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BBC News
08-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Rudoni named Sky Blues' player of the year
Coventry City midfielder Jack Rudoni has been named the Sky Blues' player of the 24-year-old scored ten times for Coventry last season, with seven of those coming from February onwards, as well as providing 12 assists."Jack Rudoni won the majority of the awards voted for by official supporter clubs, and giving him the player of the year recognises the brilliant season he had," Sky Blues chairman Doug King told the club's website., externalRudoni won the award in his debut year with the club after joining from Huddersfield Town in July told the website that the end of season awards had been postponed from its original slot in May and the decision had now been made to cancel it to focus on the season ahead. He added that the club intended to host an end of season event at the conclusion of the 2025-26 campaign on a date to be fixed.
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Top Technology Executives Recognized at the 2025 CapitalCIO ORBIE Awards
Leading CIOs honored for leadership, innovation, and business impact MCLEAN, Va., June 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2025 CapitalCIO ORBIE Awards recognized the exceptional leadership and innovation of top technology executives from Dominion Energy, Department of Navy, Lexmark International, University of Virginia, PenFed, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, SageNet, and National Association of Corporate Directors. The prestigious ORBIE Awards - hosted by CapitalCIO, a chapter of the Inspire Leadership Network - honor CIOs who drive business transformation and make a lasting impact on the industry. Winners were recognized across eight categories: Super Global, Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Large Corporate, Corporate, Nonprofit, and Leadership. The ceremony, which took place at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, brought together top executives and industry leaders to celebrate excellence in technology leadership. 'Great CIOs understand how connections drive transformation,' said Doug King, CapitalCIO Chair. 'The ORBIE® Awards recognize CIOs who leverage relationships to drive innovation, solve complex challenges, and create value that is shaping the future of the Capital Area". Meet the 2025 CapitalCIO ORBIE Award Winners: John Russell, Vice President & CTO, Dominion Energy, received the Leadership ORBIE. Jane Overslaugh Rathbun, CIO, Department of Navy, received the Super Global ORBIE for organizations over $5 billion annual revenue and multi-national operations. Vishal Gupta, Global CIO & CTO, Lexmark International, received the Global ORBIE for organizations over $1.2 billion annual revenue and multi-national operations. Kelly Doney, VP & CIO, University of Virginia, received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $7 billion annual revenue. Shree Reddy, CIO, PenFed, received the Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $1.2 billion annual revenue. Reginal Bryant, SVP & CIO, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, received the Large Corporate ORBIE for organizations over $400 million annual revenue. Durga Gandi, Chief Information & Digital Officer, SageNet, received the Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $350 million annual revenue. Rona Bunn, CIO, National Association of Corporate Directors, received the Nonprofit ORBIE for nonprofit organizations up to $500 million annual revenue. About the ORBIE: The ORBIE is the preeminent executive recognition for C-suite leaders. Since 1998, the ORBIE Awards have recognized leadership excellence, building relationships between executives and trusted business partners, and inspiring the next generation of executives. Finalists and winners are selected through an independent peer-adjudicated process led by prior ORBIE recipients based on the following criteria: Leadership and management effectiveness Business value created by technology innovation Engagement in industry and community endeavors CapitalCIO ORBIE Keynote & Attendance: The keynote address for the CapitalCIO ORBIE Awards was delivered by John Russell, Vice President & CTO of Dominion Energy, who was interviewed by Doug King, CIO of ePlus Technologies, inc. Over 250 guests attended, representing leading Capital Area organizations and their technology partners. The following sponsors made the 2025 CapitalCIO ORBIE Awards possible: Underwriters: Google Cloud, Moveworks, & Oteemo Gold Sponsors: Comcast Business, HCL Tech, & Zscaler Silver Sponsors: AHEAD, Elastic, Future Tech Enterprise, GDIT, Palto Alto Networks, & Sourcepass Bronze Sponsors: Between Pixels, Ellucian, JRH Consultants, Lava Technology Services, Maxx Potential, RSM, SAIC, & Sourcegraph Media Partner: Washington Business Journal National Partner: Year Up United To learn more about sponsorship opportunities and how to connect with leading C-suite executives across North America, click here. About CapitalCIO: CapitalCIO is the preeminent peer leadership network of chief information officers (CIOs) in the Capital Area. As one of over 40 chapters of the Inspire Leadership Network, CapitalCIO belongs to a national membership organization exclusively comprised of C-suite leaders from public and private businesses, government, education, healthcare, and nonprofit institutions. CapitalCIO is led by a CIO Advisory Board, with support from an executive director and staff. Underwriter executives support the chapter and ensure the programs remain non-commercial and exclusive to qualified CIOs and members. About Inspire Leadership Network: Inspire Leadership Network is the preeminent peer leadership network of C-suite executives. With nearly 2,000 members across more than 40 local chapters, Inspire members serve public and private businesses, government, education, healthcare, and non-profit institutions. Inspire exists to help leaders thrive in today's most challenging executive roles. Media Contact Nicole A photo accompanying this announcement is available at in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
CTV News
24-06-2025
- CTV News
Woman accused of sex crimes involving teens enters into peace bond on some charges
Three charges have been dropped in a sex crimes case involving a 34-year-old central Alberta woman and several teenaged boys, but more serious charges involving one teen will still go ahead. Alexa Suitor, of Sundre, was charged last year with sexual interference, sexual assault and four counts of making sexually explicit material available to a child and was set to appear in court Monday for a preliminary hearing. Instead, she entered into a peace bond, agreeing to stay away from three of the complainants. As a result, three charges of making sexually explicit material available to a child were withdrawn, according to Crown prosecutor Ron Simenik. Conditions of Suitor's two-year peace bond include having no contact or communication with the alleged victims and the one witness named in the case. Suitor will be back in court on Aug. 15 to set a trial date on the charges of sexual interference, sexual assault and making sexually explicit material available to a child involving one complainant. She was arrested on April 8, 2024. Parents in the community of Sundre told CTV News all the alleged victims were under 16 years old at the time of the alleged offences, said to have taken place at a New Year's Eve party. Mount Royal University justice studies professor Doug King describes this case as 'really, really rare,' providing a stat that around one in 10 females are accused of sexual assault. 'The fact that the victims are male and they're under the age of 16 makes it the rarity of the case compared to females under the age of 16. They experience much more sexual assaults,' said King. 'What also makes this rare is that it was reported to the police—more often than not, this stuff happens and the victim never goes forward.'
