Jacqueline Wilson

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Jacqueline Wilson

Imagine Citizens Network (ICN) has launched Care Opinion Canada, an online platform for Albertans to anonymously share their health-care experiences. ICN is an independent, Alberta-based organization working to transform health care. “For patients, this can lead to a sense of empowerment, knowing that their concerns are heard and can lead to needed improvements in care.

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Jacqueline Wilson

Post-secondary students have a lot on their minds right now with exams underway, so Elections Canada is making it easier for them to vote with polling locations on campus. Elections Canada has opened over 100 polling stations at campuses across Canada. “The vote on campus program is designed to help address some of those barriers to voting we know youth face,” Elections Canada spokesperson Leanne Nyirfa said.

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Jacqueline Wilson

Construction on the $900-million Scotia Place is nine months underway, and the City of Calgary says it continues to be on time and on budget. Shoring and excavation is about 90 per cent complete and around 1,100 structural piles have been installed. “The substructure, ice rink, dressing rooms, back-of-house, food and beverage facilities—there’s a ton of stuff that goes in the first three levels,” said Robert Hunter, event centre project lead.

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Jacqueline Wilson

At 73 years old, George Fernandez was still working as a security guard in downtown Calgary. “George’s motivation is his daughter. Giving her the best life she deserved. The life she wants. For years that’s been George’s motivation to work,” Fernandez’s nephew, Gian Mabborang said. He was a devoted single-father to his 15-year-old daughter, Margarette Fernandez. “It’s hard for her. For years it’s just been the two of them together,” Mabborang said.

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Jacqueline Wilson

A record number of people were turned away from Alberta shelters last year, according to a new report from the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters (ACWS). Without a shelter, abuse survivor Denise Summers says things could have been much worse. “I don’t know if I’d be alive today if I hadn’t had that opportunity. It provided a safe place,” Summers said. “It was about 25 years ago, and I was in a very violent and very abusive marriage. My ex-husband had threatened to kill me and himself.