Krista Simpson
Videojournalist and Producer, CTV Kitchener at CKCO-TV (Kitchener, ON)
Videojournalist and producer at CTV Kitchener. Fuelled by coffee and curiosity. Love learning new things every day.
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2 weeks ago |
ctvnews.ca | Krista Simpson
The Region of Waterloo will be adding new warning and danger signs along the Grand River near the Hidden Valley dam. The move comes after two women went over the dam in a floatie last July. Both of them died. In the aftermath, other river users raised concerns that the current warning signs were not only inadequate but poorly maintained. Amy Haertel paddled the route and documented what she saw, then took her concerns to the region.
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3 weeks ago |
ctvnews.ca | Krista Simpson
Thursday night, a jury convicted Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry of first-degree murder in the death of OPP Constable Greg Pierzchala.Pierzchala was shot six times while responding to a call about a vehicle in the ditch near Hagersville, on Dec. 27, 2022. CTV News covered the evidence the jury heard extensively during the course of the nearly five week trial. McKenzie and Stewart-Sperry were sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 25 years.
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3 weeks ago |
ctvnews.ca | Shelby Knox |Krista Simpson
Two people have been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death on an Ontario Provincial Police officer. A jury returned its verdicts for Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry just after 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, about six-and-a-half hours after they began deliberations. Constable Greg Pierzchala was fatally shot on Dec. 27, 2022 while he was responding to what seemed to be a routine call about a vehicle in a ditch on Indian Line near Hagersville, Ont.
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3 weeks ago |
ctvnews.ca | Krista Simpson
The jury has begun deliberations at the trial of Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry, the two people charged in the death of Ontario Provincial Police Const. Greg Pierzchala. Pierzchala was shot just moments after he arrived at the scene of a vehicle in the ditch on Indian Line outside Hagersville, Ont. on Dec. 27, 2022. McKenzie and Stewart-Sperry were arrested hours later, as they emerged separately from a wooded area in Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
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3 weeks ago |
ctvnews.ca | Krista Simpson
A courthouse in Cayuga, Ont. heard two different versions of what a woman’s role was in an Ontario Provincial Police officer’s death. Brandi Stewart-Sperry is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of Const. Greg Pierzchala. Her co-accused, Randall McKenzie, faces the same charge. Pierzchala was fatally shot while he was responding to what seemed to be a routine call about a vehicle in a ditch on Indian Line near Hagersville, Ont.
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Fans are lined up, waiting to be let in to tonight’s Kitchener Rangers game. Rangers are trailing the Knights 3-0 in the Western Conference finals, but have experience erasing that deficit — they came back against Windsor in the second round. Puck drop tonight is at 7. https://t.co/9v13h7ajk1
Dozens of people still at Mike Morrice’s post-election event at 1 AM, as he announces he has called his Conservative challenger Kelly DeRidder to congratulate her on winning the riding of Kitchener Centre. One of a few ridings in Waterloo Region going blue this election. https://t.co/qQyDWpWMSZ
More than 6 hours after deliberations began, jurors delivered verdicts of guilty of first degree murder for both Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry. https://t.co/c0GPaV4DQZ