04.28.2025

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Vancouver Festival Attack

An assailant rammed a car into a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver Saturday, killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens more. The detained suspect—a 30-year-old man—was known to police and had a history of mental health incidents. Authorities say the attack was a lone incident and have ruled out terrorism as a motive.

Up to 100,000 people attended this year's Lapu-Lapu Day festival. The annual gathering honors Datu Lapu-Lapu—the chief of the island of Mactan who defeated Spanish forces in 1521, later becoming the first Filipino hero. Filipinos are a relatively large immigrant group in Canada, comprising 10% of the country's immigrant population. 

The attack took place at 8:14 pm local time when a black SUV plowed into the crowd of festivalgoers. Crowd members captured the suspect, later handing him over to police.

The attack is the latest in a string of deadly car-ramming assaults over the past decade. Learn more here.

Pope Francis Laid to Rest

Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in and around Vatican City to bid farewell to Pope Francis Saturday, almost a week after the 88-year-old pontiff passed away following a stroke and subsequent heart failure. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis will be laid to rest in a tomb in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major. See photos here.

In the coming weeks, the secretive process to select the next pope, known as a conclave, will begin. Francis’ successor must secure a two-thirds majority of 135 voting-eligible cardinals—of whom he appointed 108 during his tenure. Observers say the race is wide-open with no clear front-runner.

Francis was the 266th pope to lead the Catholic Church—not counting about 30 to 40 antipopes—and was the first Jesuit, a Catholic religious order focused on education and social service work. 

See a history of the longest and shortest conclaves, including the 1268 election that lasted for nearly three years, here.

Canadian Election Day

Canadians head to the polls today for their first federal election in a decade without former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the ballot. Recent polls show Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney with a narrow lead over Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.

Carney has been in power since last month, selected by the Liberal Party to replace Trudeau after his resignation (see previous write-up). Poilievre—an ideological ally of US President Donald Trump—campaigned on a nationalist-populist agenda, pledging to put "Canada first" and defund the country's public broadcaster.

Conservatives held a 25-point lead at the start of 2025 but their lead fell as Trump levied steep tariffs against Canada and called for its annexation. The US is the biggest purchaser of Canadian goods, accounting for nearly 80% of its exports. Both candidates have emphasized the need to reach a trade agreement with the US.  

All 343 House of Commons seats are up for election. Whichever party (or parties) earns a majority of the seats will select Canada's leader. See live results here.

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