Vancouver car-ramming suspect was being treated for mental health, confirms mayor

Judge orders mental health assessment for man accused of killing 11 at Vancouver festival

A Canadian judge has ordered a man accused of ramming his sport-utility vehicle through a Filipino heritage festival crowd, killing 11 people, to receive a mental health assessment to determine if he’s fit to stand trial.

Judge orders psychiatric tests to see if Vancouver festival suspect is fit for trial

By Darryl Greer and Wolfgang Depner

Brit actor shares ‘incredible sadness’ after wife killed when car ploughed into crowd at Vancouver street festival

A British actor has expressed his “incredible sadness” after his “larger than life” wife was killed when a car ploughed into crowds in Vancouver.

CP Vancouver festival suspect to appear in court on Friday

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Prosecution Service says the suspect in the street festival attack that killed 11 people in Vancouver will appear in provincial court on Friday. More coming. Brenna Owen and Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press

Some Pinoy families in Vancouver want repatriation

Some families of the Filipino victims of car-ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver, Canada have requested to be repatriated, the Philippine consulate general in Vancouver said yesterday.

BC Premier Eby Pledges Mental Health Act Overhaul After Vancouver Festival Attack

B.C. Premier David Eby has announced the province will undertake a comprehensive revision of the province’s Mental Health Act in response to the fatal car ramming attack that killed 11 people at a cultural festival in Vancouver. A man who had earlier been detained under the act now faces eight charges of second-degree murder after an SUV plowed through the crowd on April 26 at the Lapu Lapu festival celebrating Filipino culture. The male suspect…