2 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[...]
2 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[...]
2 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[...]
3 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[...]
3 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[...]
4 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[...]
4 months 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[...]
4 months 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,[...]
2 hours Ferry commissioner gives preliminary approval for maximum 9.2% fare increase B.C.'s ferry commissioner has given preliminary approval for fares to increase up to 9.2 per cent each year until 2028.
3 hours Former Liberal cabinet minister John Rustad acclaimed leader of B.C. Conservatives A former Liberal cabinet minister who has been sitting in British Columbia's legislature as an Independent is the new leader of the provincial Conservatives. John Rustad, the member of the legislature for Nechako Lakes, was[...]
3 hours 23-year-old man airlifted to hospital following a motorcycle crash in Nanaimo A 23-year-old was airlifted to hospital in serious condition following a motorcycle crash in Nanaimo Thursday night.
4 hours Ottawa gives final approval, with conditions, for Rogers' $26B purchase of Shaw The largest telecommunications deal in Canadian history will go forward after Rogers Communications Inc.'s $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. received approval from Ottawa on Friday. The green light means the deal has cleared its[...]
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