The Vancouver Police Department said it is boosting the number of officers in the city this weekend, including at the B.C. Lions kickoff game on Saturday and at Italian Day on Commercial Drive on Sunday.

Police spokesman Sgt. Steve Addison acknowledged some people may be feeling anxious about public safety given Thursday night’s car- ramming incident at the Pacific Coliseum during a Cirque du Soleil show and the vehicle attack at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in east Vancouver on April 26 that killed 11.

But he reassured people that police will be out in full force this with an additional 300 officers deployed from Friday to Sunday.

“We will have a high-visibility presence throughout the city at a variety of events, and we’re doing this to provide comfort and assurance to people, to de

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