Lapu Lapu Festival

• Date for Lapu Lapu Day Festival 2026 set, one year after tragic events

  Eleven people were killed when an SUV drove into a group of people at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival on April 26, 2025. Dozens more were injured.

  Canada

  Jan 7
  
• Filipino BC defends funds distribution with former board members calling for transparency

  Lina Vargas was on the board for almost two years and told Global News that accountability and transparency are fundamental rights for all community members.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2025
  
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• Filipino community close to getting Vancouver cultural centre, but not everyone agrees

  'Perhaps if we had a home, things might have been a little bit different in this healing process,' Warren Dean Flandez with the Filipino Legacy Society told Global News.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2025
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• ‘Worst pain I’ve ever felt’: Man whose family was killed in Lapu Lapu tragedy opens up

  Alejandro Samper's mother, Glitza, his father, Daniel, and his sister, Glitza, were killed after a vehicle rammed a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver on April 26.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2025
• No closure for Filipino community, six months after Vancouver festival attack

  No date has been set for the trial of Adam Kai-Ji Lo, accused of 11 counts of second-degree murder and 31 of attempted murder in the April 26 Lapu Lapu Day festival attack.

  Crime

  Oct 24, 2025
• ‘Where’s that care?’ Group says Lapu Lapu victims need more government support

  According to the Filipino BC, no level of government has committed to dedicated funding for programs and services to aid those most affected by the April 26 tragedy.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2025
• B.C. judge upholds Lapu Lapu festival attack publication ban

  A judge has upheld a ban that prevents media from publishing evidence heard at a mental fitness hearing for the suspect in the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival attack.

  Crime

  Sep 11, 2025
• Judge rules Lapu Lapu festival attack suspect is fit to stand trial

  A publication ban has prevented evidence at the hearing from being reported, but Global News is part of a media consortium that has challenged that ban.

  Crime

  Sep 10, 2025
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• Lapu Lapu attack victim left to ‘fight the system’ in recovery, family says

  'He was in ICU, linked up to dialysis, linked up to a ventilator,' Vanessa Hill, Sico's partner, told Global News. 'His face wasn't his face. You could barely see his face.'

  Health

  Sep 9, 2025
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• Calgary Stampede security plan to include overhead drones, vehicle mitigation measures

  More than 1.3 million people are expected to attend the 10-day rodeo and exhibition, which begins with a parade on Friday.

  Canada

  Jul 2, 2025