US EditionVancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival to return after deadly SUV attack, focus on healing
The 2026 festival will emphasize remembrance and healing with a memorial gathering after a 2025 vehicle attack killed 11 and injured dozens, organizers said.
- The 2026 Lapu Lapu Day Festival in Vancouver will occur in April, nearly a year after a deadly SUV attack that resulted in 11 deaths and many injuries, as announced by Filipino BC.
- Filipino BC emphasizes that the festival will focus on 'remembrance and healing' and plans to hold at least one memorial gathering during the event.
- RJ Aquino, the chair of Filipino BC, stated that the festival will celebrate cultural pride while promoting community healing and reflection.
- Adam Kai-Ji Lo faces 11 counts of second-degree murder related to the April 2025 incident and was deemed fit to stand trial in September.
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Vancouver Lapu-Lapu Day festival to return after deadly car ramming, focus on healing
The chair of Filipino B.C. said holding a 2026 Lapu-Lapu Day festival is "important for collective healing" after 11 people were killed and dozens more were injured in an alleged vehicle attack last year. The festival will take place the weekend of April 17-19.
Winnipeg Free Press
Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival to return after deadly SUV attack, focus on healing
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
VANCOUVER — The president of Filipino BC considers that the organization of the Lapu Lapu festival next spring in Vancouver is "important for collective healing", after the attack on the baby car that killed 11 people and injured dozens of others last year. RJ Aquino says that the organization heard "high and strong" the community say that it was important that this cultural celebration come back so that it is not "only associated with the tragi…
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