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CTV News
23-05-2025
- CTV News
CTV Calgary named finalist for 5 RTDNA Awards
CTV News Calgary has been named a finalist in five categories for the 2025 Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Awards' Prairie Region. The awards, which honour the best journalists, news programs and broadcasters for achievements in audio, video and digital productions, are held every year. This year, CTV Calgary was recognized for breaking news (video), feature news (digital), live special events (multiplatform) for its comprehensive coverage of Remembrance Day services, TV newscast and VJ video. Breaking News (Video): Penbrook Meadows Standoff When police issued a shelter-in-place order for a neighbourhood because of an armed standoff, CTV Calgary responded quickly to alert the public. Our crews reported live from the scene as a man shot at officers over a 30-hour period. Viewer-submitted video and CTV's own video showed shots and tear gas being fired, police negotiating with the man, and a police robot approaching the residence. After the standoff ended with police shooting and killing the man, our coverage continued with an exclusive report, where the man's family raised questions about police actions, and why their loved one had to die. Penbrooke Meadows shooting Feature News (Digital): Darrel Janz Tribute Videojournalist Kevin Green created an emotional tribute video for his longtime co-worker, CTV Calgary anchor Darrel Janz, who died at age 83. Janz, an RTDNA lifetime achievement award winner, had a great impact on thousands of co-workers and students during his 60+ year journalism career. Through interviews and his own reflections, Green painted a lighthearted, respectful portrait of Janz's life and times. The tribute included film of Janz after surviving a helicopter crash. Green worked diligently to find the footage, not been seen publicly since 1969. The tribute played at Janz's memorial service and was livestreamed on CTV Calgary's website. Darrel Janz TV Newscast CTV News at 6 June 6, 2024 June 6, 2024 was a busy day with breaking news on several fronts. CTV Calgary's 6 p.m. newscast provided enterprising and comprehensive team coverage of a major water main break. We had breaking news on a shooting and wildfire. We also presented compelling stories on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the controversial unveiling of a statue and a deep dive into the science behind the northern lights. Our meteorologist had the latest on fire dangers, our Trending segment highlighted the lighter side of the news, and our sports director reported on the return of a star quarterback to Calgary. VJ Video Food Bank Harvest Video journalist Kevin Green used creative shooting/editing techniques to give us a unique perspective of a community effort, benefiting the Calgary Food Bank. Kevin used a drone to shoot an opening standup, which pulled back to reveal the vast scope of the project. Drone video also gave viewers a birds-eye view of volunteers' work. Low-angle shots were used for another perspective. Interviews conveyed the wide impact the harvest has on the community, and the personal impact it has on volunteers. Kevin shot, wrote, voiced and edited this story in the field in one day, and it aired the same evening. CTV News Calgary took home a 2022 RTDNA award for Best Newscast , for its coverage of the Coutts, Alta., border blockade in February 2022. Regional awards winners will be announced on June 4. For more about the RTDNA Awards, go here.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Midtown Alliance completes $46 million sale for new public greenspace
The project for a new greenspace in midtown Atlanta took another step this week. Midtown Alliance closed its sale for four acres off 14th Street, where it plans to turn the undeveloped property into a public greenspace. President and CEO Kevin Green confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that the final purchase price was $46 million. Green said that's about $263 per square foot, which is below midtown's average land sale price of $415 per square foot since 2020. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Channel 2 Action News first reported in March about plans to develop the property between Peachtree Street and West Peachtree Street near the Arts Center, MARTA station and Colony Square. There have been 140 new buildings in the last 20 years in just one square mile of midtown. But there has only been just over an acre of public greenspace. TRENDING STORIES: Walton County teen graduates after beating rare, aggressive cancer Memorial Day weather: Chance of scattered rain, storms this weekend Mercedes-Benz to move North American corporate headquarters to Sandy Springs The Midtown Alliance and Midtown Improvement District have been looking for years to purchase a property to protect it as open space. They have also asked the public to give their input. A survey closed on May 15 with about 5,000 responses on what they would like to see. 'We will continue engaging with people. Not only what they will like to see there, we're interested in what would make people want to go back,' Green told Channel 2 on Friday. Green said the alliance hopes to have a design and cost estimates by the end of the year and start its capitol fundraising campaign early next year. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Boston Globe
