The Aftermath of April 26 – Healing will take time, thoughtfulness, and intention.

Hand written messages of hope and sympathy posted on a board alongside flowers against school field fence on East 43rd Avenue.

CONTENT WARNING Talking about the event that unfolded after the Lapu Lapu Festival on April 26, when a deranged motorist murdered at least eleven people with his SUV.

How do we collectively recover, how do we individually recover? Two weeks later I’m here walking with survivors from that night, neighbours living within a block of the site at East 43rd between St George and Fraser where Kai-Ji Adam Lo deliberately drove his car into a crowd of people. We are walking slowly, the mom’s leg is in a brace from where the SUV struck her. She was separated from her son when they were hit, he was thrown and concussed. The dad shared his terror running from home to the scene to find his family. They all survived.

Election finance fairness

Screenshot from Global BC broadcast, caption reads: Vancouver political parties call for action

Today, council approved framework for a by-election to replace council seats vacated by Adriane Carr and Christine Boyle. Elections (and by-elections) are a cornerstone of our democratic process of course, but one party has not being playing by the same rules as the rest of us.