Residents of Sault Ste. Marie gather in the Canal District to honor the victims of recent tragic events, including a shooting spree that claimed the lives of five people. The vigil, attended by community leaders and members of the Indigenous community, aims to show support for the grieving families and acknowledge the efforts of first responders. The city mourns as it grapples with the shocking acts of violence.
A large number of people in Sault Ste. Marie withstood heavy rainfall and wind gusts in order to remember and honour the lives of those who have died in recent months under tragic — and in some instances, unimaginably horrifying — circumstances during a candlelight vigil held in the Canal District Friday.
“They have suffered a loss far too great — greater than anyone should ever have to experience,” said Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Matthew Shoemaker during the vigil. “It is incredibly important that together, as a community, we stand with them and with our first responders who have responded to calls we would never have expected in our city, and continue to do so with the utmost professionalism and compassion. Our community grieves as we try to reckon with inconceivable acts of violence.
The father of Angie Sweeney, the 41-year-old woman who died from a gunshot wound in her Tancred Street home, remembered his daughter as a “daddy’s girl” who was a “giving and loving soul” from the time she was a child.
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