Calgary Herald
30-05-2025
- Calgary Herald
Calgary police used less force in 2024 than year prior: report
The use of force by Calgary police officers hit a seven-year low last year, after spiking in 2023, according to an annual report. Article content The report, delivered to the Calgary police commission Wednesday, highlighted that the Calgary Police Service 's use-of-force incidents dropped nine per cent in 2024 compared to the year prior and were eight per cent down from the five-year average. Article content Article content Calgary police officers used physical force 818 times last year, according to the report, down from 901 incidents in 2023. Article content Article content The report highlights that 2023 saw the highest counts since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and 2024 marked a return to more typical volumes. Article content Amtul Siddiqui, chair of the police commission, said it is encouraging that use-of-force has appeared to level out after the bump in 2023. Article content 'The CPS has a rigorous system for tracking and reviewing all incidents where officers use force, and the information learned helps shape future training to continually improve how officers approach situations,' she said in a statement. Article content 'Our commission has also placed a high priority on the CPS collecting and using race-based data. The latest report shows our shared commitment with the CPS to make sure that racial disparities are identified and analyzed for any systemic issues that need to be addressed.' Article content Article content The report also revealed a two per cent drop in overall police interactions with the public, from 588,407 interactions in 2023 to 574,246 in 2024. Use of force was used in 0.14 per cent of instances, or once for every 702 interactions between officers and the public. Article content A Calgary criminologist said that while police used less force last year, that's partly because 2023 was an outlier. Outside of that year, the number of incidents has remained pretty similar for the last decade. Article content 'If you look at the numbers, you can get lost in percentages,' said Mount Royal University criminology professor Doug King. 'You have to watch about that because the numbers of use of force incidents are actually quite low, so an increase of 10 can really bump things up a bit.' Article content In 2023, officers used their Tasers, also known as conducted energy weapons, 211 times, the report stated, which was well above the five-year average of 161. Last year, officers used their Tasers 165 times, marking a 22 per cent year-over-year drop.
CBC
29-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Calgary police see decrease in officer-public interactions, use of force: report
Social Sharing There's been a drop in the use of force by Calgary police officers, suggests a report presented to the Calgary Police Commission by the Calgary Police Service on Wednesday. According to the report, police used force in 818 incidents last year. It's a decrease of approximately nine per cent from 2023's count of 901 cases, as well as around eight per cent lower than the five-year average of 893 incidents. The numbers go hand-in-hand with an overall drop in officer-public interactions in 2024, with officers making public contact 574,246 times last year compared to 588,407 in 2023. Of those nearly 575,000 officer-public interactions, force was used by officers in 0.14 per cent of responses, or one in every 702 cases. Mount Royal University criminal justice professor Doug King highlighted two factors he says are likely behind the recent decrease in use of force by officers. "My inclination is to think that there may have been a service-wide directive indicating, 'Hey, don't be doing this unnecessarily, make sure you have some reasons for doing it," he said. "It could also have been a change in police officer training that they were last year being trained to do it, and this year they were being told, 'Well, that probably wasn't the right tactic.'" The Calgary Police Service report indicates that "de-escalation communication skills and policy compliance continue to be emphasized through training, use of force reporting review and feedback." It also states that an officer safety and tactics training researcher with a background in psychology, human performance and behaviour was recruited at the Chief Crowfoot Learning Centre, a training centre for Calgary police officers, in 2024. Responses to property crimes such as break-and-enters and vehicle theft decreased this year, while violent crimes including assaults and domestic violence increased from both 2023 and the five-year average. The four uses of force most frequently executed by police last year were dynamic takedowns (335 cases), stuns/strikes (184), Tasers (162) and leg restraints (102). Police service dogs made contact with people 49 times, the same number as in 2023, while firearms were fired four times and only one tire deflation device was deployed. King criticized the report's failure to discuss high-profile cases involving the Calgary Police Service in 2024, including its response to an encampment at the University of Calgary last May and the death of Jon Wells, a Blood Tribe member and accomplished rodeo competitor who died in police custody in September. "It would be more useful if the Calgary Police Service was a little bit more proactive in these kinds of higher profile incidents," said King, acknowledging that the circumstances around Wells' death remain unclear and are still being investigated by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team. When asked about those cases after the presentation, interim police chief Katie McLellan said she didn't "want to speak about any specific case" but highlighted the work being done by the Calgary Police Service to engage with different communities. "It's for us to reflect and ask the why, the how come, the what, and how can we train better? How can we be better? How can we change our policies, and what kind of additional engagement that we need to have to ensure that everyone is kept safe?" The report indicates that the highest percentage of people that police used force against last year were white (43 per cent), followed by members of the Indigenous (18 per cent), Black (11 per cent) and non-Indigenous, non-Black communities (nine per cent). While white people were the subjects of the highest percentage of incidents, the report highlights disproportionate representation of non-white people in cases involving use of force: the percentage of Indigenous and Black peoples in those figures is substantially greater than their representation in the city's general population.
