October 11, 2025 • 17 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Check podcasts. This is an abbreviated version of check News
watch full Check newscasts weekdays at five, six, and ten
or anytime one Check plus or checknews dot CA.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
You're there to make the transportation system work, not to
be you know, have your tires slashed than spin on,
hit or yelled at tonight.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Fairy worker abuse the new report that paints an ugly
picture for cruise.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
It's disappointing. It's disappointing because of all the outreach that
we do in the community.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Duncan Church targeted copper thieves hit the community, hobb twice
in two nights, Bloss.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
The marathon forty one down off marathons sixty five hundred
and twelve.
Speaker 6 (00:48):
So down, record breaking run.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Why the streets will be bustling this weekend for the
Royal Victoria Marathon. Check News starts now good evening.
Speaker 6 (01:06):
Stacy is off tonight.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
BC ferries will be busy this long weekend, but a
new report says eight in ten ferry workers suffer abuse
on the job, from verbal.
Speaker 6 (01:15):
Threats to physical violence.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
The union says, despite a campaign to fix it, the
problem is not getting better.
Speaker 6 (01:22):
Mary Griffin has our top story.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
They're gonna have to be.
Speaker 7 (01:27):
A violent confrontation caught on tape between a passenger and
BC Ferry staff. RC and Pierre called to Schwartzpey to
stop the driver who tried to drive off a moving ferry.
It's another case of a BC Ferries passenger taking his
frustration out on BC Ferry staff.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Eighty percent most recently have been threatened and about ninety
two percent of our membership respondents have witnessed it.
Speaker 7 (01:54):
A survey by the BC Faery and Marine Workers' Union
also found incidents affected their members' mental health, and nearly
half the respondents say they've considered quitting as a result.
Despite a year's long campaign to diffuse tensions, the situation
is not improving.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
The amount of abuse that members of reporting is functionally
static since we began in about twenty nineteen, so that's
a bit disappointing considering the amount of working campaigns we've done.
Speaker 7 (02:25):
BC Ferries issued a statement that it has zero tolerance
for abuse or violence towards its employees and all reported
incidents are investigated and any violation of its rules and
regulations that may result in cancelation of a sailing or
a ban. Passengers waiting for the next sailing at Swarts
Base say they were surprised to hear that workers are
(02:46):
the targets of violence from passengers.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, that's terrible.
Speaker 8 (02:50):
It does surprise me for sure. I mean most people are,
especially going back and forth between these islands, you're pretty chill.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
I do hope that the management takes it seriously kind
of thing, because they've got good people working there.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
McNeely says BC Ferries should do more to protect its staff,
all the more necessary as the fifth busiest traveling weekend
of the year begins.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Does long weekends being packed, It's going to be busy,
so patient's kindness goes a long way.
Speaker 7 (03:15):
BC Ferry and Marine Workers' Unit represents about forty five
hundred workers, ranging from deckhands and stewards to terminal workers
and engineers.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Meantime, BC Fairies was brought up during question period in
Ottawa Today, Conservative MP Dan al Beez, referencing a Zech
news report revealing a leaked plan to build new ferries
here in BC.
Speaker 9 (03:38):
We know that BC Ferries was presented a report that
showed that Canadian shipyards could build these new vessels. Famefully,
they rejected this mate in Canada option and instead went
to communist China with so many Canadian workers at the
food bank. Remind us again, why is the Prime Minister
continually selling us out?
Speaker 10 (03:55):
Their speaker, We've expressed our disappointment with how this process
went on.
Speaker 7 (04:00):
We were not part. This is a cram corporation. We've
were not part.
Speaker 11 (04:05):
They are cutting checks to China, mister speaker, all this
referencing the one billion dollar loan BC Ferries received from
the Canada Infrastructure Bank, saying it might as well be
called the Beijing Infrastructure Bank. And since we're on the topic,
tonight's poll.
Speaker 6 (04:21):
Questions pretty simple.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Are you traveling this long weekend? You can vote by
heading to our website at.
