August 1, 2025 • 16 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Check podcasts. This is an abbreviated version of check News
watch Full Check newscasts week days at five, six, and ten,
or anytime one Check plus or Checknews dot ca A.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Everybody watched those ambulances go out, So then there's the
fear response when we heard what happened. Yeah, it's just
it's been a sad couple of days.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
And what's being called a freak accident. A young mom
and or five month old baby are killed by a
falling tree at a popular island lake.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Pretty scary because I've been here since I was born,
so I just don't want it to go, you know.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Anxious residents prepared to flee at a moment's notice. As
an out of control wildfire near Cameron Lake continues to grow.
Speaker 5 (00:53):
We want to make sure that whoever is doing this
is knowing that they've been seen doing it and get
them to stop.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
It's been happening for years, but now we can see it.
Thieves siphoning tanks full of gas and desperately needed funds
from a Nanaimo charity. Jack News starts now Good evening,
thanks for being here. Tragic news out of a Coomock's
(01:25):
Valley area where our cmp have confirmed that the twenty
six year old mother and her five month old baby
died last night. Police say a tree fell on the
near Komok's Lake and in spite of the efforts of
medical professionals who just happened to be nearby, both mom
and infant were killed. Oli Herrera reports.
Speaker 6 (01:45):
There is shock and sadness in the Komacks Valley.
Speaker 7 (01:48):
Shock yesterday, a lot of shock.
Speaker 6 (01:51):
It was after one point thirty yesterday afternoon when first
responders were called after a tree had fallen down on
top of two people. Multiple fire police and ambulance personnel
arrived at the Cumberland Lake campground on the shores of
Colmac's Lake. There they found a twenty six year old
mother and her five month old baby.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
And then when we heard what happened, Yeah, it's just
it's been a sad couple of days.
Speaker 6 (02:17):
RCNPSA. Despite efforts, the mother died on scene and the
five month old was pronounced dead in hospital.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
One in a million freak accident.
Speaker 6 (02:26):
An accident that both the mayor and the deputy fire
chiefs say couldn't have been prevented.
Speaker 8 (02:30):
The best of the world that I don't think we
can prevent that one. It's just the tree was not
on the shore, was in the forest further out. Something
you don't even think about it, and the tree let go.
Speaker 6 (02:42):
A campsite employee was the first one to try and
help the victims, and eventually two emergency healthcare workers stepped in.
Speaker 8 (02:48):
One person was working in the BC Ambulance. He was
there to be just to take as they have and
his girlfriend was a trauma on earth who help us
a lot.
Speaker 6 (02:59):
Less than a month to go, a seventeen year old
died in a cliff jumping accident at the same lake.
And now as the community grapples with another tragedy, Work
Safe PC is sending help.
Speaker 8 (03:08):
And the counselor should arrive today and we're going to
get all the emergency personnel firsusponder and also the people
working in the campground who was involved and any other
people was involved in that, to give them a chance
to come and learn and talk about their feeling and their.
Speaker 7 (03:27):
Situation between the you know, the Devil's Ladder incident where
we lost a young life, and then the wildfire last
week and now it's been a sad summer.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
The campground is overseen by the village of Cumberland, which
says it will be reviewing its policy, specifically it's danger
tree program. The campground reopened today and in a Facebook post,
staff say they've canceled two events this weekend in light
of the tragedy.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
The Wesley Ridge wildfire near Cameron has now grown to
one hundred and twenty five hectares, and communities on both
sides of it are on edge, waiting for evacuations and
watching aircraft and firefighters work around the clock trying to
stop it spread. The fire was first spotted around midnight Thursday.
Our sky Ryan joins us with the latest from the
(04:17):
east side of the fire outside the Little Qualicum River village.
Speaker 9 (04:22):
If you glad that I've never seen it like that before.
Speaker 10 (04:25):
Jack and Nissmchuck's eyes are burning from the smoke, but
he's keeping them glued to the growing wildfire this Little
Qualkam River home.
Speaker 9 (04:33):
The smoke's a lot worse than it was yesterday, so
and my breathings affected.
Speaker 10 (04:40):
The Wesley Ridge fire that started near Cameron Lake early
Thursday morning had grown to one hundred and twenty five
hectares by noon on Friday. So he's one of hundreds
on evacuation alert. We're checking in on neighbors and saying
goodbye to those voluntarily leaving. As the wildfires smoke drops lower,
heavy equipment and fire trucks head up past their homes.
