VANCOUVER — The organizer of the Vancouver street festival where 11 people were killed in a vehicle-ramming attack last spring says the tragedy continues to reverberate through the community, and it needs more support to help those affected.

A statement from Filipino BC says the second annual Lapu Lapu Day festival began as a day of cultural pride and ended in “unimaginable loss.”

While the tragedy of April 26 has been acknowledged, it says “the delivery of tangible support and resources has been slow and inconsistent.”

The group calls the attack a “social disaster” and says it did not trigger the standard emergency response mechanisms that follow environment-related disasters.

Still, it says the impacts have followed a disaster-like trajectory, with trauma, long-term care needs and ri

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