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Friends of victim of Lapu-Lapu tragedy support benefit concert but wishes city had involved the community
A friend of one of the victims of the Lapu-Lapu Day festival tragedy says they want to support the event, but it would've ...
Family of Lapu Lapu attack victim feels memorial event announcement is 'too soon'
News of the Lapu Lapu benefit event became public after Vancouver city council voted to move forward with "Come Together: ...
40 days pass since the Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy, ending the traditional mourning period
Forty days after the Lapu-Lapu Day festival attack, church masses and memorial events are being held across Metro Vancouver, ...
Memorial mass marks end of mourning period for Lapu-Lapu Day festival attack victims
As is the Filipino Catholic tradition, on Thursday mourners gathered at St. Andrew's Parish church in Vancouver to mark the ...
Filipino BC voices concerns about Lapu Lapu memorial event at Rogers Arena
The City of Vancouver is planning a large-scale memorial event this month to commemorate the Lapu Lapu festival tragedy.
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Criticism of Lapu Lapu memorial concert surprises Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said he was surprised by criticism of plans to honour victims of the Lapu Lapu festival attack with a ...
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Pain lingers for Filipino community and others, 40 days since Lapu Lapu tragedy
On the 40th day since Connie Sombrea attended the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver — an event that would end with 11 people ...
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40 days since Lapu-Lapu Day festival car-ramming attack in Vancouver
It's been exactly 40 days since 11 people were killed, and dozens of others were injured in the Vancouver Lapu-Lapu Day ...
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B.C. Filipino community group upset with Vancouver city council's sudden Lapu Lapu Day memorial event decision
A sudden Vancouver city council decision to host a Lapu Lapu Day memorial event at Rogers Arena this month was made without ...
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Vancouver Lapu-Lapu festival planning took all necessary measures before attack, preliminary review says
All the necessary precautions were taken in the planning of last month’s tragic Lapu-Lapu Day festival by organizers, police and city staff, a preliminary review by the Vancouver Police ...