Dozens of people gathered in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Wednesday night to remember people who died after a major blast ripped through the port area of Beirut the day before. A nostalgic song by popular Lebanese singer Fairuz about Beirut played over the crowd as some held Lebanese flags and lit candles. Vancouver business owner Sabrina Chammas Doumet said her siblings, parents and grandparents were in Beirut and were lucky to survive, but now others need help. "We had been here a few months ago protesting against our government and since then it's been getting worse and worse, economically and politically," she said. People gathered at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Aug. 5 to remember victims of Tuesday's deadly blast in Beirut.

Source: CBC News August 06, 2020 13:18 UTC