A candlelight vigil in memory of federal NDP leader Jack Layton will be held tonight (Thursday) at Holland Park in Whalley.

It will be at 8 p.m., at the central fountain. The park is located at the southwest corner of King George Boulevard and 100th Avenue.

"Jack was an extraordinary leader and his loss feels like a loss in our own family," said Sue Hammell, NDP MLA for Surrey-Green Timbers.

"I am deeply saddened." There will also be a book of remembrance to sign.

Layton's state funeral will be held Saturday afternoon in Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall.

He died Monday morning of cancer, at age 61.

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