Ontario will likely mix and match COVID-19 vaccine doses in light of uncertain future supply of all the shots approved for use in Canada. Health Minister Christine Elliott says it's likely that recipients of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine may receive a different shot for their second dose. The province is waiting for the results from a U.K. study on mixing different vaccines and on advice from a federal immunization panel. Quebec has also said that it plans to mix vaccines due to supply shortages, substituting the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the Moderna vaccines in order to quickly give booste

Homicide investigators confirm the latest deadly shooting in Metro Vancouver was targeted and gang-related. Police say 28 year old Karman Grewal was known to them and fatally shot yesterday afternoon on the sidewalk outside the international departure terminal at Vancouver International Airport. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has released few other details about Grewal's shooting, the 10th in the last three weeks in Metro Vancouver and the fifth fatality that was targeted. Police confirm shots were fired at an RCMP cruiser as an officer tried to pull over a black SUV carrying the

Police say an innocent bystander was hurt in Saturday's fatal shooting in broad daylight on a busy Burnaby street, another sign of the increasingly brazen gang conflict underway in Metro Vancouver. Sergeant Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said earlier that the Burnaby shooting that killed a 19 year old man on Saturday evening and Sunday's slaying at Vancouver's airport are all part of a gang battle. Superintendent Dave Chauhan leads the team and says 20-year-old Ahmed Tahir, shown in court records to be known to police, has been arrested and charged with first-degree

Colorado authorities are investigating why a gunman opened fire at a weekend birthday party, killing his girlfriend and five other adults inside a house trailer before killing himself. Police say the shooting happened just after midnight on Sunday in Colorado Springs. The Colorado Spings Gazette reported that oficers arrived at a home trailer to find six people dead and a man with serious injuries who died later at a hospital. Police say the suspected shooter was the boyfriend of a female victim at the party attended by friends, family and children. He walked inside and opened fire before sho

Surrey RCMP is reminding the public to be aware of investment scams after a persistent number of reports throughout 2021.Since January 2021, Surrey RCMP have received 59 reports of fraud involving crypto currency totaling approximately $612,748 lost by unsuspecting victims.The most commonly reported fraud still remains CRA / Police scams which accounted for 25 of the total reports. The scams usually involve fraudsters attempting to pass themselves off as someone in authority. They may impersonate a police officer or an employee of a business, financial institution or government agency such as

BC's police watchdog is investigating after a woman suffered multiple gunshot wounds in Ucluelet. RCMP were called to a home late Saturday afternoon after a report of a disturbance and a man needing medical assistance. They say they encountered a woman with a weapon when they entered the home. The Independent Investigations Office of BC says the woman sustained serious injuries after police fired shots. It says both the man and woman were taken to hospital.

The death of a 28-year-old man outside the departure terminal at Vancouver International Airport is believed to be linked to the ongoing gang conflict that has gripped British Columbia's Lower Mainland, police say.Sgt. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said the victim is known to police and the shooting needs to stop. ``I think we're all tired of seeing the violence that is taking place on our streets,'' Jang said during a late news conference Sunday. An SUV with at least two people inside was seen leaving the scene.A short time later, fire crews in Surrey were called to

India registered 3,66,161 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, said the union health ministry on Monday morning. With this, the cumulative count of the cases has gone up to 2,26,62,575.As many as 3,754 people succumbed to the disease in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative death toll to 2,46,116.As per the government data, a present there are 37,45,237 active cases of COVID-19 in the country.The country also witnessed as many as 3,53,818 recoveries taking the cumulative recoveries to 1,86,71,222.Meanwhile, the total doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered stand at

Amid second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, a special flight carrying medical supplies from Thailand arrived at the Delhi airport on May 08. 200 oxygen cylinders and 10 oxygen concentrators have been sent by Thailand government. While 100 oxygen cylinders and 60 oxygen concentrators have been donated by Indian community in Thailand. Several countries including US, Germany, Begium, Dubai have extended their support to India as country is battling with the severe second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.