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,[...]
3 hours Lawyer says 'tsunami' of Indigenous identity fraud already playing out in criminal courts Convicted criminals are suddenly claiming Indigenous heritage for the purpose of lowered sentences. Who is responsible for finding the truth?
3 hours Community working group, job opportunities could come to Victoria's Caledonia Place Victoria councillors will soon decide if a community working group, which would help ease concerns for residents in and around Caledonia Place, will come to fruition.
3 hours Province taking steps ahead of what could be another busy wildfire season More planes and helicopters will fight the fires as new technology is also employed to predict the movement of wildfires.
4 hours Greater Victoria man turns 105, raises more than $450K for charity A Greater Victoria man marked a milestone on Monday as he turned 105 years old, but what's more impressive is his commitment to helping children in need.