National

Canada investigating 'threats' to Air India, say transport minister and RCMP

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 09 Nov, 2023 05:43 PM

Canada's transport minister and the RCMP say an investigation is underway into what they call "threats" against Air India, after an online video warned people not to fly on the airline on Nov. 19.

Pablo Rodriguez says in a social media post that the government takes any threat to aviation "extremely seriously."

He says Canada and its security partners are investigating the "recent threats circulating online," and his press secretary confirms Rodriguez was referring to comments about Air India.

RCMP spokeswoman Kristine Kelly says police are collaborating with domestic and international partners and "industry stakeholders" in an investigation into the threat against Air India flights.

The original remarks about Air India were made by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a U.S.-based organizer of unofficial referendums on Sikh independence, including recent votes in Surrey, B.C.

Pannun says in a video, delivered in a mix of Punjabi and English, that he's asking Sikhs "do not fly Air India" on Nov. 19, and there will be a "global blockade" against the airline that day.

That is the final day of the cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad, India, an event Pannun refers to in the video as the "World Terror Cup."

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Health Canada authorizes updated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine

Health Canada has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech's updated COVID-19 vaccine for people six months and older. The mRNA vaccine targets the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant that is circulating in Canada. This is the second vaccine targeting XBB.1.5 that will be available in this country.

Health Canada authorizes updated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine

Cdn economy to resume growth in 2024: report

A new report from Deloitte Canada suggests the economy's near-term struggles will ease next year as the Bank of Canada begins cutting its key lending rate. The report estimates GDP will rise one per cent this year and 0.9 per cent next year. Deloitte Canada had earlier predicted GDP would contract 0.9 per cent in 2023.

Cdn economy to resume growth in 2024: report

'Enhanced masking' coming in health-care:Dix

Dix says the province has previously stated it would expect "enhanced masking" in health-care settings for the respiratory illness season in the fall but did not say whether the new rules will be mandatory. The minister says ensuring people who are already sick in hospital have the maximum protection possible during the season is important.

'Enhanced masking' coming in health-care:Dix

Delta property seized in drug bust

Delta police say a property valued at more than two-million-dollars has been seized in relation to a large-scale drug investigation. Police say the residence in Delta was transferred to the Province of B-C after the Supreme Court deemed the home as "offence-related property."

Delta property seized in drug bust

Witness of B.C. Sikh leader's shooting says the gunshots sounded like fireworks

The B.C. gurdwara where a Sikh separatist leader was gunned down has launched an investigation into how an American newspaper was able to view security camera footage of the June killing. Gurkeerat Singh, who said he is a spokesman for the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, said it's unclear how The Washington Post was able to see the video of Hardeep Singh Nijjar's death.

Witness of B.C. Sikh leader's shooting says the gunshots sounded like fireworks

Bylaw change could allow physician assistants to work in B.C. emergency rooms

The B.C. Ministry of Health says a proposed bylaw change by the body that regulates doctors could allow physician assistants to work in provincial emergency rooms. The ministry says the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. has moved to make the change, which would require physician assistants to register with the college and work in hospital emergency rooms under doctor supervision.