Travel agencies report soaring bookings, but quarantine hotels hold people back
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A flight arrives at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. Wednesday, March 18, 2020. As travel agencies report soaring international bookings, experts and travellers say Canada’s requirement around quarantine hotels for returning travellers is the number one factor holding back people from taking trips.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
As travel agencies report soaring international bookings, experts and travellers say Canada’s requirement around quarantine hotels for returning travellers is the number 1 factor holding back people from taking trips.
Large Canadian booking agencies like Flight Centre and tripcentral.ca have reported massive month-over-month increases in bookings since April, with Flight Centre reporting a nearly 20 per cent increase in bookings in April when compared to March.
Posted: May 09, 2021 4:02 PM PT | Last Updated: May 10
Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., remained open after a man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)
A 28-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday at Vancouver International Airport in what police believe was a gang-related killing.
The shooting, which occurred mid-afternoon outside the departures terminal, was the latest in a spate of gang-related violence across B.C. s Lower Mainland, police said.
Sgt. Frank Jang with the Lower Mainland s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), said the victim was known to police.
Richmond RCMP responded to reports of a shooting at around 3 p.m. local time. Police intercepted the getaway vehicle an SUV and were shot at by the suspects, who are still at large, said Jang.
Shots fired at YVR. Killed at Vancouver International Airport in BC, Canada
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A man was shot and killed outside the main terminal at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. Sunday afternoon.
B.C. Emergency Health Services said bicycle paramedics at the airport responded to the scene shortly before 3 p.m.
Two ambulances were also dispatched to the airport after the shooting, but no one was taken to hospital, according to EHS.
After the entire area surrounding the Vancouver airport was shot down, the airport reopened at 4 p.m. roads had reopened and the Canada Line was running to the airport again.
Follow RT on Canadian police are looking for a suspect or suspects after one person was shot dead in broad daylight outside the main terminal of Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia.
The statement followed reports of police and paramedics responding to a shooting incident at the airport. It was soon announced that the situation had been contained.
IHIT is deploying to YVR. A man was shot and killed this afternoon near the domestic departure terminal. Media availability later this evening in Richmond. Time/location TBA shortly. IHIT (@HomicideTeam) May 10, 2021
Airport officials confirmed that the facility was
“open and safe,” and that flights were operating.
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