Speaker 6 (04:27):
Checknews dot Ca.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
We will have results a little bit later in the newscast.
Well DRYPC says the vehicle incident this afternoon is close
to stretch of the Trans Canada Highway and Shaminas in
both directions at Henry Road. Photos from dry PC show
a semi truck jack knife in the middle of the road.
You see it there with emergency vehicles on scene. There's
no word on what caused the incident. The only details
(04:50):
we have is that it happened shortly after two RCMP
investigating back to back thefts at a Duncan church this
week that could have impact on the charitable services they offer.
This guy Ryan reports the small town church is known
for exactly that.
Speaker 12 (05:06):
Nancy Miller is loaded up with donations Friday for a
fundraising book sale at the Duncan United Church, gifts from
her late mother in law, Edie, who was beloved for
her generosity, just as this Ingram Street church is known here,
their offerings ranging from free community meals to sponsoring refugee families.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
They help seniors, they help the families, they help you know,
young moms.
Speaker 12 (05:30):
They help the community, which makes the crime that targeted
this downtown Duncan church twice this week all the harder
for its community to take.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
It's disappointing. It's disappointing because of all the outreach that
we do in the community, that people come and decide
they deserve more than other people.
Speaker 5 (05:49):
Or I think this church does an incredible amount of
outreach and I think it's a downtown church, it's very
essential sort of.
Speaker 8 (05:58):
The theft happened to Tuesday and then again Wednesday night.
Theves targeting the copper wire that runs to the church's
supper at an estimated replacement costs one to two thousand dollars.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
I think it's just so sad that we've had so
much of that in this community.
Speaker 12 (06:16):
Volunteers at the church's thrift store, Joanneler and Ruth Davis
estimate it could take months of sales to make up
for this theft's losses, at.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Least two months at least to Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
The church here, we're just about all volunteers and there's
a lot of time and effort put in.
Speaker 12 (06:33):
As our CMP continue to investigate the thefts. Volunteers are
going to work to try to make up for what's lost,
and donations for the church's upcoming book sale on November
seventh and eighth are pouring in well.
Speaker 8 (06:46):
Donations are what keeps the community.
Speaker 12 (06:48):
Going to give this church a fundraising boost needed now
more than ever after this unexpected loss.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
And i'm RCMP is looking for several people who allegedly
assaulted a night eighteen year old man last weekend who
is developmentally disabled. Two separate assaults are said to have
happened last Friday and Saturday, both at the bus loop
at one Port Drive, just south of Front Street near
the Port Place Mall. Police say on Saturday, the victim
was waiting for his bus when two people approached, knocked
(07:17):
him to the ground and assaulted him. The evening prior,
he was chased and assaulted by three teenagers. Now the
victim couldn't provide detailed descriptions, but says on Friday he
was assaulted by three teens wearing hoodies. On Saturday, one
suspect was wearing a gray hoodie and brown shoes. The
other wore a black hoodie. This happened in a high
traffic area and police hope someone with information or dash
(07:40):
cam video will come forward.
Speaker 6 (07:43):
The pro Board of.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Canada has denied day parol for one of the two
men who killed eighteen year old Kimberly Proctor and Langford
back in twenty ten. Just a warning, these details are disturbing.
Cruz Wellwood, now thirty one, was sixteen years old when
he and accomplished Cameron Moffittler Proctor to his home in Langford,
sexually assaulting and torturing her over several hours, then killing her.
(08:06):
He applied for limited day parol at a halfway house
or escorted temporary absences.
Speaker 6 (08:11):
If day parol was not granted.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
The pearl Board denied his application because his risk of
general violent and sexual offending was high. Wellwood is currently
serving a life sentence for first degree murder and in
dignity to a dead body. Check News has learned the
federal government has quietly given millions of dollars to the
City of Victoria.
Speaker 8 (08:33):
Now.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
That money, according to the government, is to strengthen the
response to drug and substance use.
