Just half an hour before a Canada 150 event was supposed to kick off at the Botanic Gardens last Saturday (Feb 11), a massive 40m-tall Tembusu tree collapsed, killing one and injuring four others.
The tree fall took place at about shortly before 'Canada 150: Celebrating Diversity through Music and Film' was scheduled to take place, with a concert and movie screening lined up at the gardens. It was cancelled immediately after the incident.
Indeed, it was a freak accident that no one saw coming — but one with a deeply tragic outcome. We're gonna unpack the things that happened during and since the incident:
What happened?