(05:03):
It's planes and helicopters attack it from the sky.
Speaker 9 (05:06):
So I'd like to get out of here. If you
look at this place, there's one road out, there's almost
three hundred lots. If the fire appears and there's panic,
we're not going to get out quickly.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
What we're pretty scary becaus been here since I was born,
So I just don't want it to go, you know.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
That's it.
Speaker 11 (05:28):
Yeah, these neighbors are like your family, like I've been here.
Speaker 12 (05:32):
According to BC Wildfire, the fire is burning and difficult
to access terrain, and it moved cross slope between the
lake and ridge overnight.
Speaker 10 (05:43):
So the resources are working around the clock, including aircraft
with night vision capabilities, water skimming airplane that you see
here taking water from Horn Lake, cruise from fire departments
as far away as Salt Spring Island, and are assisting
with mutual aid.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
And we will be updating our resources shortly. As you
can appreciate, this is a dynamic situation.
Speaker 10 (06:04):
So Dan weedman drove up from Victoria to get his
parents ready to leave.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
It's a little bit stressful being in this position, especially
knowing trying to take care of my parents and make
sure that they're all right.
Speaker 10 (06:18):
Horse trailers too, are being loaded up in case they
need to leave in a hurry.
Speaker 11 (06:22):
I'm guessing this a couple of miles maybe three miles away.
It doesn't seem that far, no, especially when you're looking
out that bedroom window upstairs.
Speaker 10 (06:32):
So this will be a sleepless night for hundreds, if
not thousands of residents. We can see it from our
own home in Nanaimo and for many many kilometers around.
The smell of smoke and even ash is now falling.
So we will keep you updated as this weekend unfolds
and that firefight continues, and.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
We can pass along an important update to you right now.
This was issued at five oh two, just a few
moments ago from Emergency Info BCal District, UT Nanaimo has
expanded the evacuation order for the Cameron Lake area to
include Little Qualicum River Village. Due to that, Wesley Ridge
fire official say residence in Little Qualicum River Village must
(07:13):
evacuate now, that's right now, in the Little Qualicumb River
Village area due to that fire. So stay safe and
get out if you can, all right. So looking at
the provincial picture now, In the last twenty four hours,
fifty nine new wildfires have been declared in the province,
bringing the total number of active fires to one hundred
and thirty four. Nearly half of those are out of control.
(07:34):
There have been thirty five thousand lightning strikes since Wednesday.
In the BC Wildfire Service says thunderstorm activity continues, particularly
in the eastern part of the province. I mean know
there's lots of smoke out there and thread of wildfires
is significant. We want to know if the threat of
wildfire or wild fire smoke impacts your summer travel plans.
(07:54):
You can vote at checknews dot Ca. We'll have results
for you a little bit later. In the Broadcast Bank
in Nanaimo is one step closer to finding the culprit
in a series of fuel thefts. New security cameras catch
roughly one hundred liters of gas being stolen straight out
of a trunk's fuel tank. Now they're asking the public
for help. Grace Miller reports.
Speaker 13 (08:17):
Just after three am Wednesday morning, keep your eyes on
the truck with its lights on, the lights go out.
What happens next is all into surveillance at Loaves and
Fishes food Bank.
Speaker 5 (08:27):
We want to make sure that whoever is doing this
is knowing that they've been seen doing it and get
them to stop.
Speaker 13 (08:36):
In just four minutes, someone siphons more than one hundred
liters of fuel from the food bank's delivery truck. The
not for profit says, what you're witnessing has been happening
for years.
Speaker 5 (08:45):
It has been an ongoing, consistent issue for us. It
seems almost weekly we're having fuel stolen from our trucks.
It's costing us thousands of dollars.
Speaker 13 (08:59):
The hit comes at a difficult time. Demand for food
banks is up well, donations are down. Cash donations at
Loaves and Fishes have dropped twenty percent this year. And
when you're constantly having to refill delivery trucks, it's eating
away and money that could be used to help the community.
Speaker 9 (09:16):
And these people they keep on doing this over and
over and over.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
You know, it's not just one time and they're done now.
Speaker 8 (09:23):
That's the kind of thing that, in my opinion, is
not excusable. Like, I mean, you know what you're doing
and you've gone to some effort to do it, and
we're a food bank that up.
