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A man accused of hurling violent and offensive language at a CBC News reporter on 17th Avenue last month was ticketed as part of a wider crackdown on recent sexual harassment along the strip.

The non-criminal charge is among the first that police have issued in Calgary in response to a troubling trend that has attracted considerable backlash and cost a Toronto man his job.

During the Calgary Flames’ playoff run, police investigated several reports that journalists had been the victims of this abusive stunt, in which passersby yelled “F— her right in the p—-” into their microphones while working on the Red Mile.

Meghan Grant, a CBC News reporter, said she was interviewing a man about efforts to discourage sexist behaviour along the Red Mile on April 24 when she heard someone from a passing vehicle say the vulgar slur behind her.

A CBC cameraman who was shooting the interview spun around in time to capture footage of the truck’s licence plate, but not the offender’s face.