10 months 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[...]
11 months 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[...]
11 months 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[...]
11 months 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[...]
12 months 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[...]
12 months 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,[...]
36 mins Parent council launches online fundraiser for mom, 46, who died while driving kids to school School parents in Saanich have launched an online fundraiser to support the family of a woman who suffered a medical incident and died while driving her two kids to class.
2 hours Advocates look to stem radicalization as anger mounts over Israel-Hamas war An Alberta woman whose son was killed while fighting with Islamic extremists in Syria is worried that anger over the conflict between Israel and Hamas could lead to an increase in radicalization.
3 hours Pierre-Gilles leads three-medal day for Canada at short track speedskating World Cup Jordan Pierre-Gilles earned two gold medals at a short track speedskating World Cup stop that saw Canada pick up three medals on Sunday.
3 hours Indigenous services minister to table First Nations water bill as early as Monday Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu is expected to table much-anticipated legislation to improve water quality in First Nations communities as early as Monday.