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Cassidy McMackon

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Calgary
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Cassidy McMackon’s Journalist Portfolio

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Queen's needs to pay graduate students livable wages to reflect increased living costs

Queen's needs to pay graduate students livable wages to reflect increased living costs

With the rapid increase in the cost of living, it's imperative Queen's pays its graduate student workers liva…

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'Underutilized' Graduate Peer Support Centre indefinitely suspended

'Underutilized' Graduate Peer Support Centre indefinitely suspended

On Sept. 1, the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) announced the indefinite suspension of t…

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Court hears appeal for Student Choice Initiative

Court hears appeal for Student Choice Initiative

The Ontario Court of Appeal heard the appeal for the Student Choice Initiative (SCI) on Tuesday. The SCI was …

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Canadian Federation of Students to advocate for student groups in Student Choice Initiative Appea...

Canadian Federation of Students to advocate for student groups in Student Choice Initiative Appea...

Prior to the appeal of the Student Choice Initiative (SCI) on March 23, the Canadian Federation of Students-O…

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COVID-19 and Queen's: One year later

COVID-19 and Queen's: One year later

One year ago today, Queen's shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 12, 2020, Queen's has transit…

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Despite intervenor status, Queen's "not taking sides" in Student Choice Initiative appeal

Despite intervenor status, Queen's "not taking sides" in Student Choice Initiative appeal

Queen's University will be intervening in the Ford government's appeal to bring back the Student Choice Initi…

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‘Very scared’: Calgary family seeking help recovering cat from utility pole

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By Cassidy McMackon
| CP24 Verified
A Calgary family is making a desperate plea on Friday for help after their cat climbed onto the ledge of a utility pole. Ibtsam Ahmad said his cat, Tinku, escaped the family home in northeast Calgary at about 5 or 6 a.m. on Friday. After about an hour of searching, the family found him several metres in the air on a utility pole at 15 Templebow Road N.E. near McKnight Boulevard after they heard the cat’s cries from above. Right away, Ahmad says they sprang into action to get Tinku down.
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‘Very scared’: Calgary family seeking help recovering cat from utility pole

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By Cassidy McMackon
| CFCN-TV (Calgary, AB) Verified
Published: September 25, 2026 at 11:22p.m. EDT Tinku the cat sits on the ledge of a utility pole, several metres in the air, in northeast Calgary on Friday, September 25, 2026. A Calgary family is making a desperate plea on Friday for help after their cat climbed onto the ledge of a utility pole. Ibtsam Ahmad said his cat, Tinku, escaped the family home in northeast Calgary at about 5 or 6 a.m. on Friday.
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Calgarian spots moose and babies taking dip in Bow River

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By Cassidy McMackon
| CFCN-TV (Calgary, AB) Verified
Published: September 23, 2026 at 10:13p.m. EDT Three moose take a dip in the Bow River near Bowmont Park in Calgary on Tuesday, September 22, 2026. One Calgarian welcomed the new season with a visit from some unexpected visitors in a park in the city’s northwest. Jessica Way was walking her dog, Geddy, on Tuesday at around noon when she spotted a mother moose walking along the river with her two babies in Bowmont Park.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

I worked at The Queen's Journal as an assistant news editor

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

I like email pitches that tells me why the public would care about the story in the first two paragraphs. Don't make me dig for the lede!

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Curled up with a good book or enjoying a swim in the lake.