Maritimers just miss airport massacre in Florida

A group of Vacationers from Moncton just missed getting caught up in that shooting at the Fort Lauderdale Airport Friday.

A U-S veteran shot up the luggage carousel area killing five people and wounding six others. Estaban Santiago is charged with an act of violence at an international airport which could result in the death penalty.

Jeff Foster of Riverview told the Times and Transcript their Air Canada flight was late leaving Montreal, otherwise they would have been at the baggage area at the time of the shooting. He says they were stuck on the plane on the tarmac for about 8 hours while police sorted the situation out.

Alberta murder suspect shot by police

RCMP shot a murder suspect to death in Alberta.

The Mounties had gone to the Stoney Nakoda First Nation west of Calgary Saturday to arrest 27 year old Ralph Stevens in connection with the murder of a man there Friday. They arrested one suspect without incident but then say another suspect began shooting at the officers and they returned fire.