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9/7/2010
Parents are once again getting advice on how to monitor what your kids are doing online. It comes as a result of an alleged sexual assault case where the two people involved apparently met on the web. Kevin Reeves, with the Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation, says parents must get involved in their children's online activities. He says families should know what passwords and usernames are for the kids and make the computer visible to everyone in the house. Charges are pending against a 16-year-old boy in relation to the alleged sexual assault involving a 12-year-old girl. Police say the two met online and were involved in a sex act when officers were called to a schoolyard on Monday.
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9/7/2010
The City of Calgary wants to get more people cycling and they're asking us how they can achieve that goal. Azim Jivraj with the Transportation department says a survey, both on-line and by phone, is being done to find out what the city can do to encourage more people to use a bike to get around. He says they want to ask what barriers Calgarians see as well as all the reasons why they don't. The results of the survey will be used as the city puts together a comprehensive cycling strategy.
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9/7/2010
Protocol was not followed in a 911 call made in February at the centre of the Dustin Paxton investigation. The call involved a male saying he was being threatened by Paxton. The seven-minute call was made on February 28th. Public Safety Communications Manager Steve Dongworth says protocol was broken in that clarifying questions were not asked. He says the officer determined there was no immediate risk to the caller and, therefore, did not dispatch police. Dongworth says no changes to standard operating procedures are needed as a number of changes were addressed in April. The officer has been dealt with but to what extent is not known due to confidentiality laws. Paxton is charged in the alleged torture of a former Calgary man earlier this year.
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9/7/2010
Calgary Zookeepers are working frantically to save the life of a young Siberian tiger cub which was born Monday night. They discovered early Tuesday morning that Katja, 10, gave birth to two cubs overnight, but one was already dead when they found it. They removed the second cub and nursed it throughout the day in hopes it would survive. If it does they will return it to its mother. The zoo says the discovery took them by surprise as they had no idea that Katja was pregnant. Because tigers can give birth over a period of several days, it is possible another cub my be born, although doctors feel it is unlikely.
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9/7/2010
A forty five year old Calgary man has been charged with ten counts of indecent exposure.Police allege that Kevin Earl Monaghan exposed himself to several women in their mid-twenties between June and August of this year.Investigators say, in some cases, Monaghan was partially clothed or fully naked and would try to get the victim’s attention by exposing himself or masturbating.Monaghan will be in court Wednesday.
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9/7/2010
A survey of more than 19-hundred Canadian employers finds 21 per cent of them expect to increase their payrolls in the fourth quarter of 2010.The survey by Manpower Canada says seven per cent of employers anticipate making cutbacks.Of those surveyed, 70 per cent of employers expect to maintain current staffing levels and two per cent are unsure of their intentions for the quarter.Overall, Manpower says the hiring climate for the fourth quarter is expected to be steady.
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9/7/2010
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development Minister Mel Knight agrees with a new study that says there could be better monitoring of wildlife in the oilsands.The study by ecologist Kevin Timoney says birds are likely dying in oilsands tailings ponds at about 30 times the rate suggested by industry and government.Timoney says the results add weight to arguments that depending on industry to monitor its own environmental impacts isn't working.Knight pointed out that oilsands operators are required to have deterrence and monitoring systems in place for all kinds of wildlife.But he also said the government will work on improving monitoring.
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9/7/2010
Calgary police have yet to question the twelve year old girl in relation to an alleged sexual assault Monday. A 16-year-old boy has been questioned and charges are now pending against him.Officers were called to Clarence Sansom School at 4:45pm to reports of ten teenagers drinking and two involved in some sort of sexual act.Police say they do not know if it was consensual, but the age of the alleged victim is a major factor.The other eight teenagers have been questioned.
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9/7/2010
Southeast Calgary residents will be the first to see the new black cart garbage collection. The black carts, similar to the blue carts used for recycling, will be distributed city wide beignning the first week of October.The southwest will be the last area to get distribution and residents in those communities can expect them to arrive between late April and June next year.The carts allow for mechanized trash collection.The city says the new service will keep neighborhoods cleaner and staff safe from injuries related to heavy lifting and exposure to sharp objects.It is also more efficient as each truck needs only one operator.Ninety three per cent of participants in a two year pilot project in six communities are satisfied with the service.
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9/7/2010
Premier Ed Stelmach says environmental concerns will be the main focus of his meeting with U-S politician Nancy Pelosi Wednesday.Stelmach says he will remind the Speaker of the U-S House of Representatives about Canada's vital contributions to American energy supply.But he says making the case that Alberta is managing the environmental concerns will be the first and most important issue.Pelosi, considered one of the most powerful U-S legislators, will also be meeting with environmental groups and first nations during her visit to Ottawa this week.
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