Speaker 6 (08:38):
It's money the city is passing.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
On to a nonprofit with a controversial record, which is
leading to some questions.
Speaker 6 (08:44):
Here's Corey Sitaway.
Speaker 13 (08:47):
It was given with no fanfare four months ago more
than two million dollars in federal taxpayer money to the
City of Victoria. The grant is awarded by Health Canada
through its Emergency Treatment Fund, a pot of one hundred
and fifty million dollars available to municipalities to provide rapid
responses to emergent and critical needs related to the substance
(09:08):
used in overdose crisis. City spokesperson Calling Mycroft tells check
News the city applied on behalf of Solid Society for
its newly opened post detox Recovery Center, Dollar place that
city taxpayers got up and running with a one point
six million dollar investment.
Speaker 14 (09:26):
We just haven't been talked to about what the site
even is.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
The site was.
Speaker 13 (09:31):
Met with frustration from the community over a lack of information.
Then a draft closed meeting motion showed the mayor wanted
to use taxpayer money to partner with this nonprofit solid
Outreach to install a new homeless service site in North
Park that would draw campers away from Pandora.
Speaker 8 (09:48):
Dollar was supposed to become the new Pandora.
Speaker 13 (09:50):
Victoria's mayor has since admitted the rollout was rocky, promising
to do better.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
Could have been done better, and I will make that
commitment to the public that should be opportunity rise again,
which is yet unknown.
Speaker 11 (10:02):
They will be done better.
Speaker 13 (10:03):
Fifteen days after that statement, Health Canada or to the
city more than two million dollars per Dowler.
Speaker 14 (10:10):
Well, I'm a little bit shocked, to be honest.
Speaker 13 (10:12):
Fast forward four months to today, Teresa Reeves, who runs
a nonprofit West Coast Recovery, says that money could be
used better.
Speaker 14 (10:21):
For what I've seen and what I've been told, they're
at between seven and ten people. They're doing great things
with the people they've got, but they're not even at capacity.
I really do support what they're doing with the Dowllar Place.
I think it's been great the model that they've started
to choose. I support it. I send people there, But
(10:41):
two million dollars for the staff that they've got there
for you know, yeah, I just think that's a lot
of money that could go elsewhere right now with the
situation we're in with our drug addiction and our homelessness.
Speaker 13 (10:51):
The mayor was unavailable for an interview today. According to
Victoria's communications team, the city submitted to other applications to
the same fund on behalf off of kool Aid and
the Umbrella Society Solids. Funding for Dollar Place runs out
at the end of June next year. As of this summer,
the drug Free Recovery site has helped seventy five people
with housing, according to the city. An update on the
(11:13):
site is expected later this month.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Meantime, BC Housing has announced that Tiny Town, a temporary
housing community on Caledonia Avenue near Royal Athletic.
Speaker 6 (11:23):
Park, will permanently close March thirty first.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
A news release says the city has allowed the units
to remain in place through the winter to allow residents
to find other housing. Tinytown first opened in May of
twenty twenty one. It closed in the fall of twenty
twenty three, then reopened in March of last year. It
contains thirty units which will be dismantled and removed.
Speaker 6 (11:43):
Once it's empty. We'll get the.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Chafing cream and power jails ready. The forty fifth annual
Royal Victoria Marathon will take place Sunday, and this year
it's going to be a record setting run. Participants picking
up their race packages a crystal garden today. The event
includes a full marathon, half marathon, eight K, five K,
and of course the kids run. With every event now
(12:08):
sold out, fifteen thousand and five hundred runners, walkers and
wheelchair athletes will be taking part in all the races combined,
that's a new record by more than three thousand. On
top of that, there's also a big charity component to
the marathon, which is smashing records as well.