30-04-2025
- Climate
- Boston Globe
Record rainfall forces evacuations and rescues in Oklahoma as a storm leaves 3 dead in Pennsylvania
The storms drenched much of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas, flooding and washing out roads and causing flights to be canceled and delayed at major airports. In Wewoka, Okla., a city of about 3,000 located about 80 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, there had already been four water rescues from vehicles by early Wednesday afternoon, said Wewoka Fire Chief Kevin Green. Advertisement He said with the ground saturated from previous rains, the creeks were overflowing onto the streets. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'People are just driving through the water - they're not thinking,' Green said. In Lexington, Okla., a city of about 2,000 located about 40 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, a handful of homes were evacuated Wednesday as flood waters rose and several streets were closed, officials said. Oklahoma City set a record on Wednesday with 11.94 inches of rain in April, surpassing the 1947 mark of 11.91 inches, said Oklahoma State climatologist Gary McManus. Meanwhile, he said, Oklahoma was poised to break the 1942 record for statewide rainfall average of 8.32 inches for the month of April. In the Dallas area, departures were grounded at Dallas Love Field and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport for part of the day because of thunderstorms, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Hundreds of flights were canceled at DFW International Airport and dozens at Love Field, according to FlightAware. Advertisement More than 425,000 customers were without power in Pennsylvania and another 40,000 were in the dark in Ohio after Tuesday night's powerful storm, according to Neighboring states, including Michigan, New York, and West Virginia, also reported thousands of outages. 'This is a natural disaster, folks, the level of which we don't see very regularly,' said Matthew Brown, the emergency services chief for Pennsylvania's Allegheny County. A spokesperson for Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light called the storm's damage 'unprecedented' for knocking out electricity for some 250,000 of its customers and toppling trees and snapping power poles. The utility was bringing in outside help to restore electricity, and outages could last a week, the spokesperson said. A Pennsylvania man was electrocuted on Tuesday evening while trying to extinguish a mulch fire near a utility pole as severe weather hit the State College area, police said. The 22-year-old man died at the scene, police said in a news release. State College police said they believe the man's death to be storm-related. In Pittsburgh, first responders were called to the South Side Slopes area for reports of a person electrocuted by live wires, and that person died on the scene, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety Department social media post. The department urged residents to use extreme caution when moving through the city, citing multiple hazards such as downed trees and possible live wires. Allegheny County officials confirmed that a 67-year-old man was killed by a fallen tree at a home in Ross Township, just outside Pittsburgh. Advertisement The National Weather Service's Pittsburgh office said destructive wind damage was seen across its region. Straight-line winds gusted over 80 miles per hour to 90 miles per hour, which is stronger than many EF0 and EF1 tornadoes typically seen in the area, the weather service office said in a social media post. A line of thunderstorms that swept across Pennsylvania on Tuesday night formed what's called a 'bow echo,' or a bow-shaped line of incredibly strong winds that are strongest at the apex of the curve, according to weather service meteorologist John Bowen in State College. Damage was most severe where the apex passed, he said. Pittsburgh International Airport recorded its third-highest wind gust in modern history at 71 miles per hour, according to Liana Lupo, a meteorologist with the weather service's Pittsburgh office. A team investigated wind damage in Wilkinsburg, just outside Pittsburgh, but could not conclusively say a tornado had touched down, Lupo said. The Storm Prediction Center's storm report map for Tuesday included tornado reports from Oklahoma and Missouri, dozens of hail reports and more than 580 high wind reports stretching from Oklahoma to New York, including reports of downed trees and power lines and roofs blown off buildings.
