Forty days after the Lapu-Lapu Day festival attack, church masses and memorial events are being held across Metro Vancouver, per the Filipino Catholic tradition to mark the end of the mourning period.

1:54 Filipino community concerned with Vancouver’s event for Lapu Lapu victims There appears to be some controversy surrounding the City of Vancouver’s plan to hold an event to honour the ...

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 been 'kinder' if the City of Vancouver had involved them in those plans.

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.

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said he was surprised by criticism of plans to honour victims of the Lapu Lapu festival attack with a large memorial event, which a Filipino advocacy group ...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said he was surprised by criticism of plans to honour victims of the Lapu Lapu festival attack with a large memorial event, which a ...

A sudden Vancouver city council decision to host a Lapu Lapu Day memorial event at Rogers Arena this month was made without input from impacted families, according to Filipino B.C. On Tuesday ...

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.

A Vancouver council decision to host a Lapu Lapu Day memorial event at Rogers Arena was made without input from affected families, says Filipino B.C.

Elmore — who is of Filipino heritage and was at the Lapu Lapu festival when the attack took place — also issued a statement on Wednesday calling the event a "welcome step toward healing." "Mayor Sim, ...