Candlelight vigils will be held in Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa, Sunday night, as Canadian LGBT communities react to the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
Fifty people were killed in a gay nightclub in Orlando Florida, in the early morning of June 13, 2016, and at least 53 more were injured, according to police and media reports.
Toronto, ON
Sunday, June 12, 2016, 8–10pm
Barbara Hall Park, 519 Church St, Toronto
Vancouver, BC
Sunday, June 12, 2016, 8pm
Vancouver Art Gallery, main steps (West Georgia side)
Ottawa, ON
Sunday, June 12, 2016, 8–9pm
Human Rights Monument, Ottawa
*Updated June 12, 2016, 7:09pm to add Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Peterborough, Halifax, Edmonton, Calgary, New Westminster, Whitehorse, Victoria and Montreal.*
Saskatoon, SK
Sunday, June 12, 2016, 9:30pm
222 Third Ave N, Saskatoon
Peterborough, ON
Sunday, June 12, 2016, 9–10:30pm
499 George St N, Peterborough
Victoria, BC
Sunday, June 12, 2016, 9pm
Broad Street (outside Paparazzi Nightclub), Victoria
Calgary, AB
Sunday, June 12, 2016, 9pm
228 Eight Ave SE, Olympic Plaza, Victoria
New Westminster, BC
Sunday, June 12, 2016, 7pm
Columbia Street and Church (Rainbow crosswalk), New Westminster
Edmonton, AB
Sunday, June 12, 2016, 8pm
10800 97 Ave NW, Edmonton
Whitehorse, YT
Sunday, June 12, 2016, 10pm
Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Fire Pit, Whitehorse
Halifax, ON
Monday, June 13, 2016, 8pm
Halifax Common, Peterborough
Winnipeg, MB
Monday, June 13, 2016, 8:30pm
Manitoba Legislative Building, 450 Broadway, Winnipeg
Montreal, QC
Thursday, June 16, 2016, 7–9pm
1294 rue panet, coin st-catherine, Montreal
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