US EditionIn Wake of Vancouver Tragedy, Toronto Renews Funding to Enhance Safety at Festivals
- Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow announced on Monday a $2.1 million funding renewal to enhance festival safety after 11 people died in Vancouver last month.
- The announcement came in response to a vehicle-ramming incident that occurred on April 25 during Vancouver’s Lapu-Lapu Street Festival, which raised widespread concerns about the safety of public events across the country.
- Approximately 150 festival organizers and security professionals convened in Toronto to address safety concerns, with the city committing $100,000 in initial funding and offering technical support to help establish a nonprofit group for festival organizers.
- Chow described the Vancouver incident as devastating and stressed that residents of Toronto should not allow fear to control their daily lives. Meanwhile, $2.1 million has been allocated to assist 64 festivals in managing increased security expenses.
- The funding aims to improve hostile vehicle mitigation and safety initiatives, with allocations based on applications to ensure safe and successful festivals across Toronto.
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dailyguardian.caToronto renews festival safety funding in wake of Lapu-Lapu Day attack in Vancouver
Toronto will allocate $2.1 million this year to help festivals stay secure, after 11 people were killed in a vehicle ramming at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival in April.
In wake of Vancouver tragedy, Toronto renews funding to enhance safety at festivals
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the city will allocate $2.1 million this year to help festivals stay secure, after 11 people were killed in a vehicle ramming at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day festival last month.
In wake of Vancouver tragedy, Toronto renews funding to enhance safety at festivals – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the city will allocate $2.1 million this year to help festivals stay secure, after 11 people were killed in a vehicle ramming at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day festival last month. Chow announced the renewal of a special events funding program at an event today that gathered about 150 festival organizers and security experts to discuss safety. She says what happened in Vancouver at the festival organized by Fi…
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