Vancouver attack rollie collection — April 27
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Vancouver Police Department has updated its press release to say, "The charge assessment is ongoing and further charges are anticipated."
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A few unauthorized fundraisers for the tragedy have begun to pop up. However, Filipino BC chair RJ Aquino says any fundraisers are not put up …
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After bystanders and witnesses intervened to hold the suspect on Saturday, Vancouver police officers arrested him at the scene.
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Matthew Birse, a student at the University of British Columbia, had just left the festival and was at his friend's apartment, just across the …
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Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, has been charged with eight counts of murder in connection with Saturday’s deadly vehicle attack at the Lapu Lapu street f…
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A handful of videos that appear to show the aftermath at the scene were circulated online within hours of the attack.
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Although Vancouver police have deployed officers with rifles at other events in the past year, interim Chief Steve Rai said they only take tha…
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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said he’s “completely heartbroken,†“shocked†and “angry†after a deadly vehicle ramming at the Lapu Lapu street festi…
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The 11 people killed in Saturday’s vehicle attack ranged in age from five to 65, and dozens more were injured, some critically, interim Vancou…
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Canadian Blood Services is “moved†by a wave of appointments in Vancouver, the organization told the Star in an email.
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An officer on the scene says everything is mostly as it was after the attack and it will be that way for hours to come. Police still need to p…
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In the wake of Saturday’s deadly vehicle ramming in Vancouver, º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøpolice say their main focus at large events and gatherings is ensuring …
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The city did not deploy heavy vehicle barriers, such as dump trucks, for Lapu Lapu, a spokesperson told the Star in an emailed statement.
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At least 11 people are dead and dozens injured after a driver rammed through a Filipino street festival in Vancouver on Saturday night.
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At the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party earlier in the day, Sheldon Nipshank says he was welcomed with laughs and smiles as "everybody was having fun."
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Speaking at a press conference on Sunday afternoon, British Columbia Premier David Eby said people at the scene "grabbed the perpetrator and h…
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Mark Carney, the Liberal leader who remains prime minister during the campaign, was visibly emotional, his voice wavering as he expressed shoc…
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As a pastor reads out names of what could be the victims of the attack, her voice repeatedly breaks down.
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Members of Canada’s Filipino community are sharing their shock and devastation in the wake of a car-ramming attack at a Vancouver street festi…
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I'm at the mass and vigil at St. Mary the Virgin South Hill Church in Vancouver, which is overflowing with community members gathering to mour…
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"The Filipino community in our province is so beautiful, and contributes so much to have a discrete (sic) celebration of all the community's c…
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Following Vancouver's deadly festival incident, º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøpolice say the force's priority for the city's annual Khalsa Day parade "is to maintai…
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Kash Heed, a Richmond city councillor and former B.C. solicitor general, said he heard from authorities that a young child was among the initi…
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Speaking next to Filipino BC chair RJ Aquino, Mable Elmore, a B.C. MLA representing Vancouver-Kensington, thanked first responders on scene an…
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The VPD says there's no word on when charges will be laid or when the suspect's first court appearance will occur.Â
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Filipino BC, the organizers of the Lapu Lapu festival, offered support to those affected.
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Former journalist Kris Pangilinan told CBC News that as crowds were clearing during teardown, crew members lifted a barricade, allowing a vehi…
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Vancouver police said it determined, through consultations with the City of Vancouver and festival organizers, that dedicated police officers …
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who left the festival yesterday moments before the attack, just delivered an emotional series of remarks in Penticton, B.C.
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VPD Interim Chief Rai called the fatal incident at the Lapu Lapu Festival "the darkest day in Vancouver's history."
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Rai said Vancouver police worked with the city to conduct a risk assessment before the Lapu Lapu festival. He also said that the majority of f…
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Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai confirmed 11 fatalities during a press conference shortly after 9 a.m. local time. He said dozens mor…
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Around the world, people fuelled by motives ranging from terrorism and far-right extremism to misogyny and mental illness have deployed the ta…
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Vancouver city councillor Pete Fry said he saw a site safety plan in place, including barricades, when he attended Lapu Lapu earlier Saturday night.
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A source from the Carney campaign, speaking on condition they aren't named, said the Liberals are cancelling large rallies that had been sched…
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While Carney said police told him more than 20 people were injured, local officials have not yet shared the injury toll.
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Carayn Nulada said she pulled her granddaughter and grandson off the street and used her body to shield them from the black SUV that roared th…
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Witnesses described the suspect “(driving) into a large crowd†at the street festival just after 8 p.m. local time Saturday. Video posted on s…
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Former prime minister Justin Trudeau said he stands with the Filipino community in a post on social media.
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. described the fatal incident at the Lapu Lapu festival as "an unspeakable tragedy" in a social media…
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At Christ the Living Stone Fellowship, a Filipino church in Mississauga, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife, Anaida Poilievre, …
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has cancelled a series of campaign events in British Columbia on Sunday. His campaign says he will address the media …
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Federal police sources, speaking to the Star on a background-only basis, say the suspect is believed to have mental health issues, and at this…
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Carney's spokespeople said he has just spoken with B.C. Premier David Eby and "conveyed his condolences and offered the federal government's f…
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Carney said police have described the incident as a "car ramming attack" that killed nine people and injured more than 20 others, and that the…
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I asked if Carney had spoken to members of the Filipino community, and I was told he had spoken to Liberal MP Rechie Valdez, who's running for…
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Speaking from Hamilton, Ont., Liberal Leader Mark Carney offered his condolences to the Filipino-Canadian community. Carney says he was briefe…
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Nine people are dead after a vehicle plowed through a Vancouver street festival being staged by the city’s Filipino community Saturday night, …
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