San Francisco Chronicle
30-04-2025
- Climate
- San Francisco Chronicle
Record rainfall forces evacuations and rescues in Oklahoma as a storm leaves 3 dead in Pennsylvania
Slow-moving thunderstorms across parts of Oklahoma and Texas flooded roads and forced evacuations on Wednesday as residents in Pennsylvania and Ohio picked up from a powerful storm that left more than half a million customers in the dark. Officials reported at least three deaths from Tuesday night's storm in Pennsylvania. Heavy rains and severe thunderstorms will mean a heightened risk of flash flooding across the south-central U.S. through early Thursday, the National Weather Service said. Rains drench parts of Oklahoma and Texas The storms drenched much of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas, flooding and washing out roads and causing flights to be canceled and delayed at major airports. In Wewoka, Oklahoma, a city of about 3,000 located about 80 miles (129 kilometers) southwest of Oklahoma City, there had already been four water rescues from vehicles by early Wednesday afternoon, said Wewoka Fire Chief Kevin Green. He said with the ground saturated from previous rains, the creeks were overflowing onto the streets. 'People are just driving through the water - they're not thinking,' Green said. In Lexington, Oklahoma, a city of about 2,000 located about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City, a handful of homes were evacuated Wednesday as floodwaters rose and several streets were closed, officials said. Oklahoma City set a record on Wednesday with 11.94 inches (30.33 centimeters) of rain in April, surpassing the 1947 mark of 11.91 inches (4.85 centimeters), said Oklahoma State Climatologist Gary McManus. Meanwhile, he said, Oklahoma was poised to break the 1942 record for statewide rainfall average of 8.32 inches (21.13 centimeters) for the month of April. In the Dallas area, departures were grounded at Dallas Love Field and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport for part of the day because of thunderstorms, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Hundreds of flights were canceled at DFW International Airport and dozens at Love Field, according to FlightAware. Half a million without power in Pennsylvania, Ohio and neighboring states More than 425,000 customers were without power in Pennsylvania and another 40,000 were in the dark in Ohio after Tuesday night's powerful storm, according to Neighboring states, including Michigan, New York and West Virginia also reported thousands of outages. 'This is a natural disaster, folks, the level of which we don't see very regularly,' said Matthew Brown, the emergency services chief for Pennsylvania's Allegheny County. A spokesperson for Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light called the storm's damage 'unprecedented' for knocking out electricity for some 250,000 of its customers and toppling trees and snapping power poles. The utility was bringing in outside help to restore electricity, and outages could last a week, the spokesperson said. Authorities say 2 electrocutions in Pennsylvania are storm-related A Pennsylvania man was electrocuted on Tuesday evening while trying to extinguish a mulch fire near a utility pole as severe weather hit the State College area, police said. The 22-year-old man died at the scene, police said in a news release. State College police said they believe the man's death to be storm-related. In Pittsburgh, first responders were called to the South Side Slopes area for reports of a person electrocuted by live wires, and that person died on the scene, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety Department social media post. The department urged residents to use extreme caution when moving through the city, citing multiple hazards such as downed trees and possible live wires. Allegheny County officials confirmed that a 67-year-old man was killed by a fallen tree at a home in Ross Township, just outside Pittsburgh. The National Weather Service's Pittsburgh office said destructive wind damage was seen across its region. Straight-line winds gusted over 80 mph to 90 mph (129 kph to 145 kph), which is stronger than many EF0 and EF1 tornadoes typically seen in the area, the weather service office said in a social media post. Teams investigating wind damage in Pittsburgh area A line of thunderstorms that swept across Pennsylvania on Tuesday night formed what's called a 'bow echo,' or a bow-shaped line of incredibly strong winds that are strongest at the apex of the curve, according to weather service meteorologist John Bowen in State College. Damage was most severe where the apex passed, he said. Pittsburgh International Airport recorded its third-highest wind gust in modern history at 71 mph (114 kph), according to Liana Lupo, a meteorologist with the weather service's Pittsburgh office. A team investigated wind damage in Wilkinsburg, just outside Pittsburgh, but could not conclusively say a tornado had touched down, Lupo said. The Storm Prediction Center's storm report map for Tuesday included tornado reports from Oklahoma and Missouri, dozens of hail reports and more than 580 high wind reports stretching from Oklahoma to New York, including reports of downed trees and power lines and roofs blown off buildings. —-
Toronto Star
30-04-2025
- Climate
- Toronto Star
Record rainfall forces evacuations and rescues in Oklahoma as a storm leaves 3 dead in Pennsylvania
