Lapu Lapu Festival survivor recovering one month after tragedy
This week, the man charged with murder in the Lapu Lapu Day festival tragedy, makes his next court appearance. It's been one month since 11 people were killed and more injured, when a car rammed through the street festival in East Vancouver. Christi-Ann Watkins was among those injured. BC Today host Michelle Eliot met with Christi-Ann at her home in Vancouver.
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