Posted: May 09, 2021 4:02 PM PT | Last Updated: May 10
Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., remained open after a man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)
A 28-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday at Vancouver International Airport in what police believe was a gang-related killing.
The shooting, which occurred mid-afternoon outside the departures terminal, was the latest in a spate of gang-related violence across B.C. s Lower Mainland, police said.
Sgt. Frank Jang with the Lower Mainland s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), said the victim was known to police.
Richmond RCMP responded to reports of a shooting at around 3 p.m. local time. Police intercepted the getaway vehicle an SUV and were shot at by the suspects, who are still at large, said Jang.
Posted: May 09, 2021 4:02 PM PT | Last Updated: May 10
Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., remained open after a man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)
A 28-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday at Vancouver International Airport in what police believe was a gang-related killing.
The shooting, which occurred mid-afternoon outside the departures terminal, was the latest in a spate of gang-related violence across B.C. s Lower Mainland, police said.
Sgt. Frank Jang with the Lower Mainland s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), said the victim was known to police.
Richmond RCMP responded to reports of a shooting at around 3 p.m. local time. Police intercepted the getaway vehicle an SUV and were shot at by the suspects, who are still at large, said Jang.
Kathy Michaels - Editor
A plane is silhouetted as it takes off from Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., Monday, May 13, 2019. An industry group is calling on Ottawa to follow the United Kingdom s lead and help bring in a restart plan for Canada s airline sector.
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OTTAWA - An industry group is calling on Ottawa to follow the United Kingdom s lead and help bring in a restart plan for Canada s airline sector.
A plane is silhouetted as it takes off from Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., Monday, May 13, 2019. An industry group is calling on Ottawa to follow the United Kingdom s lead and help bring in a restart plan for Canada s airline sector. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
OTTAWA - An industry group is calling on Ottawa to follow the United Kingdom s lead and help bring in a restart plan for Canada s airline sector.
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South Africa’s Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has reiterated that the variant currently wreaking havoc in India has not been identified in South Africa… although specialists are awaiting the results of some samples.
He said that South Africa’s teams remain on high alert to survey, detect and contain the spread of COVID-19 in general, with heightened awareness of travellers from countries where variants of concern (VOCs) are dominating.
Several other countries around the world and in Africa (including Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania), have taken the step to ban all flights to and from India as a preventative measure to stop the spread of the virus. The variant was detected in Uganda last week. The head of the African Union’s disease control body John Nkengasong told a news conference on Thursday that the raging state of the pandemic in India is a wake-up call for Africa that