Speaker 13 (09:32):
The organization installed security cameras hoping it could catch those responsible.
It also contacted police. The food bank is planning to
move to a new, more secure warehouse in March next year,
all measures it hopes will protect its property and in
turn that thousands of Islanders who rely on its services.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
We want to feed people in the community, not have
to make sure that our trucks are fueled because someone's
stealing from us.
Speaker 13 (09:58):
If you see a black Daly pickup truck like this
with a burnt out driver tail light, or have any
information about the thefts, you're asked to contact police.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
A new program is launching tonight in Duncan, intended to
enhance evening safety and protect businesses. The Downtown Duncan Business
Improvement Area Society says the nightly patrol programs, in partnership
with Footprint Security, will operate every night from ten pm
to six am. The DDBIA says fifty six percent of
its members believe the reputation of downtown has declined, one
(10:30):
in three have experienced broken windows or doors, and forty
percent say their staff feel unequipped to handle growing concerns
about safety. While this year marks the return of a
beloved BC Long weekend event to Victoria's Inner Harbor after
(10:53):
five years, Symphony Splash returns and promises to be bigger
and better than ever, featuring four major concerts on the
charge over two days, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada
playing Saturday and Sunday afternoon in the Victoria Symphony each evening.
Of course, a lot of work goes into perfecting the
(11:15):
music that will be performed this weekend, and on Thursday,
I had a chance to visit the Victoria Symphony as
they rehearsed, and in what was the most incredible honor,
Conductor Sean o'lachlan gave me a great gift, a chance
to hold the baton and lead this incredible group of musicians. Thankfully,
he gave me a few pointers. First, it's easy.
Speaker 6 (11:34):
Right, sure, I can't tell them it's easy down over
over now. It's not like Harry Potter, you don't flick it.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
I'm exhilarated, intimidated and terrified all at once. Okay, everybody ready, Okay,
so nervous, but how wonderful to hear the music and
watch these incredible artists in action. I kept getting distracted
(12:05):
and forgetting my one, two, three, four because the symphony
was so wonderful to watch. But they were so gentle
with me, as was the incredible vocalist donnas Puente and
Latin nights with sal Fereras. Thank you to Sean A.
Lachlan as well. It was an absolute thrill, so wonderful.
The Splash is helping the symphony celebrate it's eighty fifth year.
This year it's a free public event. Performances begin at
(12:27):
one thirty each day, with the traditional symphony performance starting
at seven thirty on Sunday with fireworks to follow. You
can visit the symphony website at Victoriasymphony dot Ca for
all the details. It is always such a wonderful event,
drawing so many people on land non sea to watch,
especially the finale on Sunday with all that glorious fireworks
(12:49):
and music tests. What's the weather going to be like
for the weekend?
Speaker 14 (12:51):
Well, I'm actually going to be there for tect News
weather on Sunday today. Yes, we'll be broadcasting live from
the Inner Harbor for Symphony Splash, and the weather won't
be as warm Sunday as what we're looking out for tomorrow,
So another hot day ahead for most of the island
for tomorrow, North Island coastal areas of the West coast
exception to that. Here's a look at Saturday, so morning
into afternoon. You can see those red and orange spots.
Those are hotter areas, so twenty five to thirty degrees
(13:13):
for most of those regions coming up in red and orange.
Cooling off really nicely overnight though, and that's very important
because that really helps when those daytime temperatures get warmer.
After that, we do have a bit of a cool
down on the way, and the weekend may not be
dry for all areas. Also, there is a risk of
thunderstorms for some areas of the island tonight by mountain ridges.
So I'll have more on that coming up because that
could potentially spark more fires given how dry conditions here
(13:35):
are on the island. But good news, there's finally some
rain in the South Island extend and forecast, so or
at least a chance of it. I'll tell you about
that coming up, but first I wanted to show you
the fire smoke situation in North America. So look at this.
Most of North America experiencing poor air quality as a
result of the fire is burning, mainly the fires in
Canada burning, but it's really hitting almost the entire US.
(13:56):
Florida's kind of the exception. There are parts of the
southeast coast, and then of course we are the exception.
There's Vancouver Island. So that's the good news for us
as none of the smoke is blowing this way. We're
not getting outflow winds that would blow it this way,
but it really is impacting a good chunk of the country.
