North America

RICHMOND: A 28-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday at the Vancouver International Airport in what Canadian authorities said was a gang-related slaying. Police were later fired on while pursuing the suspects.

WASHINGTON: The US government on Friday withdrew a Donald Trump-era proposal which sought to collect the biometric details of every applicant under immigration and naturalisation benefits.

BRAMPTON: Three Punjabi men have been arrested for scamming an old woman in Toronto of $10,000 in the name of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

ONTARIO: Peel Regional Police (PRP) has arrested and charged an 18-year-old Punjabi youth for a carjacking that had occurred in the City of Brampton.

ONTARIO: Everyone over the age of 18 in Peel can book an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine as of Thursday, May 6.

OTTAWA: Canada on Wednesday became the first nation in the world to authorize the use of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15, describing the move as a light at the end of the tunnel.

VANCOUVER: A student left home to go to his university’s library on one July day in 2007. He was never seen again.

OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling out people gathering in large groups to protest public health restrictions, suggesting their demonstrations are having the opposite effect.

NEW YORK: A Sikh man was attacked with a hammer by a Black assailant who shouted at him “I don’t like you” and “You’re not the same skin” at a hotel in Brooklyn here, prompting a prominent New-York based advocacy group to call on investigators to examine if the assault …

CALGARY: A student from Punjab’s Ludhiana has died of a heart attack in Canada.