A Family and a Festival: How Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day Tragedy Unfolded

People light candles beneath a cross on the street where a vehicle-ramming attack occurred at the Filipino community's Lapu Lapu Day festival last week, on a provincial day of mourning for the victims, in Vancouver, on May 2, 2025. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

In January last year, Cirque du Soleil usher Alexander Lo made his final public post on his Facebook timeline, promoting the circus’ Kooza show.

Four days later, his brother responded. “Brother, we will get to see this together sometime,” wrote Adam Kai-Ji Lo.