There air quality warnings and alerts in place, as well
as some severe thunderstorm warnings in BC as well as
other parts of the country. So more on that coming up.
(14:17):
But first, today's weather photo this first day of August
are these cool shots of ladybugs from Don Aufrey, also
known as Sunshine Aufrey. Lady bugs are said to be
good luck, and Don says she loves them. They're pictured
here in French Creek. Absolutely beautiful. And check out this
great video of whales and Sandwich Inlet a few days ago.
Jeane McMillan says the orchids came into the inlet and
(14:39):
headed down towards the marina. Now they were there for
about two hours, thrilling people watching from shore. This videos
from when they headed out of the inlet. Transient killer
whales will also come close to shore as they hunt seals,
so maybe they were on the hunt for some seals there.
There's an extra Friday edition of Breaching News for you.
We'll have some more great marine mammal encounters, always from
(14:59):
a safe distance coming up tomorrow on Reaching News. On
check News of five and I'll have your full forecast
and what you could expect for the long weekend as
well as your holidays coming up.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Stafey in a little bit and okay, sounds good, Thanks Tess. Well,
it's Friday and you know what that means. Order up.
Let's find out what amazing eatery Jeff is taking us
to tonight.
Speaker 15 (15:18):
A beautiful sunny, summer hot day Here at the Royal
Oak Shopping Center. In behind me is Nielu Persian Kitchen
and Grill. And they've only been open since December, but
they've already won an award. They won the Yam Award
for Best Middle Eastern Cuisine. We like to feature the
mum and pop shops here well, This is a mum
(15:40):
and pop shop with a bit of a twist. It's
owned by three different families and they are so excited
to show off their Persian cuisine to our community. I'm
gonna sample the shwarma and a lot more coming up
a little later on on Order Up.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
It's making my mouth water. Thanks Jeff, We'll see you soon.
Also still ahead tonight, the latest on the Canada US
trade war and this.
Speaker 15 (16:03):
British Columbians desperately need safe, affordable, reliable news ships to
keep them in an our economy moving.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
The head of BC Ferries is in the hot seat
in Outawa today defending the decision to build new ships
in China. That's coming up.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Watch full Check newscasts weekdays at five, six, and ten,
or anytime on Check plus or Checknews dot Ca.
Check podcasts. This is an abbreviated version of check News
watch Full Check newscasts week days at five, six, and ten,
or anytime one Check plus or Checknews dot ca A.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Everybody watched those ambulances go out, So then there's the
fear response when we heard what happened. Yeah, it's just
it's been a sad couple of days.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
And what's being called a freak accident. A young mom
and or five month old baby are killed by a
falling tree at a popular island lake.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Pretty scary because I've been here since I was born,
so I just don't want it to go, you know.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Anxious residents prepared to flee at a moment's notice. As
an out of control wildfire near Cameron Lake continues to grow.
Speaker 5 (00:53):
We want to make sure that whoever is doing this
is knowing that they've been seen doing it and get
them to stop.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
It's been happening for years, but now we can see it.
Thieves siphoning tanks full of gas and desperately needed funds
from a Nanaimo charity. Jack News starts now Good evening,
thanks for being here. Tragic news out of a Coomock's
(01:25):
Valley area where our cmp have confirmed that the twenty
six year old mother and her five month old baby
died last night. Police say a tree fell on the
near Komok's Lake and in spite of the efforts of
medical professionals who just happened to be nearby, both mom
and infant were killed. Oli Herrera reports.
Speaker 6 (01:45):
There is shock and sadness in the Komacks Valley.
Speaker 7 (01:48):
Shock yesterday, a lot of shock.
Speaker 6 (01:51):
It was after one point thirty yesterday afternoon when first
responders were called after a tree had fallen down on
top of two people. Multiple fire police and ambulance personnel
arrived at the Cumberland Lake campground on the shores of
Colmac's Lake. There they found a twenty six year old
mother and her five month old baby.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
And then when we heard what happened, Yeah, it's just
it's been a sad couple of days.
Speaker 6 (02:17):
RCNPSA. Despite efforts, the mother died on scene and the
five month old was pronounced dead in hospital.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
One in a million freak accident.
Speaker 6 (02:26):
An accident that both the mayor and the deputy fire
chiefs say couldn't have been prevented.
Speaker 8 (02:30):
The best of the world that I don't think we
can prevent that one. It's just the tree was not
on the shore, was in the forest further out. Something
you don't even think about it, and the tree let go.
