CFCN - Monday, May 27, 2024 - 07:30 a.m. (ET) - Segment #7

>> Jefferson is called the sent him a project that uses specialized magnets to drastically improve cancer surgery. The patient experience a grain of rice eyes to make its is inserted at the tumour site in marks where it is for doctors. This allows for less urgent, uncomplicated scheduling along with fewer imaging appointments, invasive procedures. >> The new tech replaces choirs to mark tumours should get uncomfortable or get dislodged. It also gets rid of painful radioactive injections needs map limps nodes. Often court is being worsened. The surgery itself, the oncologist leading the project hopes this pilot will show the benefits of magnetic parker's meetings to its use across the province. The goal is to eventually beal to leave him a seat at the time of biopsy, allowing patients to go directly to surgery or chemotherapy. And jefferson, the calgary health foundation and alberta councillor foundation will be here later this morning at 10 to announced 5.7 million dollars in funding for the violent. Okay. Thanks jason. >> Any blood services new calgary location is opening today. They had to move because eau claire mall is being demolished for the green line in a donor centre is at 207 9th avenue southwest in penn west plaza. Complimentary parking is available for donors at the calgary tower. The city composting facility expansion is breaking ground today. Jacqueline wilson is in this morning with details. Jacqueline. >> Yes, jefferson, the calgary compost facility is actually one of the largest of its kind in canada. And this morning, it is breaking ground on construction of an expansion to increase the processing capacity to meet the city's growing needs. Now the city started building the compost facility in 2015 at the shepherd waste management site. And then green cart collection began in 2017. But the facility process is upwards of 145,000 metric tons of residential food and yard waste and do water biosolids every single year. And so this expansion will provide and additional 60,000 tons per year of capacity. Now on top of that, the expansion will include an anaerobic digestion module that will turn food and yard waste into renewable natural gas that can be used to it. Jefferson, the construction is expected to be completed on the expansion in late 2025. But groundbreaking starts 9.30 this morning. Okay, thanks, jacqueline. One person was taken to hospital in stable condition after a two-vehicle collision last night. >> Happened around 11 on northbound deerfoot trail just south of c boulevard at road reopening at about 3.30 this morning. No word yet on what caused the crash. >> Calgary police taking one driver into custody after a single-vehicle collision. Officers say they responded about 7.30 last night to 7th avenue and 5th street. Southwest. It's a suspected impaired driver failed to stop and they had the box. The car about 500 people rallied at city hall on saturday in opposition to provincial government policies. >> This was one of several protests in cities and towns across the province. Protester said ucp isn't listening to albertans are demanding accountability and transparency issues include the alberta pension plan, coal mining on the eastern slopes of the rockies. And what protesters say are attacks on education, health care and vulnerable offered this. I we've had enough of the lies we've had enough of the deception that gaslighting and a lot of the decisions that the ucp. >> And people inside the party are promoting and supporting have nothing to do with evidence or science or expertise. It's all fear and pandering. >> The campaign to some water, it and I came through was a far right wing person who supports people like david parker our right to people in alberta. >> In a statement on friday views, few shane getson said the party supports the right to peaceful and lawful protest. >> There's a new warning from researchers about an increase in cases of lyme disease. They say cases of the disease in canada have increased by more than 1000% in the last decade. And it's not just ticks that canadians have to be on the lookout for populations of a mosquito species could also potentially carry the illness. Summer travel season is approaching and canadians are getting ready. New data kit, new date or other indicating people are willing to spend. Despite the rising cost of living. Here's kamil karamali. >> Despite economic pressures that looks like canadians are willing to dish out more for travel this summer. Deloitte canada summer outlook shows that this year canadians are willing to travel despite these economic challenges, more than three-quarters of canadians surveyed said they plan to spend the same or more on summer vacation this year, while only 18% won't be travelling at all. With the average canadian willing to pay roughly $2400 for their summer trip this year. But while travellers are planning to spend more this summer, they're also prioritizing keeping trips local 3 quarters of canadians plan to stay in the country. While two-thirds of those planning a road trip this summer. And of those hopping on a plane, nearly half will fly within the canada, but people

