On May 20, 2021, just before 5 pm, Emergency services were called to the Langley Airport for a report of a Helicopter that had crashed.
It was later determined that a helicopter, carrying the pilot and one passenger, had crashed shortly after take off. The pilot and passenger were able to walk away from the helicopter and are not seriously injured.
Navigation Canada is involved and will be taking conduct of the investigation into the cause of this crash.
A short time later, fire crews in Surrey were called to attend a vehicle fire in a back alley, about 28 kilometres from the airport. Several targeted shootings have ended with similar vehicle fires.
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No word on number of suspects. No arrests have been made. A burned out vehicle was found in Surrey. Its too early to say if this shooting is linked to the ongoing gang conflict in the lower mainland.
Queensborough bridge and Oak St bridge have just re-opened. The Knight Street Bridge is under lock down. Heavy police presence in the area.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and her deputy, Dr. Réka Gustafson, said Friday they wouldn't characterize data first released to the Vancouver Sun by someone at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control as "leaked" because it would have been available in some form later anyway.
Manitoba was set to tighten restrictions later Friday amid an "alarming" rise in cases, said Dr. Jazz Atwal, the province's deputy chief public health officer.
There are 6,757 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. A further 125,799 people who tested positive have recovered.