Vancouver’s darkest day: Tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival

Vancouver’s darkest day: Tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival

What began as a celebration of Filipino pride and culture ended in the unimaginable, when a driver plowed through a street full of people heading home as the event wrapped up. CityNews looks at what happened the deadly night of April 26.

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