Lapu Lapu Festival

A British Columbia advocate says people with mental illness and those who work with them are afraid of the consequences that could come in reaction to the festival tragedy that killed 11 people in Vancouver on Saturday.

An organizer of the Filipino festival in Vancouver that was devastated by a "meaningless tragedy" says there are many who will need help to recover after a vehicle tore through their celebration, killing 11 people.

The leaders of the three main federal parties paused their election campaigns on Sunday to express their sorrow and offer condolences to victims and their families hours after a vehicle attack in Vancouver killed 11 people and injured many more.