2,000 people attend Olympic Cauldron vigil for Quebec City terror attack victims (PHOTOS)
An estimated 2,000 people braved last night’s snowstorm and attended a candlelight vigil at Jack Poole Plaza in downtown Vancouver that included the relighting of the Olympic Cauldron.
The deadly terror attack last weekend at a Quebec City mosque is still reverberating among Canadians, especially the nation’s large Muslim community.
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Earlier Saturday evening, proceedings began with a vigil at the Al Masjid Al Jamia Vancouver mosque on West 8th Avenue near Heather Street before continuing at the Robson Street side of the Vancouver Art Gallery. From there, a small procession joined a growing crowd at Jack Poole Plaza where an anti-Islamaphobia rally dubbed “Love Over Fear” was held.
Community leaders delivered speeches at the Jack Poole Plaza event, and the Cauldron was relit as a symbol of unity and hope.
Many thousands more would likely have attended last night’s vigil had road conditions been optimal.
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