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Kelly Botelho

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CHCH News Reporter / Hamilton/ Taller on TV 🙋🏻‍♀️

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Kelly Botelho
3 years
Protesters at Trudeau event ... A guy just tried to hit me... Fake news etc. .. woman said "maybe Trudeau will rape you" ...
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
Thank you to everyone who sent a kind note regarding the incident yesterday. The situation was draining and alarming but we made it out ok <3 Political opinions aside, lets all try to be better humans.
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Burlington residents are getting moving on their balconies 🙌🏼🙌🏼 Exercise class while physical distancing is doing good for the body and spirit ☺️☺️ Love this ❤️ More tn @ 6 on @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
6 years
SPOTTED: @ City Hall. A doggy daycare field trip to meet Ralph the dog and to pose perfectly in the hamilton sign 😂😂🙈😍
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
Mr. & Mrs. 💘💘💘💒 We had the most incredible day surrounded by the people we love. Our hearts are so full 🥰
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Just received a message from Ellery’s dad. Ellery died last night holding her parents hands. Last week, she got to see the unreleased Frozen 2 movie after an online post by her dad went viral. I’ve been thinking about this special girl since I had the honour of meeting her.
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Kelly Botelho
8 months
Our girl made her @TrendingNowCHCH debut a few weeks earlier than we expected 🥹❤️ It's been so great to have filled in for @nicolemartintv these last 8 months on the show. But now I'm on to the greatest role of my life: Gia's MOM 🥰❤️ I'll be back on @CHCHNews next year 🙏
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
4 years ago today was my very first day at CHCH . @AdamCHCH helped me with my "Barton St Revival" story. I was so nervous for this LIVE.
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Kelly Botelho
6 years
My favourite photo from the #royalwedding doesnt include the bride or groom lol 👀👀👀
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
A video posted on facebook shows someone driving on the QEW near the Skyway Bridge with their doors & trunk wide open. Lumber & furniture sticking out. @OPP_HSD says not only is this ridiculous, its extremely dangerous. More tn @ 6
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
First time ever on the desk tonight anchoring with @AdamCHCH ! Sooo relieved the first time is over 😂 Thanks to all my lovely coworkers who helped me learn 🥰
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
Today at Shoppers... Cashier: hunny you look so much like that news reporter...you ever get told that? Me: haha yes its me! Cashier: (laughs) i swear you could be her sister, you’re just shorter. Me: I’m her! lol Cashier: well its a compliment dear, shes cute. 😭😭😭
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
Thanks to the kind @HamiltonPolice officer who helped dig/ push my car out of the snow today for like 15 minutes! And to @sylvie_lendvay @LiveEyeLuke & @BrianWCHCH who came to the rescue when I got stuck in our work parking lot 😂 Don't bother leaving your house today people.
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
6 feet apart in the snow- together tackling the storm ❤️ 😂 @sylvie_lendvay
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
Beautiful ceremony at Gore Park this morning. Can you spot the construction workers who stopped to remember our veterans? #RemembranceDay2021 @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Probably one of the strangest stories i’ve ever covered... a car crash that actually saved a man’s life?!? what? OPP say a Norfolk man was choking on fast food while driving, lost consciousness and crashed into a hydro pole. The force of the crash dislodged the food 🤯TN @ 6
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
30 Kilometre FIRST PLACE WINNER. Imagine running 30k in an hour and 32 minutes 😱😱 incredible 👏🏼 #AroundtheBay
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Anchoring tonight 🙃 See you at 6!
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
Great night at the Halton Police & Citizen awards. I was awarded Best TV Crime Story for my reporting on a crime spree that ended with a moving truck being stolen while movers were in the back 😳 @CHCHNews @CHCHTV Thank you to @HaltonPolice for the recognition.
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Also... WOWWW 😮😮 Dundas Peak was worth the hike in heels 😂😂 (would not advise wearing heels) Not a bad work assignment 😍
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
“Enough is enough. Go home and stay home.” Trudeau warns that the government can use its power to force people to stay home if that’s what needs to be done. @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
1 year
Filling in for @nicolemartintv on Trending Now for the next little while. See you @ 7pm on @CHCHTV 😋😋
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
My last time anchoring with @bobcowanchch before his retirement next week 🥲 Thanks for the laughs and making the crazy early mornings fun 💕 No one deserves to sleep in more than you!! Happy retirement next week 🥰
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
#BREAKING Justin Dumpfrey has been found GUILTY of second degree murder @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
1 year
TGIF !!! @morninglive @BrianWCHCH We are ready for the weekend 🥳🍾 Yes I am channelling Wednesday Adams.
