Abby O’Brien

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Calvi Leon |Abby O’Brien

They attended a street party meant to celebrate Filipino pride, heritage and music: a father of two who coached badminton and tennis, a mother with plans to see family in Vietnam, a five-year-old girl ready to graduate kindergarten, and a local teacher. They would be among the 11 people killed when an SUV plowed through crowds at the Lapu-Lapu Day Block Party on Saturday night in what’s been called the “darkest day” in Vancouver history.

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Calvi Leon |Abby O’Brien

A father, mother, their five-year-old daughter and a Vancouver teacher-counsellor were among the 11 people killed in a vehicle attack at a Filipino festival in the city over the weekend. Kira Salim, a teacher and counsellor at Fraser River Middle School and New Westminster Secondary School, was among those killed on Saturday after a man drove an SUV through the Lapu-Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, officials with the New Westminster school district wrote in a letter on Monday.

3 weeks ago | flamboroughreview.com | Kristjan Lautens |Ilyas Hussein |Mark Colley |Abby O’Brien

What started as a call for a man in distress in the departures drop-off area at Toronto Pearson airport early Thursday morning ended with one person shot dead by police, their body splayed out under a yellow tarp on the curb side as the police watchdog investigated. The sudden shooting left passengers briefly stranded outside the departures area as emergency vehicles responded, blocking both the ramp and drop-off area of the airport during one of the busiest travel times.

3 weeks ago | therecord.com | Kristjan Lautens |Ilyas Hussein |Mark Colley |Abby O’Brien

What started as a call for a man in distress in the departures drop-off area at Toronto Pearson airport early Thursday morning ended with one person shot dead by police, their body splayed out under a yellow tarp on the curb side as the police watchdog investigated. The sudden shooting left passengers briefly stranded outside the departures area as emergency vehicles responded, blocking both the ramp and drop-off area of the airport during one of the busiest travel times.

3 weeks ago | thespec.com | Kristjan Lautens |Ilyas Hussein |Mark Colley |Abby O’Brien

A 30-year-old man is dead after being shot by police at Toronto’s Pearson airport Thursday morning. The Special Investigations Unit says Peel police officers were called to the airport’s Terminal 1 departures drop-off area after reports of a man in distress in an SUV. The man reportedly produced a firearm, the SIU added. Three officers fired their guns at the man, the SIU said. There are no threats to public safety, they added. None of the officers was injured, the SIU said.