Speaker 15 (12:26):
This year we have twenty one charities participating in the
Czech Charity Pledge Program and together they didn't just meet
their ambitious goal of one hundred and twenty five they've
surpassed it by raising an outstanding one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars and it keeps going up, so congratulations.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Things get going Around seven am Sunday, VICPD reminding drivers
of road closures and traffic delays both downtown and in
the Dallas Road area, and in honor of the marathon
running this Sunday, Check will air special thirty minute show
hosted by j King called the forty fifth Royal Victoria
Marathon Special. We have to think long and hard about
that title. It will include highlights from the race, lots
(13:08):
of interviews, and of course inspiration. You can watch the
special at six thirty Sunday, October twelfth. It will air
again in that same time slot on Monday the thirteenth.
Speaker 6 (13:19):
Oh, it's gonna be fun.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
I love being at the finish line of any kind
of race like that, but the marathon in particular test
because it's so inspiring. You see people from all different
walks of life crossing the finish line, wheeling across the
finish line.
Speaker 6 (13:32):
It is just the past, the.
Speaker 10 (13:33):
Energy too, the excitement and the energy. We're actually on
our Vital People segment this week will profile another one
of those charities benefiting from the Czech Charity Pledge program,
so the Canucks Autism Network and the difference spare making.
So yeah, we've profiled several of the nonprofits that benefit
from that. More than two point five million dollars raised
since it was started, so amazing to see that.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
That's amazing.
Speaker 10 (13:54):
Probably a wet marathon on Sunday for those runners taking part,
although part of the lung we can for part of
the island will be sunny, So it just depends where
you are. Here's a look at the satellite radar. You
can see that heavier precipitation today, so pretty wet for
some areas with rain moving through. It has cleared in
some areas as well. We saw sunshine come out in
parts of Victoria today, so there you go. You can
see that moving across there pretty quickly. We do have
(14:17):
more rain and store for parts of the island for
at least Saturday Sunday, but at this point everyone is
looking like it will be sunny for Thanksgiving Monday. But
a bit about Turkey of a forecast for parts of
the island. More on that coming up, but first let's
take a look at some more September rainfall numbers. So
these are from the community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.
It's a network of volunteers that monitor at different locations.
(14:37):
So it's nice because it gives us some numbers from
areas that don't have Environment Canada weather stations. So you
can see the huge rain on Vancouver Island from Ucluelet
two hundred and thirty eight millimeters in Alert Bay one
hundred and thirty three point one millimeters to other areas
with much less and even within the same area, like
Cumberland and Comocks both in the Komoks Valley fifty three
point six for Cumberland just thirty five point six for
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Comos Fanny Bay more than Ladysmith. And as we go
down the island, Salt Spring almost forty milimeters, there, couch
And Bay thirty point seven millimeters, and when we look
at Greater Victoria those numbers get even lower. So Salt
Spring had almost double what downtown Victoria had. So as
we moved down the island, Shanigan Lake had forty one
point seven millimeters, so similar to other areas at the
couch And Valley, Colwood twenty five point one, Broadmeat around
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that mark as well, Gordon had less, and then Downtown
Victoria nineteen point eight and the Yuvik Weather Station the
official station actually only had just over sixteen millimeters, so
huge rain from sixteen millimeters to about two hundred and
forty milimeters for some parts of the west coast of
the island. Today's weather photo is this beautiful shot from
Tom Guest, taken at Cox Bay on the wild West
coast of Vancouver Island. You can just feel the serenity
(15:44):
in that picture. And Paul, as we head into Thanksgiving
long weekend, I'm definitely thankful.
Speaker 13 (15:49):
For where we live.
Speaker 10 (15:50):
It's such a beautiful place and we really do have
the best weather in Canada.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
I just wanted to just bring that picture back up
and just sit in already, so little serenity.
Speaker 6 (15:59):
We'll get back to the news in a second. But yeah,
that's so rennity now, Indian good stuff. All right, Thanks
so much, Tess. We'll see you soon coming up.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
White postal workers in Canada, we'll start going back to
work at least to for now.
Speaker 12 (16:10):
Plus this manufacturing facility should produce about two to three
thousand homes a year.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
Some big plans in port Alberni, the property getting a
new lease on life after the sand group went back.