Slow-moving thunderstorms dropped record rainfall across much of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas Wednesday, triggering flash flooding and forcing evacuations, as residents in Pennsylvania and Ohio picked up from a powerful storm that left more than half a million customers in the dark. Officials reported at least three deaths from Tuesday night's storm in Pennsylvania. The National Weather Service warned that heavy to excessive rainfall could produce flash flooding across parts of the southern Plains, with the greatest risk along the Red River Valley into western Arkansas. Severe thunderstorms were possible from north central Texas, across the region and into Louisiana with possible hail, damaging winds and tornadoes. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW In Wewoka, Oklahoma, a city of about 3,000 located about 80 miles (129 kilometers) southwest of Oklahoma City, there had already been four water rescues from vehicles by early Wednesday afternoon, said Wewoka Fire Chief Kevin Green. He said with the ground saturated from previous rains, the creeks are now overflowing onto the streets. 'People are just driving through the water - they're not thinking,' Green said. He said a couple of creeks that run through the city that are normally maybe 1 to 2 feet deep and 10 feet (3 meters) across are now 10 to 12 feet (4 meters) deep and 30 feet (9 meters) across. 'There's just no place for the water to go,' he said. At least one person was rescued after their vehicle became trapped in Oklahoma City floodwaters. The city set a record on Wednesday with 11.94 inches (30.33 centimeters) of rain in April, surpassing the 1947 mark of 11.91 inches (4.85 centimeters), said Oklahoma State Climatologist Gary McManus. In Lexington, Oklahoma, a city of about 2,000 located about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City, a handful of homes were evacuated Wednesday as floodwaters rose and several streets were closed, officials said. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW In the Dallas area, departures were grounded at Dallas Love Field and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport because of thunderstorms, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Hundreds of flights were canceled at DFW International Airport and dozens at Love Field, according to FlightAware. Half a million without power in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma More than 425,000 customers were without power in Pennsylvania and another 40,000 were in the dark in Ohio after Tuesday night's powerful storm, according to Neighboring states, including Michigan, New York and West Virginia also reported thousands of outages. 'This is a natural disaster, folks, the level of which we don't see very regularly,' said Matthew Brown, the emergency services chief for Pennsylvania's Allegheny County. A spokesperson for Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light called the storm's damage 'unprecedented' for knocking out electricity for some 250,000 of its customers and toppling trees and snapping power poles. The utility was bringing in outside help to restore electricity, and outages could last a week, the spokesperson said. Authorities say 2 electrocutions in Pennsylvania are storm-related A Pennsylvania man was electrocuted on Tuesday evening while trying to extinguish a mulch fire near a utility pole as severe weather hit the State College area, damaging many trees and utility lines, police said. The 22-year-old man died at the scene, police said in a news release. State College police said they believe the man's death to be storm-related. In Pittsburgh, first responders were called to the South Side Slopes area Tuesday evening for reports of a person electrocuted by live wires, and that person also died on the scene, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety Department social media post. The department urged residents to use extreme caution when moving through the city, citing multiple hazards such as downed trees and possible live wires. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Allegheny County officials confirmed that a 67-year-old man was killed by a fallen tree at a home in Ross Township, just outside Pittsburgh. The National Weather Service's Pittsburgh office said destructive wind damage was seen across its region. Straight-line winds gusted over 80 mph to 90 mph (129 kph to 145 kph), which is stronger than many EF0 and EF1 tornadoes typically seen in the area, the weather service office said in a social media post. Teams investigating wind damage in Pittsburgh area A line of thunderstorms that swept across Pennsylvania on Tuesday night formed what's called a 'bow echo,' or a bow-shaped line of incredibly strong winds that are strongest at the apex of the curve, according to weather service meteorologist John Bowen in State College. Damage was most severe where the apex passed, he said. Pittsburgh International Airport recorded its third-highest wind gust in modern history at 71 mph (114 kph), according to Liana Lupo, a meteorologist with the weather service's Pittsburgh office. A team investigated wind damage in Wilkinsburg, just outside Pittsburgh, but could not conclusively say a tornado had touched down, Lupo said. The Storm Prediction Center's storm report map for Tuesday included tornado reports from Oklahoma and Missouri, dozens of hail reports and more than 580 high wind reports stretching from Oklahoma to New York, including reports of downed trees and power lines and roofs blown off buildings. Oklahoma set to break record April rainfall record Statewide, Oklahoma was poised to break the 1942 record for statewide rainfall average of 8.32 inches (21.13 centimeters) for the month of April, McManus said. —- Brumfield reported from Cockeysville, Maryland, and Levy from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Associated Press writers Jamie Stengle in Dallas and Sean Murphy in Oklahoma City contributed to this report.
