Canadian priest killed in snatch and grab shooting in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A Canadian missionary was shot to death on Thursday as he left a bank in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, according to local media reports.

The priest, Richard Joyal of Manitoba, was shot three times in the back by a man on a motorcycle who snatched a bag the priest was carrying, the reports said.

Joyal had previously worked in the Philippines and Ivory Coast, according to a source familiar his activities in Haiti.

The Canadian government recently issued a travel advisory for its citizens visiting the Caribbean nation, warning them to "exercise a high degree of caution due to high crime rates in various parts of the country and ongoing political tensions."

(Reporting by Susana Ferreira, Writing by David Adams; Editing by Peter Galloway)

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Two adults dead in Canada daycare shooting, police say

GATINEAU, Quebec (Reuters) - A shooting at a daycare center near Ottawa on Friday left two adults dead, one of them the gunman, but police said all 53 children at the center were unharmed.

Police said they received a call for help Friday morning after shots were fired in the Montessori daycare center in Gatineau, Quebec, just across the Ottawa River from the Canadian capital.

"We have two deceased. One of the males is the person responsible for the shooting and the second person is another male who works here at the daycare," Gatineau Police Chief Mario Haren told reporters.

He said all the children - including five babies - were safe after being evacuated by police officers to a nearby house.

Haren would not confirm the identities of the deceased, saying their families had not been notified.

He said a shotgun was found near the body of the presumed shooter, and that police were investigating the possibility that the shooting was related to a domestic dispute.

Earlier, CBC television reported seeing an adult-sized body being removed on a stretcher.

(Reporting by Louise Egan, additional reporting by Cameron French; Editing by Peter Galloway and David Gregorio)

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