US EditionVancouver dismantles and consolidates festival memorials, advocates say it’s too soon
- The City of Vancouver began consolidating temporary memorials on May 22, 2025, near the April 26 Lapu Lapu Day festival car-ramming site that killed 11 people and injured many.
- The consolidation follows a safety report and was planned in consultation with Vancouver Police Victim Services, the School Board, and cultural partners despite some community concerns that it is too soon.
- City crews are relocating cards, signs, and teddy bears to Mountain View Cemetery or off-site storage, while fresh flowers remain at the 43rd Avenue and Fraser Street memorial, with perishable or risky items removed carefully.
- Deputy city manager Sandra Singh described the work as "difficult" and assured it would be done with "care and respect," while Filipino BC advocates emphasize that changes should involve victims' families and compassion.
- The consolidation aims to maintain safe, respectful remembrance spaces and support the neighborhood's healing, although community members continue to navigate profound grief from the recent attack.
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Vancouver dismantles and consolidates festival memorials, advocates say it's too soon
VANCOUVER — For almost four weeks, the tributes to victims of the Lapu Lapu Day festival attack have grown -- piles of teddy bears, flowers, candles and cards stretching down Fraser Street from East 41st Avenue, then round the corner on East 43rd whe
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