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
Little acts of kindness go a long way! Kudos to the @hsr bus driver who took the time to walk a blind man across the intersection of Mohawk Rd at Upper Paradise today at 7:15 pm. Wonderful to see people in our community going above and beyond 🥰👏🏼
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Ontario is reporting the lowest number of daily Covid-19 cases since March 25! 🙌🏼 102 new cases today. 31 of 34 health units in the province are reporting 5 or fewer cases with 19 of them reporting no new cases👏🏼 #GoodNews
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
It’s not the graduation they imagined, but teachers at Cathedral Highschool made it a special day for grade 12 grads! Delivering lawn and window signs to celebrate their accomplishment. Such a special gesture. story tonight @ 6 on @CHCHNews - @CHSTVNEWS @HWCDSB
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
This is 103 year old Florence Moffet King. She was a surgical nurse in World War II. King says she remembers the young soliders dancing to the band in the evenings, and coming back in body bags the next morning. She cared for the sick, wounded & dying. #LestWeForget
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
First time anchoring on this beautiful new set 🤩 see you at 6 🤗
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
Thousands of protesters at Queens Park. Common themes today: no to teacher cuts, no to larger class sizes. Students from elementary to high school telling me today in their own words why they wanted to protest. One boy’s message to Doug Ford “is this resilience?”
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
New data from the province shows that out of all the positive Covid cases from December 14 to June 12 - 96% had NOT been vaccinated. 3.6% of those people were partially vaccinated... and .04% were fully vaccinated. @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
Thousands lining the street on Centennial Parkway in Hamilton waiting for the trucker convoy right now. @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
I’ve been craving these all day 😍 Pasteis de Nata 🇵🇹🇵🇹 The best ones are from Ola Bakery on James N in #hamont 😍😍😍
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
#BREAKING Ontarians will need to be FULLY vaccinated - and show proof to go to the movie theatre, eat inside restaurants, go to bars or nightclubs, casinos, banquet halls... all starting Sept 22.
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
Students at Waterdown High School walked out in protest this morning. The school made an announcement yesterday (2 days after a sex assault investigation begun) reminding students not to wearing crop tops and tank tops. Many young women are livid. In tears.
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
Absolute chaos at mohawk college as a third person is arrested at Maxime Bernier event.
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
#BREAKING St. Joseph’s Health System says it has “parted ways” with former C-E-O Dr. Tom Stewart after his tropical vacation. @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Filling in for @AnnetteHamm today on @morninglive . This ones keeping me on my toes @bobcowanchch 😂🙌🏼
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Beach assignment calls for a new Twitter background pic 🏖☀️
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
A gorgeous day for a feel good story 🥰 St. Patrick's Church in #hamont took me on a tour of their new farm that will help feed the hungry. Managing the animals & crops has turned into a rehab program of sorts for those suffering from PTSD & others who have had a hard life.
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Easter is very different this year but my family is lucky to still be able to enjoy my mom’s freshly baked Portuguese Sweet Bread. No better breakfast. Happy Easter ✝️❤️ Stay home.
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
#BREAKING Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says closure of the U.S border has been extended another month to August 21. @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
Look who's anchoring tonight!! 🥳🤗🤗🤗 @MattIngramNEWS @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
6 years
Recognize this guy? Its a much less hairy Mike Filer with the @Ticats ... raised $22 000 for Juravinski Hospital in memory of his mother.
