Silvana Benolich

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• Calgary addiction treatment centres opt for more virtual meetings during COVID-19 pandemic

  Fears over the spread of COVID-19 have prompted many Calgary addiction treatment providers to move away from in-person meetings with clients.

  Health

  Mar 27, 2020
• Calgary man acquitted of random attack on professor while naked, high on mushrooms

  Mount Royal University professor Janet Hamnett was brutally attacked with a broken broom handle in her home in 2018 by a high and naked MRU student and hockey player.

  Mar 3, 2020
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• Over 120 emergency room doctors send urgent letter to Alberta’s health minister

  More than 120 emergency room physicians have written Alberta's health minister, saying the new rules set to take effect April 1 will negatively impact Albertans.

  Health

  Mar 2, 2020
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• UCP executive director takes aim at Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Twitter; chamber CEO weighs in

  The executive director of the United Conservative Party took to Twitter to criticize the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday night.

  Politics

  Feb 26, 2020
• Calgary students submit designs for new Indigenous $5 bill

  A group of Grade 7 Calgary students would like to see an Indigenous face on the new $5 bill.

  Money

  Feb 25, 2020
• Thieves steal $30K worth of catalytic converters from Calgary non-profit

  A Calgary agency that helps at-risk children is out $30,000 after thieves stole catalytic converters from its buses.

  Crime

  Feb 22, 2020
• Former Calgary massage therapist pleads guilty to sexually assaulting clients

  A Calgary judge accepted a plea deal for a former massage therapist who sexually assaulted four clients during their massages.

  Crime

  Feb 19, 2020
• Calgary charity highlights what it calls ‘under-the-radar epidemic’ of eating disorders

  A Calgary charity is highlighting the need for more awareness and resources for eating disorders.

  Health

  Feb 2, 2020
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• Local business offers lifeline to Calgary youth centre that worked with at-risk kids

  A local business is offering a lifeline to a Calgary youth centre, which was forced to close its doors due to financial pressures.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2020
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• Calgary city committee moves forward with steps to ban conversion therapy

  The City of Calgary is moving ahead with steps to ban the practice of conversion therapy.

  Politics

  Jan 21, 2020
• Calgary youth centre aimed at helping at-risk kids forced to shut its doors

  A youth centre that served at-risk kids in Calgary's southeast has had to close its doors.

  Jan 20, 2020
• Victim testifies she was drugged, beaten and raped in alleged 11-hour Calgary hotel assault

  A woman took the stand on Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of allegedly sexually assaulting her during an 11-hour ordeal at a Calgary hotel in 2017.

  Crime

  Jan 7, 2020
• Employees say they’re owed thousands after Calgary restaurant shuts down

  Hart Healthy Foods opened in the East Village in October 2019.

  Jan 3, 2020
• Donations fill Bankview Community Centre to help residents displaced by Calgary condo fire

  “We basically left with the clothes on our backs and that’s all we have," said one of the building's displaced residents.

  Dec 26, 2019
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• Calgary woman calls organ donation her ‘Christmas miracle’

  A Calgary woman who was told she might have to wait up to nine years for a kidney transplant is calling her organ donation a "Christmas miracle."

  Health

  Dec 24, 2019
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• Calgarians support Bankview residents displaced by condo fire

  Calgarians and several local businesses have pitched in to help residents forced out of their Bankview condo by a fire just days before Christmas.

  Canada

  Dec 24, 2019
• Young man found fit to stand trial in killing of Calgary case worker

  A psychiatric assessment has found a man accused of killing Calgary case worker Deborah Onwu is fit to stand trial. Silvana Benolich reports.

  Crime

  Dec 20, 2019
• Vehicles hit with pellets in Calgary’s Pineridge neighbourhood

  Residents in the northeast neighbourhood of Pinerdge woke up to find their vehicle windshields smashed after what's believed to have been a pellet gun spree.

  Crime

  Dec 20, 2019
• ‘Suicide in seniors happens more often than we’re willing to admit’: Centre for Suicide Prevention

  According to the Centre for Suicide Prevention in Calgary, suicide in seniors happens more often than we're willing to acknowledge.

  Health

  Dec 19, 2019
• Okotoks family faces child’s deportation: ‘We don’t know what we can do’

  An Okotoks, Alta. couple is facing the deportation of one of its family members. Silvana Benolich reports.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2019
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• Closing arguments wrap up in drunk driving trial of Calgary father

  Closing arguments were delivered in the drunk driving trial of a Calgary man on trial for a crash that killed his 17-year-old Calgary daughter.

  Crime

  Dec 10, 2019
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• Western frustration fuels Wexit separatist movement

  Years of recession and frustration with federal government policies are fuelling western Canadian separatist sentiments. The Wexit group is pushing for independence from Canada.

  Politics

  Dec 9, 2019
• Province pledges $8M for Alberta opioid recovery treatment 

  The provincial government has announced it will provide $8 million in new funding to help people recovering from opioid addiction.

  Health

  Dec 6, 2019
• First responders noticed ‘smell of alcohol’ coming from Calgary dad on trial for deadly crash

  Michael Shaun Bomford has pleaded not guilty to all six charges in connection with a 2016 crash that claimed the life of his daughter.

  Crime

  Dec 3, 2019
• Prosecutor tells court Calgary dad was drunk when he crashed his Jeep, killing teen daughter

  The impaired driving death trial of Michael Shaun Bomford got underway in Calgary on Monday.

  Crime

  Dec 3, 2019