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More than 300 people gathered in the suburban Ottawa neighbourhood of Barrhaven Saturday for a community vigil following what police have called one of the worst mass killings in the region’s recent history. Ottawa Police Service said Thursday that the homicide unit was called in after six people — four …
Read More »Community members hold vigil to remember Manitoba family killed – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size More than 100 community members gathered Friday night in Carman to pay their respects to five people who were killed last weekend. Last Sunday, 30-year-old Amanda Clearwater, her three children, six-year-old Bethany, four-year-old Jayven and two-and-a-half month old Isabella, and her 17-year-old …
Read More »Family holds vigil in Toronto for Soleiman Faqiri seven years after his death in custody
The family of Soleiman Faqiri gathered in Yonge-Dundas Square Saturday night to mark the seventh anniversary of his death while in custody at a Lindsay, Ont., jail. The vigil comes days after a coroner’s inquest deemed Faqiri’s death a homicide. Faqiri died in 2016 in a segregation cell at the …
Read More »Local women’s group organizing Day of Remembrance vigil in Guelph
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Marianne’s Park in Guelph will be the site of a vigil remembering those killed at L’École Polytechnique in Montreal. A gunman entered a classroom on Dec. 6, 1989 and opened fire, killing 14 women before turning the gun on himself. Wednesday’s Day …
Read More »Grieving community holds vigil on Langside Street after quadruple homicide – Winnipeg
On Sunday, 60 people gathered on Langside Street at the site of the quadruple homicide last Sunday. People laid down flowers, candles, and mementos at the house where Crystal Beardy, Stephanie Beardy, Melelek Lesikel, and Dylan Lavalee were shot and killed. Among the deceased were two sisters. Their mother Beverley …
Read More »‘Remembering Lives Lost’: Dauphin, Man. unites in vigil honouring tragic bus crash victims
It was a sombre evening in Dauphin, Man., as the community gathered together at the Ukrainian Orthodox Hall for a vigil in memory of everyone who was lost during the tragic bus crash near Carberry. An estimated 300 people were in attendance including members of the Manitoba RCMP, first responders, …
Read More »London, Ont. community gather for vigil marking second anniversary of deadly truck attack
Hundreds from the Muslim community and the greater London, Ont. community gathered Tuesday evening to hold a vigil marking the second anniversary of the worst mass killing in the city’s history. Salman Afzaal, his wife Madiha Salman, their 15-year-old daughter Yumna and her 74-year-old grandmother, Talat Afzaal, were run down …
Read More »Family, friends gather for 17-year-old stabbing victim vigil in Surrey, B.C. – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Dozens of people gathered Tuesday evening for 17-year-old Ethan Bespflug’s candlelight vigil in Surrey, B.C. “It is nice to have all this love and support, and it shows the magnitude of how he touched people’s lives and the person he was,” said …
Read More »Candlelight vigil planned for victims of Vaughan, Ont. condo shooting – Toronto
VAUGHAN, Ont. — A candlelight vigil is expected to take place tonight for the victims of a Toronto-area condo shooting. York Regional Police say five people were killed and one woman seriously injured Sunday night when a 73-year-old gunman went on a shooting rampage in his Vaughan, Ont., condo building …
Read More »Candlelight vigil planned for 6 young people killed in Barrie, Ont., crash
A candlelight vigil is set to take place today to honour the six young people killed in last weekend’s Barrie, Ont., car crash. The six victims, all in their early 20s, were found dead at the site of a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning, hours after police reported them missing. …
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