10th-floor apartment near the Rideau River in June 2007. None of the allegations against Bush have been proven in court.
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