'Tragedy all around': Murder charges follow Vancouver festival attack that killed 11
Charges have been laid against a man who's accused of racing a vehicle through a crowded street at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver, killing 11 in an attack the interim police chief called the "darkest day" in the city's history.
Vancouver Police said in a statement Sunday that Kai-Ji Adam Lo faces eight counts of second-degree murder and further charges are anticipated.
Const. Tania Visintin said some victims remained unidentified.
Verse of the day: April 28
Philippians 2:5-8
"In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!"
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Hope
1 Peter 1:3
Can you remember a recent "grey slush" day? Of course you can. So can I. The laws of fairness and justice were displaced by a couple of Murphy's Laws. Your dream dissolved into a nightmare. High hopes took a hike. Good intentions got lost in a comedy of errors, only this time nobody was laughing. You didn't soar, you slumped. Instead of "pressing on the upward way," you felt like telling Bunyan to move over as you slid down into his Slough of Despond near Doubting Castle, whose owner was Giant Despair. Discouragement is just plain awful.
Jets lose grip on series lead after second straight loss to Blues
The Winnipeg Jets’ series lead has slipped away after a 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night. With back-to-back defeats in St. Louis, the first-round matchup is now tied at two games apiece.
The Jets had entered Missouri with a commanding 2-0 series lead, but head home looking for answers after two tough outings — and two early exits for their star goaltender.
Early momentum fades
UPDATE - 8 murder charges laid against man after Vancouver festival attack
Charges have been laid against a man after the attack on a Vancouver Filipino festival on Saturday night that killed 11 people.
British Columbia's Court Services Online says Adam Kai-Ji Lo faces eight counts of murder.
Vancouver Police have said those who were killed range in age from 5 to 65 and the death toll could rise as dozens more were hurt when an SUV raced down a street where the Lapu Lapu Day festival was just wrapping up.
Chrétien predicts a Liberal majority win on Monday as leaders blitz key ridings
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien predicted the Liberals will win a majority government on Monday, as party leaders blitzed key ridings in Ontario and British Columbia hoping to swing last minute votes their way.
At a rally for Ottawa Centre Liberal incumbent Yasir Naqvi, Chrétien said he expects "to celebrate the majority government of the Liberal party" after polls close Monday night.
"Monday is going to be a Liberal sunshine," he said, drawing cheers.
Vancouver wakes to tragedy of nine dead in ramming attack on Filipino street festival
Vancouver is waking to the tragic aftermath of a deadly ramming attack on a Filipino community street festival that killed at least nine people, with survivors describing horrifying scenes of victims strewn on the ground.
Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai says a 30-year-old Vancouver man has been arrested for Saturday night's attack in which an SUV plowed through a crowded South Vancouver street at high speed.
'Soul on Fire' tells the miraculous true story of a boy who refused to die
After surviving being burned on 100 per cent of his body at just 9-years-old, John O'Leary's powerful story of recovery and faith is set to hit theatres this fall.
Soul on Fire is a new Christian film based on O'Leary's book On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life.
As an inspirational speaker, O'Leary's book became a No. 1 national bestseller and has been translated into 12 languages.
Verse of the day: April 27
Luke 19:10
"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
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Leadership
1 Peter 5:1-4
If we hope to demonstrate the level of excellence modelled by Jesus Christ, then we'll have to come to terms with the kingdom we are going to serve: the eternal kingdom our Lord represented and told us to seek (Matthew 6:23) or the temporal kingdom of today.
Let's pause long enough to understand what I'm referring to when I mention the kingdom. It's one of those terms we like to use but seldom define.