[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto to dedicate Pride Parade to victims of Orlando shooting"

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CityNews reports.

Toronto will dedicate its upcoming Pride Parade to the victims of the Orlando shooting, the executive director of Pride Toronto said on Monday morning.

They will also be increasing their own security measures, a decision the board made hours after the fatal shooting.

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“The board decided to dedicate the parade to the victims, we’ll have a minute of silence, we’ll read all their names … even if I never met them, they are my family,” Mathieu Chantelois told CityNews.

“We have a meeting with the RCMP, obviously we’re going to talk about security,” Chantelois added.

“At the same time, we already have a very robust security plan in place … we need to make it as safe a space as possible. ”