A body is removed from the long care home Yvon-Brunet in Montreal on Monday, April 13, 2020. Canada’s top public health doctor says deaths in long-term care facilities will likely continue to rise, even as the growth of overall COVID-19 cases begin to slow.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Transport Canada confirms an air ambulance on a night flight from Nanaimo, BC to Victoria General Hospital was deliberately targeted by someone shining a green laser from the ground.
The incident happened Saturday night as the helicopter was on its final approach.
The company has filed a police report.
Aiming a laser at an aircraft is a federal offence under the Aeronautics Act that is punishable by fines of up to 100 thousand dollars and five years in prison.