Yolande Cole
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Daycare operators, parents waiting for answers on future of Alberta pilot program
Operators of some Calgary child-care centres say they’re holding their breath as they wait for news about the future of Alberta’s $25-a-day pilot program. Kate Stenson, executive director of the Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association, said about 95 children at its centre are part of the $25-a-day early learning and child-care centre pilot launched by the […] → Read More
Search continues for Calgary man; burned-out truck found in B.C.
The sister of a missing Calgary man says family members are working closely with police to search for answers in his disappearance.Marshal Iwaasa, 26, was last seen by family in Lethbridge on Nov. 17. → Read More
City seizes dog from Panorama Hills home after woman injured
A woman was taken to hospital with multiple injuries Thursday after being bitten by a dog outside a northwest Calgary home.Emergency officials responded to Panorama Hills around 11:30 a.m. → Read More
Kaillie Humphries seeking to compete for the U.S. after filing harassment complaint
After filing a harassment complaint with Bobsleigh Canada last year, Olympic gold-medallist and Calgarian Kaillie Humphries is seeking to compete for the United States, her agent confirmed Thursday. Russell Reimer said Humphries was seeking to come back to Canada, “but circumstances basically did not work in her favour and she had to seek a release […] → Read More
Former med student who raped sleeping woman sentenced to three years and nine months
A former medical student has been sentenced to three years and nine months of incarceration for the sexual assault of an unconscious woman.During a sentencing decision for Prachur Shrivastava, Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Jolaine Antonio said Wednesday there was “no excuse” for s... → Read More
Paramedics band together to support injured colleague
A large group of paramedics gathered in a Calgary courtroom Tuesday as one of their own testified during the trial of a man charged with assault causing bodily harm. → Read More
Council defeats motion proposing halt to supervised consumption funding in Lethbridge
A motion calling for a halt in funding to a supervised consumption site in Lethbridge was rejected by city council Monday in a 6-3 vote. The resolution proposed that city council ask the province to cease funding to the Arches site while a review of all supervised consumption sites is underway. The motion signed by […] → Read More
Crown asks for up to six years for sexual assault with a weapon
A Calgary man convicted of sexual assault with a weapon should receive a five- to six-year jail sentence, a Crown prosecutor argued during a sentencing hearing Friday.But the man’s defence lawyer said two years would be an appropriate sentence to ensure denunciation and deterrence. → Read More
Former Calgary father searching after mother allegedly fails to return son to Spain
A former Calgary resident is searching for his son as a Canada-wide arrest warrant is in effect for the four-year-old boy’s mother. Oscar Maillard said it is “agonizing” not knowing the whereabouts of his son, who was not returned to the family’s home in Spain on July 6, as ordered by a Court of Queen’s […] → Read More
Harm-reduction advocates raise concerns as Alberta plans supervised consumption site review
An Alberta doctor who specializes in addictions is raising the alarm over the potentially widening scope of a provincial review of supervised drug consumption sites. “Before it was just a review of the new services that were planned, but now they’re talking about reviewing existing services, and it’s certainly frightening for people who use those […] → Read More
Judge finds three men guilty in 2017 kidnapping
An Alberta judge has found three men guilty of kidnapping in a January 2017 incident in which two men were held at a southeast Calgary home.Justice Pat Sullivan found John Ochelo, Simon Lugela and Dhia Al-Hage Mohammed guilty Tuesday on charges including kidnapping while armed with a prohibited 9mm ... → Read More
Crown asks for four to five year sentence for Jeromie and Jennifer Clark
Parents convicted last year in the death of their 14-month-old son should receive a prison sentence of four to five years, a Crown prosecutor argued Friday. → Read More
Robin Wortman appealing conviction and sentence
Robin Wortman, a former board director with the Calgary Homeless Foundation, is appealing a 12-month sentence handed to him last month for trying to get a witness to recant his sexual-assault allegations. → Read More
Snow halts search efforts in suspected double homicide
Calgary police halted search efforts in their investigation of a suspected double homicide Saturday due to poor weather conditions.Teams returned to the Bragg Creek area in the morning but the search was suspended around 11 a.m., police said. When officers resume the search will depend on weather. → Read More
Landlord apologizes to Alberta Party candidate for campaign sign confrontation
A Calgary landlord who was filmed ripping a campaign sign off his lawn has apologized to the candidate involved. → Read More
'I'm going to kick it apart!' Calgary landlord destroys campaign sign in front of candidate
Alberta Party candidate Gar Gar was campaigning in Calgary-East when a woman told him she plans to vote for him, and asked for a lawn sign to show her support. → Read More
Calgary police roll out new armoured vehicle
Calgary police are replacing their armoured rescue vehicle with a new model.The process of acquiring the new equipment has taken about four years, Insp. Nancy Farmer of the Calgary police support section said Tuesday as the service unveiled the vehicle. → Read More
Alberta association brings attention to role of media in reporting sexual assault
Since the Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services launched its #IBelieveYou campaign in 2015, CEO Debra Tomlinson has witnessed a “tremendous change in responder and public attitudes towards sexual assault. → Read More
Demonstrators rally outside Calgary UCP candidate's office in support of gay-straight alliances
A march in support of gay-straight alliances drew hundreds to Marda Loop on Thursday evening. → Read More
NDP alleges Calgary-Mountain View UCP candidate linked to conversion therapy program
The Alberta NDP is criticizing the UCP’s new candidate in Calgary-Mountain View for comments made in the past praising an alleged conversion therapy program — an accusation the candidate is denying. → Read More