Details are sparse, but investigators with the Transportation Safety Board have been sent to an accident scene involving a small plane south of downtown Vancouver.
The accident at the Boundary Bay Airport involved a privately registered Mooney M-20-R single-engine plane.
B-C Emergency Health Services says it was notified just before noon, but paramedics did not treat anyone or transport anyone to hospital.
The Boundary Bay Airport bills itself as Canada's busiest private-flight airport
Police say in a news release they responded this morning to reports of shots fired with several victims in several different locations. The RCMP has asked people to stay away from those location 200 street and Langley Bypass; Parking lot of Cascades Casino located at Fraser Highway and 204 Street, Langley Bus Loop located a Logan Avenue and Glover.
The victims are identified as Satindera Gill and Meninder Dhaliwal. Both were known to police. IHIT said the shooting is believed to have been targeted, and in relation to the ongoing Lower Mainland gang conflict.
The standoff has led to a massive backlog in applications for the program, which allows pre-approved travellers to cross the border more quickly. The Canada Border Services Agency says the number of Nexus applications has ballooned to 341,688 from about 270,000 in April at a time when delays are wreaking havoc on travellers' summer plans.
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The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada document released this week says the department needs to be more open-minded and self-critical in response to criticisms like those it received about the government's handling of Ukrainian refugees this year compared to Afghans fleeing the Taliban in 2021.
The Integrated Homicide Investigations Team says the Jeep YJ was located in Bridal Falls Friday, but 50-year-old suspect Eric Shestalo remains at large. Police say they responded to a report of two women and a man suffering from gunshot wounds at a home on Thursday and investigators believe the suspect was known to the victims.