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Vancouver: Police called to release more information about violent gangsters who threaten community safety — including posters with their photos

IHIT Cpl. Adam Macintosh told the media that a deceased male was found in a rented a basement suite at a residence at 12432 70th Ave. in, Surrey, Thursday, May 03 2012. IHIT will continue to investigate for 24 hours to determined the cause. Photograph by: Les Bazso, PNG

Two fatal shootings in Metro Vancouver in as many days prompt outcry from families, police
Politicians, victim’s mom call for public release of gangster information, posters
By Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun May 4, 2012

IHIT Cpl. Adam Macintosh told the media that a deceased male was found in a rented a basement suite at a residence at 12432 70th Ave. in, Surrey, Thursday, May 03 2012. IHIT will continue to investigate for 24 hours to determined the cause.
Photograph by: Les Bazso , PNG

Two fatal shootings in two days have politicians and a victim’s mom calling for police to publicly release more information about violent gangsters who threaten community safety — including posters with their photos.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was working Thursday night to identify a man shot to death in a Surrey basement suite near 124th Street and 70th Avenue.

The slaying came just a day after notorious Vancouver gangster Ranjit Singh Cheema, 43, was executed in a drive-by shooting in front of his parents’ home on East 61st Avenue.

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Canada has stopped issuing visas from some of its diplomatic missions

Japanese English-language student Takashi Tsukuhara says he would have probably chosen Australia had Canada's new student visa application rules been in place when he applied. Photograph by: Ian Lindsay, PNG , Vancouver Sun

Visa change could drive lucrative ESL business away
Critics worry change in services will mean delays in application processing
By Brian Morton, Vancouver Sun May 4, 2012

Japanese English-language student Takashi Tsukuhara says he would have probably chosen Australia had Canada’s new student visa application rules been in place when he applied.
Photograph by: Ian Lindsay, PNG , Vancouver Sun

Canada has stopped issuing visas from some of its diplomatic missions, a move some education officials worry will drive students away from British Columbia’s billion-dollar international education industry and into the arms of competing countries.

The new federal policy, which took effect Monday, means visa services will no longer be available at Canadian embassies in Tokyo, Berlin and Tehran as well as Canadian High Commissions in Malaysia and Bangladesh, according to Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

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