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CP NewsAlert: Ages of 11 killed at Vancouver festival from 5 to 65
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Police say the 11 victims killed in a Vancouver vehicle attack during a festival range in age from five to 65. Deputy Chief Const. Steve Rai says dozens more are injured, some of them critically, and some of those haven’t been identified. A black SUV sped through a street Saturday night that was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Timeline of Vancouver vehicle attack that left 11 dead at Lapu Lapu Day festival
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver was meant to be a daylong celebration of Filipino culture. Less that 15 minutes after events were scheduled to wrap up, an SUV tore through the area behind a school filled with food trucks, killing at least 11 people. Here is a timeline of the tragedy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Darkest day’: 11 dead in ramming attack on Vancouver Filipino festival
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A man in a vehicle raced along a street lined with food trucks at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver killing 11 people and injuring two dozen others in an attack the interim police chief called the “darkest day” in the city’s history. Deputy Chief Const. Steve Rai told a news briefing on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shock, devastation among Filipino community after Vancouver SUV attack that killed 11
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Members of Canada’s Filipino community are sharing their shock and devastation in the wake of a car-ramming attack at a Vancouver street festival that left 11 people dead and dozens more injured. The organization behind the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party where the attack took place posted to Instagram to detail the “deep ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The latest developments on the deadly street festival attack in Vancouver
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
The deadly attack where an SUV drove through a crowd at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver has sent shock waves through the country and upended the final day of the federal election campaign. Here are the latest developments (all times PT): — 9:30 a.m.: Vancouver’s interim police chief says the death toll in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Death toll increases to 11 in ramming attack on Vancouver Filipino festival
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Vancouver’s interim police chief says the death toll in the ramming attack on a Filipino community festival on Saturday has increased to 11. Steve Rai says dozens more are injured and the death toll could rise further after the attack in which an SUV sped through a South Vancouver street crowded with hundreds ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Death toll in Vancouver festival attack rises to 11
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Vancouver’s interim police chief says the death toll in the ramming attack on a Filipino community festival on Saturday has increased to 11. Steve Rai says dozens more are injured and the death toll could rise further after the attack in which an SUV drove through a South Vancouver street crowded with hundreds ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver wakes to shock of nine killed in ramming attack on Filipino street festival
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Vancouver is waking to the tragic aftermath of a deadly vehicle attack on a Filipino community street festival that killed at least nine people, with survivors describing horrifying scenes of victims strewn on the ground. Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai said a 30-year-old Vancouver man was arrested after Saturday night’s attack when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, Poilievre, Singh express condolences to victims of Vancouver vehicle attack
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney briefly paused his election campaign on Sunday to express condolences to victims and their families hours after a vehicle attack in Vancouver killed nine people and injured many more. “Last night, families lost a sister, a brother, a mother, a father, a son or a daughter. Those families are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver festival ramming is latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
MONTREAL — A car-ramming at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver that killed at least nine people marks Canada’s fourth attack in seven years in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons. Around the world, people fuelled by motives ranging from terrorism and far-right extremism to misogyny and mental illness have deployed the tactic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The latest developments on a deadly street festival attack in Vancouver
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
The deaths of nine people killed when an SUV drove through a crowd at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver has sent shock waves through the country and upended the final day of the federal election campaign. Here are the latest developments (all times PT): — 7:15 a.m. Prime Minister Mark Carney has held a ... Read More »
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