‘We will emerge stronger’: Legislator praises resilience after festival attack

British Columbia legislator Mable Elmore says people must “continue to wrap our arms around” the Filipino community as it deals with the burden of the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy that claimed 11 lives.
Elmore received a standing ovation on her first day back in the legislature since the April 26 attack when an SUV plowed through a crowd of festival-goers in the Vancouver-Kensington riding she represents.
She says people who are still suffering have summoned courage and are turning sadness