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
Talk about a good news story. I’ve got goosebumps 🥺 A 7 year old “healthy” girl had a heart attack at her school on the Hamilton mountain... and lives to meet the police officer who saved her life! 👮🏻‍♂️Tonight @ 6
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
After calling all. day. long (literally from 9am to 8:30 pm... at least 600 times) I finally booked a vaccine appointment in #hamont 🙌🙌 💉💉
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
The team walking onto the field arm in arm wearing purple for Devan. Game starts at 7
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
After a few days of sharing incredibly difficult and disturbing stories, my faith in humanity has been restored! All because of incredible strangers who are so eager to help those in need. There’s a lot of good people out there 🙌🏼 Lets remember that as we start a new year. 🥰❤️
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Broadway star and Hamilton native Nick Cordero is fighting for his life right now- battling covid-19. The 41 year old is unconscious, in the ICU, and facing serious complications from the virus. His wife wants you to sing & dance to his music to send love. More tn @ 6
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
Matchy Matchy this morning with @bobcowanchch 🌸 ☺️☺️ We called each other at 2 am to co-ordinate 😂 Brian and Tim did not get the memo 🤔 @morninglive
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Hamilton today. He brought he eldest son Xavier with him to greet newly settled families from Afghanistan at Eastern Food Market on the Hamilton Mountain. @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
This is 102 year old Florence Moffet King. She was a sergeant in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a surgical nurse in British Columbia during WWII. Florence is a remarkable woman who sacrificed so much at the age of 25 for our freedom today. Thank you 🇨🇦🇨🇦 #WeRemember
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Talk about physical distancing... 😳Sunset Beach in St. Catharines is nearly empty today. Security is checking drivers licenses at the gate to make sure only Niagara Region residents get in. @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
It’s a big birthday bash for kids who don’t get invited to parties or have any friends show up to theirs. The parents here are so emotional talking about what this means to them. #brantford #unbirthday @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Absolutely loved this moment from today’s provincial update. Premier Ford takes some time to reassure children that the Easter Bunny 🐰 IS an essential service - phewwww 🙌🏼🥰🥰
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
Cheers to 1 MILLION likes on Tik Tok for the news.gals 🥰❤️ 1 year of sharing local news (and behind the scenes of news life) in short-form style 🥳 🥂 p.s @sylvie_lendvay had ONE job..and the 1 is still backwards 😂
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
Last day filling in for Annette on @morninglive 🥲🥲 @sylvie_lendvay is in tomorrow ... I'll be sleeping in 🙃😴
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
First time growing garlic 🥰🙌🏼 Wouldn’t have been possible without my dads help 🥰❤️
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
CONFIRMED: its cold. #hamont
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
What my fridge sees when I need a snack for the millionth time 😂😂 So my story tonight is about best before dates and expiration... turns out there aren’t too many foods that are sketchy to eat past its BB date 🙌🏼 Means less trips to the grocery store!
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
Filling in at the desk for @morninglive with @AnnetteHamm 🤗 @bobcowanchch must have had too much turkey last night🦃🦃 Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
What used to be the old Le Chateau in @CFLimeRidge has been temporarily transformed into a vaccine clinic. Anyone and everyone is welcome.. no appointment necessary
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
So I interviewed people with an umbrella today 😂😂 I have a mic pole, but it was missing from the vehicle... only noticed when it was too late. Had to improvise on a way to physically distance. Long story short, attached the mic to the umbrella. Please don’t judge me 😂
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
When CH provides Freezies 🙌🏼 🥵photo ft. @PhilPerkinsCHCH working hard in the background 😂
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
It's been a while 👋👋 back to work. See you at 6 📺
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Just got back from the grocery store. No lines & no one panicking. Some shelves were definitely more empty than usual but still plentyyyy of food :) I was dreading going but turned out just fine 🙃
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Kelly Botelho
6 years
“I don’t want it to lick me” ***nervous laugh*** 😂 🐮🐮
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
Good to have a fun story on a Friday.. after a long week of alot of doom and gloom 😩 TGIF
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
When you disturb the queen 👑 😐She may look cute but i’m not taking any chances with a 600lb pig 😂
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
When the studio cameras have a mind of their own... 😂😂😂 Talk about a close up 🤣 @timbolen @morninglive
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
Don't bother going to Lime Ridge Mall today for a rapid test - they ran out before it was supposed to start. Apparently they started handing them out at 8:30 even though the provincial website said 10 am @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Definition of #goals 👏🏼 95 year old Walter Decker climbed the stairs of the tallest building in #hamont in just over 11 mins! His secret? EXERCISE- EXERCISE 👨🏽‍🦳 Andddd a cocktail every night 🍸😂 Love seeing him here year after year ❤️
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
At the @HamiltonPolice training centre today learning about use of force. I got to shoot a gun for the first time today. 🏅
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Veteran Florence Moffet King told me about a young soldier whose leg was seriously injured as he was ejected from a plane during WWII. Florence was the surgical nurse who saved him. Listen to this special memory ⬇️ 💕
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
Thousands in #burlont to pay tribute to Mike Taylor “Beard Guy” . Band sheds some tears before getting started.