Speaker 6 (02:42):
A campsite employee was the first one to try and
help the victims, and eventually two emergency healthcare workers stepped in.
Speaker 8 (02:48):
One person was working in the BC Ambulance. He was
there to be just to take as they have and
his girlfriend was a trauma on earth who help us
a lot.
Speaker 6 (02:59):
Less than a month to go, a seventeen year old
died in a cliff jumping accident at the same lake.
And now as the community grapples with another tragedy, Work
Safe PC is sending help.
Speaker 8 (03:08):
And the counselor should arrive today and we're going to
get all the emergency personnel firsusponder and also the people
working in the campground who was involved and any other
people was involved in that, to give them a chance
to come and learn and talk about their feeling and their.
Speaker 7 (03:27):
Situation between the you know, the Devil's Ladder incident where
we lost a young life, and then the wildfire last
week and now it's been a sad summer.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
The campground is overseen by the village of Cumberland, which
says it will be reviewing its policy, specifically it's danger
tree program. The campground reopened today and in a Facebook post,
staff say they've canceled two events this weekend in light
of the tragedy.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
The Wesley Ridge wildfire near Cameron has now grown to
one hundred and twenty five hectares, and communities on both
sides of it are on edge, waiting for evacuations and
watching aircraft and firefighters work around the clock trying to
stop it spread. The fire was first spotted around midnight Thursday.
Our sky Ryan joins us with the latest from the
(04:17):
east side of the fire outside the Little Qualicum River village.
Speaker 9 (04:22):
If you glad that I've never seen it like that before.
Speaker 10 (04:25):
Jack and Nissmchuck's eyes are burning from the smoke, but
he's keeping them glued to the growing wildfire this Little
Qualkam River home.
Speaker 9 (04:33):
The smoke's a lot worse than it was yesterday, so
and my breathings affected.
Speaker 10 (04:40):
The Wesley Ridge fire that started near Cameron Lake early
Thursday morning had grown to one hundred and twenty five
hectares by noon on Friday. So he's one of hundreds
on evacuation alert. We're checking in on neighbors and saying
goodbye to those voluntarily leaving. As the wildfires smoke drops lower,
heavy equipment and fire trucks head up past their homes.
(05:03):
It's planes and helicopters attack it from the sky.
Speaker 9 (05:06):
So I'd like to get out of here. If you
look at this place, there's one road out, there's almost
three hundred lots. If the fire appears and there's panic,
we're not going to get out quickly.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
What we're pretty scary becaus been here since I was born,
So I just don't want it to go, you know.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
That's it.
Speaker 11 (05:28):
Yeah, these neighbors are like your family, like I've been here.
Speaker 12 (05:32):
According to BC Wildfire, the fire is burning and difficult
to access terrain, and it moved cross slope between the
lake and ridge overnight.
Speaker 10 (05:43):
So the resources are working around the clock, including aircraft
with night vision capabilities, water skimming airplane that you see
here taking water from Horn Lake, cruise from fire departments
as far away as Salt Spring Island, and are assisting
with mutual aid.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
And we will be updating our resources shortly. As you
can appreciate, this is a dynamic situation.
Speaker 10 (06:04):
So Dan weedman drove up from Victoria to get his
parents ready to leave.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
It's a little bit stressful being in this position, especially
knowing trying to take care of my parents and make
sure that they're all right.
Speaker 10 (06:18):
Horse trailers too, are being loaded up in case they
need to leave in a hurry.
Speaker 11 (06:22):
I'm guessing this a couple of miles maybe three miles away.
It doesn't seem that far, no, especially when you're looking
out that bedroom window upstairs.
Speaker 10 (06:32):
So this will be a sleepless night for hundreds, if
not thousands of residents. We can see it from our
own home in Nanaimo and for many many kilometers around.
The smell of smoke and even ash is now falling.
So we will keep you updated as this weekend unfolds
and that firefight continues, and.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
We can pass along an important update to you right now.
This was issued at five oh two, just a few
moments ago from Emergency Info BCal District, UT Nanaimo has
expanded the evacuation order for the Cameron Lake area to
include Little Qualicum River Village. Due to that, Wesley Ridge
fire official say residence in Little Qualicum River Village must
(07:13):
evacuate now, that's right now, in the Little Qualicumb River
Village area due to that fire. So stay safe and
get out if you can, all right. So looking at
the provincial picture now, In the last twenty four hours,
fifty nine new wildfires have been declared in the province,
bringing the total number of active fires to one hundred
and thirty four. Nearly half of those are out of control.
