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40 days since Lapu-Lapu Day festival car-ramming attack in Vancouver

Vancouver city council unanimously approved a motion on Tuesday to hold a memorial event for the 11 victims of the April 26 Lapu-Lapu Day festival car-ramming attack.
The motion responded to urgent community needs following the tragedy, though Filipino BC expressed concern that victims' families were not consulted before the city's decision.
The memorial will be a benefit concert titled "Come Together: Vancouver Strong" held at Rogers Arena later in June, with production services donated and a nominal ticket fee planned to cover costs.
The city is allocating $50,000 for cost overruns, while remaining funds will support the Filipino community, and MLA Mable Elmore emphasized the event coincides with Filipino Heritage Month for healing.
The event aims to honor victims and support collective healing, though ongoing community dialogue underscores the need to center victims' families and ensure culturally sensitive memorialization.

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Community comes together to honour Lapu Lapu Day victims at 40-day memorial mass

In Filipino Catholic tradition, the 40th day is a sacred time of prayer and remembrance

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Memorial mass in Vancouver to mark 40 days since Lapu Lapu Day attack

Members of Vancouver's Filipino community and others will honour and pray for victims of the Lapu Lapu festival attack at a memorial mass today, 40 days after the tragedy that left 11 people dead.

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Memorial masses to be held throughout the city 40 days after Lapu Lapu tragedy

VANCOUVER — Members of Vancouver's Filipino community and others will honour and pray for victims of the Lapu Lapu festival attack at a memorial mass today, 40 days after the tragedy that left 11 people dead.

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40 days since Lapu-Lapu Day festival car-ramming attack

It's been exactly 40 days since 11 people were killed, and dozens of others were injured in the Vancouver Lapu-Lapu Day festival attack.

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Memorial mass in Vancouver to mark 40 days since Lapu Lapu tragedy

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Families of Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy victims weren't consulted before city vote on memorial event, group says

A planned memorial event for the victims of the Lapu-Lapu Day festival tragedy is up in the air after the City of Vancouver decided to move forward with it — before consulting families of the victims, organizers of the festival say.

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