North America

VANCOUVER:  The world’s first fully-electric commercial plane took its inaugural test flight, taking off from the Canadian city of Vancouver.

WASHINGTON: Six people, including one police officer, were killed in a shooting in Jersey City. Authorities say this incident happened during an hours-long standoff and firefight Tuesday between two suspects and law enforcement in Jersey City, New Jersey. There was no indication that it was a terrorism-related incident, authorities added. …

TORONTO: A seven months pregnant woman is facing deportation from Toronto despite medical specialists warning that it’s unsafe for her to travel.

SURREY MURDER-SUICIDE: Jalandhar girl Prabhleen who was found murdered alongside a boy in Canada last month was her husband, revealed victim’s father Gurdyal Singh Matharu on Friday.

‘Have you seen Prabhjot Singh Gill of Surrey?’-Surrey RCMP SURREY, BC: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Surrey are requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing 15-year-old Indian-origin teen. Prabhjot Singh Gill was last seen at 1:30 p.m. on December 6 in the area of 140th Street and 66th Avenue. Giving …

WASHINGTON: A Sikh-American from Washington DC operates ‘Seva Truck’ as a unique initiative to combat hunger.

“He was an Unintended Victim”: IHIT on 2018 murder of Indian-Origin Jagvir Malhi ABBOTSFORD, B.C.: Homicide investigators (IHIT) say that Indian-origin Jagvir Malhi was the unintended victim of a targeted shooting in Abbotsford in 2018.

PENSACOLA SHOOTING: At least three people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a US naval base in Pensacola, Florida, officials said.

MEXICO CITY: At least 13 people died and 50 were left injured after a passenger bus rammed into a bridge support beam and rolled over in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

SURREY: Police have released the identity of Surrey’s most recent homicide victim. The victim has been identified as a 21-year-old youth of Indian-origin.