Kelowna-born Carina Reiss was at her home in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday when she got the phone call from her partner. An attack was underway at two mosques in the city and police were telling residents to stay inside, he told her. "I live right in between the two zones — five minutes in either direction from either mosque," Reiss told Sarah Penton, host of CBC's Radio West. "My partner just told me ... 'Barricade yourself in the house and lock the doors and don't answer for anyone.'" Reiss said she's received messages of support from family and friends, including from her mother in Kelowna.

Source: CBC News March 16, 2019 00:45 UTC