“Those who hold liquor licences in Ontario are required to operate with honesty and integrity. The regulatory body is alleging that the club violated a condition of its licence which required that “every entrance to the premises during operating hours be staffed with at least one security person equipped with a metal detector and that the device be used on every person entering the facility, with no exception.” In a news release issued on Friday, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario confirmed that it has issued an order suspending the club’s liquor licence immediately and will begin proceedings to revoke the licence. The other victim, a 24-year-old woman, was taken to hospital in serious condition and has since been treated and released. Two people sustained gunshot wounds as a result.Ī 26-year-old man, identified as Pardeep Brar of Brampton, was rushed to hospital in critical condition but later succumbed to his injuries. The shooting took place inside the EFS Social Club on King Street near Bathurst Street just after 3:30 a.m. The Associated Press contributed to this report.A Toronto nightclub has had its liquor licence suspended following a fatal shooting earlier this month. My thoughts and prayers go out to Nancy’s family.” “She was a dear friend and a frequent guest at local philanthropic lunches and at our family farm in Kentucky. “Not only was she a leader in local television, she was a devoted wife to her husband Glynn and mother to their three beautiful children Parker, Piper, and Pierce,” Benson added. “Nancy was an outstanding, Emmy Award-winning news anchor, who fostered great trust with both those who she covered and with her viewers in the New Orleans area.” “On behalf of my late husband Tom, to the family of WVUE-FOX 8, we offer our deepest sympathy to the tragic loss of Nancy Parker,” she said in a statement Friday night. Gayle Benson, the owner of the New Orleans Saints, said Parker will be “sadly missed.” He went to the site and described charred debris lying near a fence in a grassy field.įox 8 reported that the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are sending investigators to New Orleans to look into the crash. “It looks like the plane is completely charred,” said Gerald Herbert, an Associated Press photographer who also is a pilot and has a hangar at Lakefront Airport. New Orleans Homeland Security Director Collin Arnold told reporters the plane crashed about 3 p.m., causing a fire. The charred wreckage of a private plane is seen in a field near the Industrial Canal and New Orleans Lakefront airport.

Our thoughts and prayers are with them.”Ī Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) statement said the plane was a 1983 Pitts S-2B aircraft that crashed in an empty field about a half-mile south of the airport, which accommodates smaller aircraft, under unknown circumstances. “Today we lost a wonderful journalist and remarkable friend, the New Orleans television community lost a true treasure, but beyond that, her family lost a wife, a mother and daughter. “Nancy was absolutely a joy to work with each and every day,” FOX 8 Vice President and General Manager Tim Ingram said. She will be sorely missed, and her absence creates a void that cannot be filled.” She made a difference in the lives of those she reported on. “She put her heart and soul into her work, covering thousands of stories and touching countless lives. “Nancy was a part of the FOX 8 family for the last 23 years,” the post continued. “Details have not been released by authorities, but we can confirm she passed away in plane crash while covering a story at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport. “Today we mourn the loss of our longtime colleague and friend Nancy Parker,” FOX 8 said in a Facebook post. She is survived by her husband and three children. Parker, 53, had worked at the station for 23 years. The station said Parker was shooting a story in a stunt plane at the time of the accident. Augustus, also died in the crash, which happened just after 3 p.m. The pilot, identified by Fox 8 as Franklin J.P. Longtime FOX 8 New Orleans reporter and anchor Nancy Parker was one of two people killed Friday when a small plane crashed near the city’s Lakefront Airport, the station confirmed. Princeton begins to remove 'man' from official school material Two arrested after police find 16 decomposing bodies inside Florida funeral home American allegedly sent resume to ISIS for teaching job

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