Memorial held for man named in police interaction death in Burnaby, B.C.
An Indigenous drum circle and songs echoed in the park Saturday, as community members mourned the loss of a friend.
“I was doing some harm-reduction outreach at the park, and when on my patrol I met Calvin, or how I knew him — Bear,” said Sean Macphail, a front-line support worker.“Once you met him, you quickly realize you have met the kindest person you’ll ever meet.” Macphail continued, “we built a relationship built on trust, and eventually, with connections in the community, we were able to give him some of the resources he needed.”
“We all got to know him really well. What he means to me is… he was one of the first people I worked with in my outreach work. The reason why he’s called Bear is that he’s so big, but I believe he had to be that big because of the size of his heart.” Macphail said while many people who are experiencing homelessness can often be invisible to the surrounding community — Calvin, or Bear as his friends called him, was not invisible to him.
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