we spoke to a toronto's pearson airport say cheaper prices for international travel has them going abroad this summer. >> I'm going to so the tickets worth about me going to miami to get crews in bahamas. Honestly, the price is right. >> Here at pearson, the airport says the summer season really picks up in the late june, where it gets busier than christmas with more passengers per day. Kamil karamali, ctv news, toronto. >> More than 13,000 runners from around the world participating in the calgary marathon on sunday. And they were also celebrating the 60th anniversary of the event. Here's tyler barrow. >> Early sunday morning, reese's hit their mark and were often canada's longest-running marathon. Thousands of people out here, the it's absolutely amazing. >> A lot of hype around it, really cool sides is fun to laugh along the way and get cheered on its. Yeah, it was >> Participants ranging in age from 11 months, all the way to 88 years old. The over 13,600 participants is the largest field in the last 10 years. And taking the crown in the full marathon. Jordan claim from london, england winning his first marathon in a major city who didn't mind running back after a mishap with the finish line. >> Cards I guess I saw the times last year and I thought it could be possible. You never know who's going to time out. >> For the first time ever, there was a 60 kilometre ultramarathon category helping mark the event 60th anniversary for cohen in a calgary I born raised >> It's really fun to be here supporting, you know, with an awesome tradition in the city. >> Well, summer after victory, others for chasing something a group of 11 men raising money for my toe canada trying to set a guinness world record for fastest half marathon by a link team. >> You can see it's only a metre between us and there's no stretch. With the configuration is really, really important. And we kind of went in a bit of a zigzag. >> The team ran a time of an hour and 19 minutes breaking the previous record of an hour. And 26 minutes. More importantly, they raised over $30,000, which will go towards helping patients and families impacted by mitochondrial disease. A genetic disorder which affects the body's ability to produce energy, helping people like blain son evan. >> More people we had to well, the the toppers going to be, but also that the more awareness to create. Tyler barrow, ctv news, calgary. And the winner of the women's race was emily james of calgary. The new basketball training facility in alberta is bringing technology to the gym. Shoot 3.60. Is officially opening in canada with his first training centre in sherwood park. It uses technology to teach players how to properly shoot pass and dribble versus professionals are already using the technology. But now it is available for anyone. >> We've had everything from 8 year-olds to the stingers are practising at our facility. We're working with clubs now we've got people coming as far as red deer to commit child can become the response of the product has been phenomenal. >> She 3.60 has 55 locations, including one in asia and taiwan. Let's check in with jody now in the weather. >> Make it look easy when they do it like that, your yes, it's here. Sorry, jefferson, we are in for what will be a really nice start to our week. Our temperatures will be in the 20's, we will see sunshine and probably a little bit of a break and nothing should find that window. If you haven't. I've been able to talk a little line yet. This might be the little window that you need a 0 right now in bragg creek and 7 degrees in corner brook, custom designed homes on green space in corner brook, 3 degrees in okotoks. And we have 10 degrees in medicine, hat 9 in lethbridge, 8 in edmonton, 11 degrees in fort mcmurray. And if you take a look at the province, you can see calm and stable conditions, a little bit of light shower activity along the alberta saskatchewan border, but not all that necessarily making it to the ground. The more persistent rain heading across the yellow head on the bc side of the rockies. But as we look at our daytime high today, we are above seasonal 20 degrees here. 22 in edmonton, 22 in fort mcmurray. Now just look at the contour behind this gives you an idea of the heat that will be into the surface. All a lot of that averaging to the east as we see those daytime highs tomorrow in the southeast around the high 20's and will be into the mid 20's here in calgary, up in edmonton and up toward fort mcmurray. We don't want is more heat, a lot long period of time of that hot dry weather into areas that are already prone to wild fire and have been battling wildfire already. Good fortune can't control that 20 degrees where our high today. 23 on tuesday, 15 on wednesday, thursday

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