(07:34):
There have been thirty five thousand lightning strikes since Wednesday.
In the BC Wildfire Service says thunderstorm activity continues, particularly
in the eastern part of the province. I mean know
there's lots of smoke out there and thread of wildfires
is significant. We want to know if the threat of
wildfire or wild fire smoke impacts your summer travel plans.
(07:54):
You can vote at checknews dot Ca. We'll have results
for you a little bit later. In the Broadcast Bank
in Nanaimo is one step closer to finding the culprit
in a series of fuel thefts. New security cameras catch
roughly one hundred liters of gas being stolen straight out
of a trunk's fuel tank. Now they're asking the public
for help. Grace Miller reports.
Speaker 13 (08:17):
Just after three am Wednesday morning, keep your eyes on
the truck with its lights on, the lights go out.
What happens next is all into surveillance at Loaves and
Fishes food Bank.
Speaker 5 (08:27):
We want to make sure that whoever is doing this
is knowing that they've been seen doing it and get
them to stop.
Speaker 13 (08:36):
In just four minutes, someone siphons more than one hundred
liters of fuel from the food bank's delivery truck. The
not for profit says, what you're witnessing has been happening
for years.
Speaker 5 (08:45):
It has been an ongoing, consistent issue for us. It
seems almost weekly we're having fuel stolen from our trucks.
It's costing us thousands of dollars.
Speaker 13 (08:59):
The hit comes at a difficult time. Demand for food
banks is up well, donations are down. Cash donations at
Loaves and Fishes have dropped twenty percent this year. And
when you're constantly having to refill delivery trucks, it's eating
away and money that could be used to help the community.
Speaker 9 (09:16):
And these people they keep on doing this over and
over and over.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
You know, it's not just one time and they're done now.
Speaker 8 (09:23):
That's the kind of thing that, in my opinion, is
not excusable. Like, I mean, you know what you're doing
and you've gone to some effort to do it, and
we're a food bank that up.
Speaker 13 (09:32):
The organization installed security cameras hoping it could catch those responsible.
It also contacted police. The food bank is planning to
move to a new, more secure warehouse in March next year,
all measures it hopes will protect its property and in
turn that thousands of Islanders who rely on its services.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
We want to feed people in the community, not have
to make sure that our trucks are fueled because someone's
stealing from us.
Speaker 13 (09:58):
If you see a black Daly pickup truck like this
with a burnt out driver tail light, or have any
information about the thefts, you're asked to contact police.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
A new program is launching tonight in Duncan, intended to
enhance evening safety and protect businesses. The Downtown Duncan Business
Improvement Area Society says the nightly patrol programs, in partnership
with Footprint Security, will operate every night from ten pm
to six am. The DDBIA says fifty six percent of
its members believe the reputation of downtown has declined, one
(10:30):
in three have experienced broken windows or doors, and forty
percent say their staff feel unequipped to handle growing concerns
about safety. While this year marks the return of a
beloved BC Long weekend event to Victoria's Inner Harbor after
(10:53):
five years, Symphony Splash returns and promises to be bigger
and better than ever, featuring four major concerts on the
charge over two days, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada
playing Saturday and Sunday afternoon in the Victoria Symphony each evening.
Of course, a lot of work goes into perfecting the
(11:15):
music that will be performed this weekend, and on Thursday,
I had a chance to visit the Victoria Symphony as
they rehearsed, and in what was the most incredible honor,
Conductor Sean o'lachlan gave me a great gift, a chance
to hold the baton and lead this incredible group of musicians. Thankfully,
he gave me a few pointers. First, it's easy.
Speaker 6 (11:34):
Right, sure, I can't tell them it's easy down over
over now. It's not like Harry Potter, you don't flick it.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
I'm exhilarated, intimidated and terrified all at once. Okay, everybody ready, Okay,
so nervous, but how wonderful to hear the music and
watch these incredible artists in action. I kept getting distracted
(12:05):
and forgetting my one, two, three, four because the symphony
was so wonderful to watch. But they were so gentle
with me, as was the incredible vocalist donnas Puente and
Latin nights with sal Fereras. Thank you to Sean A.
