10 months Rising Economy: Local company's global impact in oceantech A local tech company is among a growing number of B.C. companies at the forefront of ocean innovation, manufacturing products for businesses and organizations around the world from their headquarters in Sidney. As climate change[...]
11 months Rising Economy: Greater Victoria's vibrant arts and culture scene People often talk about how a thriving arts and culture boosts a city's livability — but a vibrant arts scene also directly benefits our regional economy. On the cusp of an exciting new season for[...]
1 year Rising Economy: The Sandown Centre for regenerative agriculture When it comes to growing food, our most precious resource is soil. But according to a 2022 RBC report, more than half the world’s upper levels of topsoil — where 95 per cent of our food is grown — have disappeared in the last 150 years due to modern, intensive farming practices.
1 year Rising Economy: Indigenous economy in action An exciting Indigenous-led economy re-emergence is taking place as First Nations and Indigenous people look to ancient principles combined with modern practices to reclaim control of their economic destiny — and create a financial future[...]
1 year Rising Economy: Ocean Diagnostics Microplastics have been found at the top of Mount Everest, in the deepest oceans, in Antarctica snow, and on local beaches. These microscopic pieces of plastic are a massive threat to our oceans, planet, and[...]
39 mins A tanker plane crash has killed a firefighting pilot in Oregon as Western wildfires spread Communities in the U.S. West and Canada were under siege from raging wildfires on Friday, as a fast-moving blaze sparked by lightning sent people fleeing on fire-ringed roads in rural Idaho and a human-caused inferno forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes in northern California.
52 mins IWOW: Girls' firefighting camp teaches more than just how to put out fires It wasn't easy and it isn't easy being the only female career fighter in the Campbell River department, so Debra Rogers has made it her mission to increase the number of women doing the work.
1 hour Sooke wildfire not threatening region's water supply, but remains out of control The Old Man Lake wildfire near Sooke remains out of control, but there's good news for southern Vancouver Island when it comes to the region's water supply.
2 hours Nanaimo man saved after CHEK News viewer sees family's appeal for help on TV James Peakman had been missing since he walked out of NRGH on Tuesday. His family had followed a lead that he'd been seen near a Country Grocer store but couldn't find him so they called CHEK News.