Speaker 16 (16:24):
Also ahead in beautiful Oak Bay right now at the
corner of Saint Patrick and Central, and a lot of
people might remember this corner. This was Casey's Market for
years and years and years. Well, that building's gone. There's
a new building here and there's a beautiful new cafe.
It's called Live Cafe and Bistro. Milton and his wife
(16:46):
Louise own and operate this great business. They have a
farm and a lot of the vegetables and the flowers
are picked fresh daily. They're open for breakfast, lunch, they
have a great brunch menu and they're open.
Speaker 6 (16:57):
For dinner three days a week.
Speaker 16 (16:59):
The food the spectacular, the ambiance is incredible, and we're
going to take you inside and sample here in Oak Bay.
Live Cafe and Bistro coming up a little later on
on Order Up.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
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watch full Check newscasts weekdays at five, six, and ten
or anytime one Check plus or checknews dot CA.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
You're there to make the transportation system work, not to
be you know, have your tires slashed than spin on,
hit or yelled at tonight.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Fairy worker abuse the new report that paints an ugly
picture for cruise.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
It's disappointing. It's disappointing because of all the outreach that
we do in the community.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Duncan Church targeted copper thieves hit the community, hobb twice
in two nights, Bloss.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
The marathon forty one down off marathons sixty five hundred
and twelve.
Speaker 6 (00:48):
So down, record breaking run.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Why the streets will be bustling this weekend for the
Royal Victoria Marathon. Check News starts now good evening.
Speaker 6 (01:06):
Stacy is off tonight.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
BC ferries will be busy this long weekend, but a
new report says eight in ten ferry workers suffer abuse
on the job, from verbal.
Speaker 6 (01:15):
Threats to physical violence.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
The union says, despite a campaign to fix it, the
problem is not getting better.
Speaker 6 (01:22):
Mary Griffin has our top story.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
They're gonna have to be.
Speaker 7 (01:27):
A violent confrontation caught on tape between a passenger and
BC Ferry staff. RC and Pierre called to Schwartzpey to
stop the driver who tried to drive off a moving ferry.
It's another case of a BC Ferries passenger taking his
frustration out on BC Ferry staff.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Eighty percent most recently have been threatened and about ninety
two percent of our membership respondents have witnessed it.
Speaker 7 (01:54):
A survey by the BC Faery and Marine Workers' Union
also found incidents affected their members' mental health, and nearly
half the respondents say they've considered quitting as a result.
Despite a year's long campaign to diffuse tensions, the situation
is not improving.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
The amount of abuse that members of reporting is functionally
static since we began in about twenty nineteen, so that's
a bit disappointing considering the amount of working campaigns we've done.
Speaker 7 (02:25):
BC Ferries issued a statement that it has zero tolerance
for abuse or violence towards its employees and all reported
incidents are investigated and any violation of its rules and
regulations that may result in cancelation of a sailing or
a ban. Passengers waiting for the next sailing at Swarts
Base say they were surprised to hear that workers are
(02:46):
the targets of violence from passengers.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, that's terrible.
Speaker 8 (02:50):
It does surprise me for sure. I mean most people are,
especially going back and forth between these islands, you're pretty chill.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
I do hope that the management takes it seriously kind
of thing, because they've got good people working there.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
McNeely says BC Ferries should do more to protect its staff,
all the more necessary as the fifth busiest traveling weekend
of the year begins.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Does long weekends being packed, It's going to be busy,
so patient's kindness goes a long way.
Speaker 7 (03:15):
BC Ferry and Marine Workers' Unit represents about forty five
hundred workers, ranging from deckhands and stewards to terminal workers
and engineers.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Meantime, BC Fairies was brought up during question period in
Ottawa Today, Conservative MP Dan al Beez, referencing a Zech
news report revealing a leaked plan to build new ferries
here in BC.
