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Kyle Benning

@KBBenning

Returned Vancouverite. @CityNewsVan radio assistant news director. News tips? Send me a note - Kyle.Benning@rci.rogers.com

 Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined October 2009
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I’m covering #CanadaDay for @globalnews along with @davidakin @atRachelGilmore @amandacconn @KBBenning. Hundreds of people are strolling Wellington street. There are some new barricades up this week, including at the Supreme Court where protesters had been planning an event.
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WATCH: The Transportation Safety Board of Canada determined a lack of adequate de-icing equipment and the practice of taking off without de-icing led to a 2017 plane crash in #Sask - via @KBBenning. READ MORE: trib.al/MO2Jn9G
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WATCH: A woman already behind bars in connection to the shooting of Winston Littlecrow took the stand in the trial for the alleged gunman — via @KBBenning. READ MORE: globalnews.ca/news/8249363/e…

Eiryn Straightnose takes stand in teen’s first-degree murder trial

Eiryn Straightnose wiped away tears while she listened to a recorded police interview hearing herself speak about her three children and during a phone call with her father.

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WATCH: A 40-year-old man who resided in a licensed day care is facing five different charges in relation to child sexual assault and child pornography — via @KBBenning. READ MORE: globalnews.ca/news/8212233/h…

Man living at Sask. home-based daycare faces sexual assault charges

Investigators said they located images of unknown children being sexually assaulted by a man who had been living at the same location as a home-based daycare in Marshall, Sask.

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WATCH: Global News' @KBBenning joined our @dponticelliTV Live to breakdown the election results in the Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River riding, as Gary Vidal is re-elected for the Conservatives.

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WATCH: Global News' @KBBenning joined our @dponticelliTV Live to breakdown the election results in the Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River riding, as Gary Vidal is re-elected for the Conservatives.

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Premier Scott Me says “additional steps” will be announced today. A news conference is scheduled for 2 pm. #yxe #sask
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@PremierScottMoe16 Sep 2021
As a gov, we have been patient with those who have chosen to remain unvaccinated. But the time for patience is over.  Today, our gov will be announcing additional steps we are taking to protect our health capacity, while also ensuring that Sask can continue to move forward.
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WATCH: A Battleford-area First Nation has cut the ribbon for a project it hopes will bring economic sovereignty to the community — via @KBBenning. READ MORE: globalnews.ca/news/8191042/s…

First Nation announces home building project with corrections program

The MGBHLM First Nation's partnership with CORCAN helps the company get off of its feet while offering prisoners a chance to learn a skilled trade.

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Ryan Kessler@RyanKGlobal7 Sep 2021
The trial of Greg Fertuck is underway. He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and offering an indignity to the human remains of his estranged wife Sheree Fertuck in December 2015. #yxe
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Trudeau’s Troubles: Loss of traditional support among women boosts O’Toole; CPC lead Liberals in vote intent #elxn44 angusreid.org/election-2021-…
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WATCH: A Saskatchewan hockey camp geared towards Indigenous youth is offering more than a chance to share the ice with a former NHLer — via @KBBenning. READ MORE: globalnews.ca/news/8105774/f…

Calgary Flames program to outfit Sask. Indigenous minor hockey players

The program has operated in Alberta, but this is the first time it has been brought to Saskatchewan and is using a camp geared towards Indigenous youth living on reserve.

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WATCH: Colten Boushie’s family renewed calls for a public inquiry on the fifth anniversary of his shooting death on a farm near Biggar, Sask. — via @KBBenning. READ MORE: globalnews.ca/news/8099152/p…

Call renewed for inquiry on 5th anniversary of Colten Boushie’s death

Colten Boushie’s family renewed their call for a public inquiry into the 22-year-old Indigenous man’s death near Biggar, Sask., on Aug. 9, 2016.

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WATCH: Concerts are being scheduled now that health measures have been loosened. The #Sask Band Association has started an initiative that has artists coming together to bring live music back to the province - via @KBBenning. READ MORE: trib.al/ZQA1tlz
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WATCH: Federal government proposes new energy consumption standards for home appliances - via @KBBenning. READ MORE: trib.al/Ndq8URa #sask
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‘Of course it’s suspicious’: 2 more Catholic churches burn in B.C.’s Southern Interior globalnews.ca/news/7983419/2…
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BREAKING: Cowessess First Nation has discovered 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School site. #Sask
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Kyle Benning retweeted
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FSIN@fsinations23 Jun 2021
The Indian Residential School Survivors Society toll free  1 (800) 721-0066 or 24hr Crisis Line 1 (866) 925-4419 if you require further emotional support or assistance. 🧡🧡🧡🧡#Marieval #residentialschools #Bringourchildrenhome
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WATCH: First Nations leaders say they hope this is the start of a healing process as the federal government puts nearly $5 million toward research into unmarked graves at former residential school sites in Saskatchewan — via @KBBenning. READ MORE: globalnews.ca/news/7970784/u…

Work starts on locating unmarked burial sites at former Sask. IRS

Work is underway in Saskatchewan to locate and commemorate the unmarked burial sites of children who died while attending Indian Residential Schools.

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Dozens are lined up along Front Street in Wolseley for the procession honouring fallen RCMP Constable Shelby Patton. His body is being brought from Regina to Tubman Funeral Home. The public is asked to wear red while they show up to pay their respects. globalnews.ca/news/7951356/f… – at Wolseley, Saskatchewan
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Fresh from the province, there's an incoming surge of Moderna shots - about 210,000 more by the end of the month - so the second dose chart has been updated. Only 10 days until a two dose summer for this guy!
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WATCH: Restaurants across the province are moving fast to try and fill job openings that have come up as Saskatchewan moves through its reopen plan — via @KBBenning. READ MORE: globalnews.ca/news/7916577/s…

Saskatchewan hospitality sector starts hiring blitz

Prior to the pandemic, Restaurants Canada said around 40,000 people were employed in the sector in Saskatchewan and getting back to that figure won’t happen overnight.

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