What Quebecers need to know following the Nice attack

Quebecersare reacting to the news that the attack in Nice, France,has a death toll of at least 84 people.

• 'It was a killer truck, it was just there to kill people,' said Quebecer in Bastille Day attack
• 'Shocked and dismayed': Quebec leaders react to attack in Nice

Here's the latest on what's being planned in the province to commemorate the event.

Vigils planned

A vigil in Montreal is planned for 6 p.m. onSaturday at the FranceConsulate. Participants are encouraged to bring candles and French flags.

Quebec's Minister of International Relations and La Francophoniedropped off flowers at the consulate on Friday morning.

"We are not only close, but we are friends. What we want to express today is the fact that we are very sad. We are shocked.We try to share with France this terrible, terrible sadness and tragedy," said Christine St-Pierre.

In Quebec City, French residents contacted the consulate to organize an event for Friday evening. A spokesperson for the consulate told Radio-Canada anevent tonightis not possible because ofsecurity concerns, but there will be one at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning.

• Truck plows into Bastille Day crowd in Nice, France, at least 84 dead

Relief at the airport

Two flights arrivedin Montreal today from Nice. AirTransatflightTS649landed shortly after 11:30 a.m. and Air Canada flightAC1873landedat 12:20 p.m.

Passengers shared their stories of disbelief after clearing customs.

Valrie St-Jeanwas at the Promenade des Anglaisto celebrate Bastille Day when the attack happened. She said she happened to turn in one direction but had she gone the other way, she would've been in the middle of the scene.

"I heard panic and chaos," she said.

She was met by her father, Stphane, at the airport.

For anyone thinking of travelling to France,Global Affairs Canada hasupdated its travel advice for Canadians going there,saying that people should "exercise a high degree of caution."

Municipal tributes

Montreal's City Hall was bathed in the colours of the French flag on Thursday night and is flyingFrance's flagat half-mast.

The municipality of Victoriavilleis flying its flags half-mast as well. Mayor Andr Bellavancesaid the act is a show of solidarity.

At the National Assembly, the Quebec and French flags areflying at half-mast on Friday.

City Hall in Sherbrooke, Que., is also flying the French flag.

"We cannot ignore that this act runs counter to human rights, respect and freedom," said Sherbrooke council's chairman of the executive committee Serge Paquin.