Lachlan as well. It was an absolute thrill, so wonderful.
The Splash is helping the symphony celebrate it's eighty fifth year.
This year it's a free public event. Performances begin at
(12:27):
one thirty each day, with the traditional symphony performance starting
at seven thirty on Sunday with fireworks to follow. You
can visit the symphony website at Victoriasymphony dot Ca for
all the details. It is always such a wonderful event,
drawing so many people on land non sea to watch,
especially the finale on Sunday with all that glorious fireworks
(12:49):
and music tests. What's the weather going to be like
for the weekend?
Speaker 14 (12:51):
Well, I'm actually going to be there for tect News
weather on Sunday today. Yes, we'll be broadcasting live from
the Inner Harbor for Symphony Splash, and the weather won't
be as warm Sunday as what we're looking out for tomorrow,
So another hot day ahead for most of the island
for tomorrow, North Island coastal areas of the West coast
exception to that. Here's a look at Saturday, so morning
into afternoon. You can see those red and orange spots.
Those are hotter areas, so twenty five to thirty degrees
(13:13):
for most of those regions coming up in red and orange.
Cooling off really nicely overnight though, and that's very important
because that really helps when those daytime temperatures get warmer.
After that, we do have a bit of a cool
down on the way, and the weekend may not be
dry for all areas. Also, there is a risk of
thunderstorms for some areas of the island tonight by mountain ridges.
So I'll have more on that coming up because that
could potentially spark more fires given how dry conditions here
(13:35):
are on the island. But good news, there's finally some
rain in the South Island extend and forecast, so or
at least a chance of it. I'll tell you about
that coming up, but first I wanted to show you
the fire smoke situation in North America. So look at this.
Most of North America experiencing poor air quality as a
result of the fire is burning, mainly the fires in
Canada burning, but it's really hitting almost the entire US.
(13:56):
Florida's kind of the exception. There are parts of the
southeast coast, and then of course we are the exception.
There's Vancouver Island. So that's the good news for us
as none of the smoke is blowing this way. We're
not getting outflow winds that would blow it this way,
but it really is impacting a good chunk of the country.
There air quality warnings and alerts in place, as well
as some severe thunderstorm warnings in BC as well as
other parts of the country. So more on that coming up.
(14:17):
But first, today's weather photo this first day of August
are these cool shots of ladybugs from Don Aufrey, also
known as Sunshine Aufrey. Lady bugs are said to be
good luck, and Don says she loves them. They're pictured
here in French Creek. Absolutely beautiful. And check out this
great video of whales and Sandwich Inlet a few days ago.
Jeane McMillan says the orchids came into the inlet and
(14:39):
headed down towards the marina. Now they were there for
about two hours, thrilling people watching from shore. This videos
from when they headed out of the inlet. Transient killer
whales will also come close to shore as they hunt seals,
so maybe they were on the hunt for some seals there.
There's an extra Friday edition of Breaching News for you.
We'll have some more great marine mammal encounters, always from
(14:59):
a safe distance coming up tomorrow on Reaching News. On
check News of five and I'll have your full forecast
and what you could expect for the long weekend as
well as your holidays coming up.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Stafey in a little bit and okay, sounds good, Thanks Tess. Well,
it's Friday and you know what that means. Order up.
Let's find out what amazing eatery Jeff is taking us
to tonight.
Speaker 15 (15:18):
A beautiful sunny, summer hot day Here at the Royal
Oak Shopping Center. In behind me is Nielu Persian Kitchen
and Grill. And they've only been open since December, but
they've already won an award. They won the Yam Award
for Best Middle Eastern Cuisine. We like to feature the
mum and pop shops here well, This is a mum
(15:40):
and pop shop with a bit of a twist. It's
owned by three different families and they are so excited
to show off their Persian cuisine to our community. I'm
gonna sample the shwarma and a lot more coming up
a little later on on Order Up.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
It's making my mouth water. Thanks Jeff, We'll see you soon.
Also still ahead tonight, the latest on the Canada US
trade war and this.
Speaker 15 (16:03):
British Columbians desperately need safe, affordable, reliable news ships to
keep them in an our economy moving.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
The head of BC Ferries is in the hot seat
in Outawa today defending the decision to build new ships
in China. That's coming up.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
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or anytime on Check plus or Checknews dot Ca.
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