Son of Vancouver festival attack victim remembers mother as adventurous, tireless | Unpublished
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Author: Nancy Macdonald
Publication Date: May 1, 2025 - 12:26

Son of Vancouver festival attack victim remembers mother as adventurous, tireless

May 1, 2025
There was nothing in the world that Vicky Bjarnason loved more than her sons, Thor, 28, and Helgi, 27, and her stepsons Stefan, 38, and Kristjan, 35. A resident of the Philippines, Ms. Bjarnason, 56, spent her last month and a half visiting them in Vancouver, splitting her time evenly between her “boys,” as she still called them.


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