Man acquitted in Air India blast dead in apparent targeted shooting

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Breaking news out of Surrey, B.C. – one of the two men to face trial for murder in connection with Canada’s largest mass killing before being acquitted – has been killed in what appears to be a targeted shooting. According to his family, Ripudaman Singh Malik was gunned down at a busy commercial complex. Minutes later, a burning car was found just a few blocks away. In 2000, Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri were charged with 329 counts of first-degree murder for those aboard Air India Flight 182. The flight was brought down by a bomb on June 23, 1985, off the coast of Lockerbie, Scotland. Malik and Bagri were acquitted in 2005. Paul Johnson has more.

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Hockey Canada is reopening a third-party investigation into allegations of sexual assault by members of the 2018 World Juniors hockey team. A number of prominent corporate sponsors dropped Hockey Canada for quietly settling a lawsuit brought by the woman who says she was assaulted by eight players. Her allegations were never tested in court but as Abigail Bimman reports the settlement triggered outrage and some feel more needs to be done by the organization.

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned today, a move that was not accepted by the country's president. As Mike Drolet reports, the president has asked Draghi to try and find common ground with the government coalition partners.

Ten Kansas City Royals players will miss tonight's Blue Jays game, as well as the rest of the series because they are not willing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Shallima Maharaj explains what they're losing and the other professional athletes dropping out of competitions by refusing to take the shot.