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CTV News
14-06-2025
- CTV News
Investigation underway into southeast hit-and-run collision that injured pedestrian
A police vehicle is shown at Calgary Police Service headquarters on April 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh An investigation is underway after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Friday night in southeast Calgary. Calgary police say they responded at 9:56 p.m. to reports of an injury collision involving a vehicle and a female pedestrian in the 100 block of Inverness Square S.E. The woman was transported to hospital with significant injuries, including a broken leg. Police said she is in stable condition. CTV News has reached out to EMS for additional information. The vehicle left the scene. A police spokesperson said the vehicle was a four-door silver older car. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 403-266-1234. Those wishing to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, online or by downloading the P3 Tips app.
CTV News
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Ukrainian community celebrates culture with food and performance in Calgary southeast
Calgarians of Ukrainian descent share the sights, sounds of food with their fellow Calgarians. Calgary's Ukrainian community is celebrating their culture and sharing it with this city this weekend at the Arcadia Recreation Centre in the southeast. The festival features two stages -- a Kyiv stage and a Lviv stage -- offering live music, dance and other cultural performances. There's plenty of food too, including borscht, varenyky (stuffed dumplings), and sweets. Calgary Ukraine Festival 2025 The Calgary Ukrainain Festival at the Arcadia Recreational Centre in the southeast (Darren Wright, CTV Calgary) There's also a Ukrainian marketplace, a kid zone and a photo zone. Jordan Biss, the vice-chair of the festival, said the festival was more necessary than ever, given the ongoing horror of the war with Russia. '(It's) absolutely crucial,' Biss said, 'and it makes me very proud to help support the Ukrainian community especially with the ongoing atrocious war in Ukraine. 'This really provides an opportunity for new Ukrainians to Calgary and to Canada an opportunity to connect and network with community members of like-mindedness and hopefully get them engaged in the community -- but as well, to share our culture and heritage with local Calgarians.' The festival is at 240 90 Ave. S.E. until 6 p.m. With files from CTV's Darren Wright
CTV News
06-06-2025
- CTV News
Pedestrian critically injured in Seton Crescent collision
A Calgary Police Service logo is seen on a vehicle parked at headquarters in Calgary, April 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh A pedestrian is in hospital in critical condition after being hit by a vehicle in Calgary's southeast on Friday. Police say it happened just before 1:30 p.m. in the 19400 block of Seton Crescent S.E. The pedestrian was critically injured in the collision, police say, and the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene. Investigation into what exactly led to the incident is ongoing.
CBC
06-06-2025
- CBC
Alberta's police watchdog investigates after man shot by police in southeast Calgary
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating after police shot a man early Friday in southeast Calgary. Officers were patrolling just after midnight in the area of Deerfoot Trail and 17th Avenue S.E., the Calgary Police Service said in a release. They came across a vehicle in which a passenger pointed what the officers believed to be a handgun at them, police said. A police helicopter, canine unit and other officers were brought in, and a traffic stop was initiated, police said. One man fled from the vehicle, police said. "A confrontation occurred with officers that resulted in one member discharging their service firearm," police said in their release. The man was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition. His condition was later upgraded to life-altering, but stable. Two others were arrested. The police officers were not injured. No other details were released.
CTV News
25-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Community farm building bridges between newcomers and First Nations
On a former construction site in southeast Calgary, an urban farm provides newcomers access to land to grow food and build meaningful relationships with the Indigenous community. (Drew Miller/CTV News Edmonton) On a former construction site in southeast Calgary, an urban farm provides newcomers access to land not only to grow food but to build meaningful relationships with the Indigenous community. Rod Olson is now an urban farmer but he was once a refugee settlement counsellor and founded Land of Dreams after seeing some newcomers struggle with city life. 'I saw a lot of people with agriculture backgrounds coming into the city, and we put them in the urban environment, and we hope that they're going to do well, and a lot of them struggle because their identity is as farmers,' he says. 'Typically they're told, 'Well, that's too hard to do in Canada.' So we feel like we're making an opportunity for them to actually become farmers.' When Land of Dreams began, it was just about providing space for people to grow food for their own consumption, but that changed last year after teaming up with Blue Planet. 'They're bringing some of their waste product, which, mixed with our heavy clay soil in Calgary has made things much more productive, and so we've got excess and so we're going to experiment with a social enterprise, which means we're selling some of our produce to some restaurants in Calgary, to some local community associations,' says Olson. Olson says interest in the urban farm has increased over the years but finds the burgeoning relationship between the Indigenous community and the newcomers most rewarding as they work together to rehabilitate the land. 'There's way more in common than people might think,' says Olson. 'We had no idea that was going to be one of the surprises that we found here and so I think there's a real sense of life and joy and love that seems to be emerging because we're treating the land in a good way.' Land of Dreams has been operating since 2019 and is located at 6525 – 84 Street SE.
