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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 29, 2025, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4285 Portage Avenue | Headingley, MB R4H1C6 (204) 819-9540 | sales@classictrailers.ca ENDS SATURDAY MAY 10TH AT 3:00 PM HOURS: MON-FRI 9AM TO 5PM, SAT 10AM TO 3PM, SUN CLOSED AS LOW AS $ 44 WKLY OAC BEAT THE MAY LONG WEEKEND RUSH FOR SERVICE! “GET YOUR RV READY TO GO” Jim Gorrie & his son Michael BURTON CUMMINGS THEATRE MAY 23-25 3 0 B R E A T H T A K I N G Y E A R S O N E W O R L D W I D E P H E N O M E N O N SERVING MANITOBA SINCE 1872 PROUDLY CANADIAN TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2025 LIBERAL 165 PC 147 BLOC 23 NDP 7 GREEN 1 PPC 0 Father, mother, daughter, 5, killed in Vancouver attack VANCOUVER — Richard Le sent a text to his 16-year-old son on Satur- day at about 8 p.m., saying he and the teen’s stepmother and little sister would soon leave the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver. Instead Le, his wife Linh Hoang and their five-year-old daughter Katie were run down moments later. The family is among the 11 people killed in a ramming attack, Le’s brother said Monday. Police and witnesses have said a black SUV raced down a crowded street lined with food trucks, leaving the dead and dozens of injured victims in its wake. Of the 32 people sent to hospital on Saturday, police say seven people remain in critical condition and three more have serious injuries. Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, of Vancouver has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder — and police have said more charges are likely as victims are identified. Vancouver Police Sgt. Steven Ad- dison confirmed Lo is the brother of Alexander Lo, who was killed last year in the city in an unrelated homicide. Adam Lo set up an online fundraiser for his brother’s funeral expenses but it has since been removed from the Go- FundMe crowdfunding platform. Lo wrote his brother had died in a “senseless act of violence” and while the brothers had “disagreements” the killing had hit him with “overwhelm- ing force.” Addison said at a news conference Monday there are many people who are affected by Saturday’s attack at the festival. “We will never be normal again. But as people return to their normal routines, we want to be victim centred and trauma informed.” Of the 11 people who died, nine are female and two are male, Addison said. NONO SHEN AND BRENNA OWEN Poilievre has only himself to blame HISTORY is replete with stories about political leaders who went down to defeat because they were unable to recognize the moment when their fortunes began to change. For Pierre Poilievre and the Con- servatives, that moment may have come on Jan. 2. While most Canadians were still wiping the sleep from their eyes after New Year’s Eve and Day, far-right academic Jordan Peterson posted a YouTube interview with Poilievre. Given that Poilievre was infamous for refusing to do sit-down interviews with traditional news organizations, his two-hour chat with Peterson was quite re- markable for a variety of different reasons. Over the course of the interview, Poilievre talked confidently about what he was going to do to reshape the federal government and its programs to remove the stench of “wokeism.” Poilievre seemed almost gleeful in discussing how broken Canada had become, over- run by drugs and criminals with “foreign conflicts… spilling onto our streets.” He claimed the alarm- ing increase in racist incidents was largely a backlash against the Lib- eral government’s indiscriminately progressive world view. OPINION ● VANCOUVER, CONTINUED ON A3 ● POILIEVRE, CONTINUED ON A2 DAN LETT Carney pulls off an election win unthinkable four months ago; Singh quits, Poilievre in danger of defeat Liberals rise from the ashes O TTAWA — As Canadians handed the Liberals a fourth mandate on Monday, Jagmeet Singh announced he’d be resigning as NDP leader and the Bloc Québécois appeared to be in a position to hold the balance of power. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, ballots were still being counted and dozens of seats were still too close to call. It’s not yet known whether the Liberals will lead a ma- jority or minority government. But Prime Minister Mark Carney will take a seat in the House of Com- mons for the first time having won his Ottawa-area seat and will lead Canada through an economic crisis triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump. Conservative Leader Pierre Poil- ievre conceded to the Liberals around midnight, but noted the results are extremely close and said change can sometimes take time. Poilievre said he will continue to hold the Liberal government to account but will also stand united against the tariffs from Trump. Poilievre hushed some booing from the crowd when he congratulated Carney on his win. “No, no, we’ll have plenty of oppor- tunity to debate and disagree. But tonight we come together as Canadi- ans,” he said. Poilievre said his purpose in poli- tics “will continue to be” working for Canadians to have a safe and afford- able country, and said he ran in “a very difficult environment” but said the public will still desire change in the next election. “We have to learn the lessons of tonight, so that we can have an even better result the next time,” he said. With the NDP at risk of losing offi- cial party status — and after losing his own riding — Singh said he’d be stepping down as leader once the par- ty selects an interim replacement. “We may lose sometimes and those losses hurt,” Singh said, fighting emotion as he stood beside his wife on a stage in Burnaby, B.C. DYLAN ROBERTSON ● CARNEY, CONTINUED ON A2 BLAIR GABLE / REUTERS Prime Minister Mark Carney applauds at the Liberal Party headquarters Monday after his party won enough seats to form government, though a majority was elusive at deadline. — elected and leading as of 12:30 am. today ;