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
thank goodness I wasn't assigned to this story 😂
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Adam Atkinson
2 years
Just interviewed the tallest teen in the world! I'm 6'1...tune into @CHCHNews at 6 to find out just how tall he is! #Niagara2022
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
Thousands of birthday cards and messages of love for Sarah who will be 12 on Saturday. She is fighting cancer for the 5th time. Kudos to OPP Constable Ed Sanchuk for taking this request for birthday cards to the next level for this little girl! <3 @OPP_WR
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
Two millennials go viral on TikTok 😂 Follow news.gals for news, fun stuff, and anything else that pops up in Hamilton, Halton, Niagara 💙 Our Meghan & Harry TikTok from yesterday is almost at 200k views 🥳
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
Feeling so proud of my first mini “zero waste” food haul. I got all these spices by bringing my own jars. It was so easy & simple. Bulk Barn will weigh your jars before hand so that you only pay for the product 🙌🏼 All these spices cost $4.54. #zerowaste
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
The first time we've ever anchored together 🥰
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Nicole Martin
2 years
Gearing up to anchor the @CHCHNews at 6 with the fabulous @botelhok ! All of your top stories are coming up. @CHCHTV
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Kelly Botelho
6 years
Not too many perks in waking up at 330 am ... but watching the sunrise this morning at Lasalle park in Burlington is definitely one of them! WOW #burlont
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
#BREAKING 3 pedestrians and 1 driver is dead after this mornings crash at Main and King. Police say the driver was speeding in a stolen vehicle when he mounted the curb, hit a hydro poll and killed 3 people. @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
Just a fraction of what happened ”behind the scenes” yesterday in NOTL.
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John Law
3 years
See this idiot? This was part of the harassment directed at our photographer Julie Jocsak and a female reporter with @CHCHTV today, on the scene of the big fire in Niagara-on-the-Lake last night. Because doing this job during a pandemic isn't hard enough.
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Ford Government cancels announcement all together, leaving Mayor to explain what happened. Mayor as well as councillors Nrinder Nann, Maureen Wilson and Jason Farr say they are “shocked” “disgusted” about how this was handled and disappointed (to say the least) about LRT.
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
FRIDAY MOOD: It's sunny & warm... and there are still a handful of fun things that ARE allowed. TGIF 🙃🙃🙃
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
BOB Day ❤️🥳 Happy Retirement to a great man 💕🥳🥳 A goodbye with silly string and all 😂 @bobcowanchch
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
Charge cellphones, get flash lights & candles ready. Alectra utilities bracing for power outages tonight. If you see a downed line, call 911 and stay AWAY!
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
Merry Christmas! ❤️🎄 Definitely a tough year, but we shall have a proper celebration when this is all over 🥰 Counting my blessings tonight. There are always things to be thankful for xo
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A top doc at McMaster Children's Hospital says the hospital has never been as stretched as it is now. RSV and now Flu cases are swamping the hospital. ER wait times could be up to 12 hours, and the lack of kids fever meds, in some cases, is making the situation worse. @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
A whole lottaaa love 🥰❤️ Meet Shadow. He’s 31 pounds...the biggest cat the Lincoln Humane Society has ever seen 👀. He needs a furever home that will make him exercise and put him on a new healthy diet. HE’S THE SWEETEST BOY .. 🥺 @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Fall colours peeking through at Dundas Peak 😍 It’s officially selfie season at Hamilton’s Conservation areas, and reps have a message for any risk takers who go off the beaten path-Its not worth your life or the lives of the first responders who will be called to help!
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
RCMP doggo sniffing out media gear before we see the Prime Minister 🐶🐶This is why we have to arrive so early lol
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Kelly Botelho
3 years
Hamilton City Council vote to move LRT Project forward- vote 9-6. Next up is meeting with Metrolinx to draft an agreement. @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
Premier Doug Ford is at Dofasco right now. Starts off by saying he loves Hamilton.
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Kelly Botelho
2 years
Every tv reporter looking for an election night outfit that's not blue, red, orange or green...😩 😂
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Kelly Botelho
5 years
This is a Seabin... basically a trash can that collects debris from lakes/oceans. Toronto is said to be the first Canadian city to have these at the Toronto Outer Harbour Marina. It can collect big trash, and micro plastics that are often times ingested by animals. @CHCHNews
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Kelly Botelho
1 year
Matching with @shellymarriage 💃💃💃💃💃💃 Happy Weekend! 🥳🌞
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Kelly Botelho
4 years
Had to share this beautiful post. It’s estimated that half a billion animals have been killed so far in the Australian bushfires. 😔❤️ The illustration shows “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin welcoming the animals into heaven 😢
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