Global Edmonton honoured for breaking news coverage with 2023 RTDNA Prairie Regional Award – Edmonton | 24CA News
Global Edmonton has obtained an accolade by means of the 2023 RTDNA Prairie Regional Awards for its breaking news protection of a lethal stabbing that had members of a northeast Edmonton neighbourhood caught in a lockdown for hours.
On Thursday, RTDNA Canada introduced Global Edmonton had received the Breaking News (Large Market) award within the video class for its protection of what police mentioned they believed was a random assault in Edmonton’s Homesteader neighbourhood.
Global Edmonton crews rushed to the scene on Sept. 7, 2022 after studying of a severe stabbing assault that compelled space residents to remain of their houses for a number of hours.
Police later revealed 38-year-old Brian Berland, one in every of three victims who had been injured within the violent incident, died of his accidents.
Police mentioned a person stabbed a girl at a bus cease after which went into a close-by wooded ravine earlier than stabbing one other girl in a tent. They mentioned investigators imagine the person then left and fatally stabbed Berland a number of occasions.
At 3:36 p.m. on the day of the stabbings, police issued a news launch saying they believed the stabbings had been “random in nature” and two hours later, they named a suspect that officers had been in search of and thought of harmful. Just earlier than 6 p.m., police introduced a suspect had been arrested within the Newton neighbourhood.
There was a heavy police presence at a number of scenes within the northeast Edmonton neighbourhoods of Homesteader and Hermitage all that afternoon. A complete of eight faculties within the space “went on alert” as a precaution as police looked for the suspect, with college students being saved inside till the state of affairs was resolved at about 5:30 p.m.
“I’m very proud of our team at Global News Edmonton,” mentioned Global Edmonton news director and station supervisor Jim Haskins.
“Every day they supply our viewers, readers and listeners with essentially the most correct, well timed and complete news protection available in the market. To be acknowledged for his or her efforts is an honour.
Until an arrest was made, many residents within the space the place the violence unfolded informed Global Edmonton crews they had been on edge and anxiously awaiting updates on the continued police operation. Global had in depth protection of the incident on three of the station’s newscasts: Global News at 5 Edmonton, Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton and Global News at 11 Edmonton.
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