1 year Road to Recovery: The state of retail in Victoria post-pandemic In this week’s segment of Road to Recovery with Douglas Magazine, CHEK’s Hannah Lepine chats with Jeff Bray, the CEO of the Downtown Victoria Business Association. It's been three years since the COVID-19 pandemic sent us[...]
1 year Road to Recovery: Ron Rice and the Victoria Native Friendship Centre In this week’s segment of Road to Recovery with Douglas Magazine, CHEK’s Hannah Lepine chats with Ron Rice, executive director of the Victoria Native Friendship Centre. The Victoria Native Friendship Centre (VNFC) encourages and promotes the[...]
1 year Road to Recovery: Advancing Indigenous-led economic development In this week’s segment of Road to Recovery with Douglas Magazine, CHEK’s Hannah Lepine chats with Christina Clarke, executive director of the Indigenous Prosperity Centre. Created in 2021 by South Island Prosperity Partnership (SIPP), the Indigenous[...]
1 year Road to Recovery: Artist collective in former power commission building In this week's segment of Road to Recovery with Douglas Magazine, CHEK's Hannah Lepine chats with Logan Ford, the co-founder of Rockslide Studio & Gallery. Established in 2013, the Rockslide Studio & Gallery serves Greater[...]
1 year Road to Recovery: New tourism marketing campaign leans into island life In this week’s segment of Road to Recovery with Douglas Magazine, CHEK’s Hannah Lepine chats with Jamie Sterling, the marketing coordinator of Southern Gulf Islands Tourism. Have you ever booked a vacation and thought, all I[...]
1 year Road to Recovery: The circular economy In this week’s segment of Road to Recovery with Douglas Magazine, CHEK’s Hannah Lepine chats with Georgia Lavender, the director of operations with Synergy Foundation. In the current economy, we take materials from the earth, make[...]
1 year Road to Recovery: Ocean Networks Canada-led Solid Carbon Project and the blue economy In this week’s segment of Road to Recovery with Douglas Magazine, CHEK’s Hannah Lepine chats with Kate Moran, the CEO of Ocean Networks Canada. Ocean Networks Canada is a world-leading ocean observing facility owned by the[...]
1 year Road to Recovery: The culture of happy work In this week's segment of Road to Recovery with Douglas Magazine, CHEK's Hannah Lepine chats with Mandy Farmer, president and CEO of Accent Inns. Mandy Farmer has been in her role since May of 1998,[...]
1 hour Canada beats United States 6-4 to win under-18 men's world hockey championship Gavin McKenna had a hat trick and added an assist as Canada rallied past the United States 6-4 on Sunday to win gold at the under-18 men's world hockey championship.
2 hours London Drugs starts 'gradual reopening' of some Island locations Some of the Vancouver Island locations are part of the "gradual reopening" for London Drugs on Sunday.
4 hours Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in 'very near future' The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the Hamas militant group said Sunday, reiterating key demands that Israel again rejected.
6 hours B.C. man wants homes for thousands of books he soon won't be able to read In the 10 years since John William started to lose his vision, he's been finding new ways to enjoy his vast personal library, but says it's time to say goodbye to much of his collection, about 3,500 books.