Speaker 9 (03:38):
We know that BC Ferries was presented a report that
showed that Canadian shipyards could build these new vessels. Famefully,
they rejected this mate in Canada option and instead went
to communist China with so many Canadian workers at the
food bank. Remind us again, why is the Prime Minister
continually selling us out?
Speaker 10 (03:55):
Their speaker, We've expressed our disappointment with how this process
went on.
Speaker 7 (04:00):
We were not part. This is a cram corporation. We've
were not part.
Speaker 11 (04:05):
They are cutting checks to China, mister speaker, all this
referencing the one billion dollar loan BC Ferries received from
the Canada Infrastructure Bank, saying it might as well be
called the Beijing Infrastructure Bank. And since we're on the topic,
tonight's poll.
Speaker 6 (04:21):
Questions pretty simple.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Are you traveling this long weekend? You can vote by
heading to our website at.
Speaker 6 (04:27):
Checknews dot Ca.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
We will have results a little bit later in the newscast.
Well DRYPC says the vehicle incident this afternoon is close
to stretch of the Trans Canada Highway and Shaminas in
both directions at Henry Road. Photos from dry PC show
a semi truck jack knife in the middle of the road.
You see it there with emergency vehicles on scene. There's
no word on what caused the incident. The only details
(04:50):
we have is that it happened shortly after two RCMP
investigating back to back thefts at a Duncan church this
week that could have impact on the charitable services they offer.
This guy Ryan reports the small town church is known
for exactly that.
Speaker 12 (05:06):
Nancy Miller is loaded up with donations Friday for a
fundraising book sale at the Duncan United Church, gifts from
her late mother in law, Edie, who was beloved for
her generosity, just as this Ingram Street church is known here,
their offerings ranging from free community meals to sponsoring refugee families.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
They help seniors, they help the families, they help you know,
young moms.
Speaker 12 (05:30):
They help the community, which makes the crime that targeted
this downtown Duncan church twice this week all the harder
for its community to take.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
It's disappointing. It's disappointing because of all the outreach that
we do in the community, that people come and decide
they deserve more than other people.
Speaker 5 (05:49):
Or I think this church does an incredible amount of
outreach and I think it's a downtown church, it's very
essential sort of.
Speaker 8 (05:58):
The theft happened to Tuesday and then again Wednesday night.
Theves targeting the copper wire that runs to the church's
supper at an estimated replacement costs one to two thousand dollars.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
I think it's just so sad that we've had so
much of that in this community.
Speaker 12 (06:16):
Volunteers at the church's thrift store, Joanneler and Ruth Davis
estimate it could take months of sales to make up
for this theft's losses, at.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Least two months at least to Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
The church here, we're just about all volunteers and there's
a lot of time and effort put in.
Speaker 12 (06:33):
As our CMP continue to investigate the thefts. Volunteers are
going to work to try to make up for what's lost,
and donations for the church's upcoming book sale on November
seventh and eighth are pouring in well.
Speaker 8 (06:46):
Donations are what keeps the community.
Speaker 12 (06:48):
Going to give this church a fundraising boost needed now
more than ever after this unexpected loss.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
And i'm RCMP is looking for several people who allegedly
assaulted a night eighteen year old man last weekend who
is developmentally disabled. Two separate assaults are said to have
happened last Friday and Saturday, both at the bus loop
at one Port Drive, just south of Front Street near
the Port Place Mall. Police say on Saturday, the victim
was waiting for his bus when two people approached, knocked
(07:17):
him to the ground and assaulted him. The evening prior,
he was chased and assaulted by three teenagers. Now the
victim couldn't provide detailed descriptions, but says on Friday he
was assaulted by three teens wearing hoodies. On Saturday, one
suspect was wearing a gray hoodie and brown shoes. The
other wore a black hoodie. This happened in a high
traffic area and police hope someone with information or dash
(07:40):
cam video will come forward.
Speaker 6 (07:43):
The pro Board of.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Canada has denied day parol for one of the two
men who killed eighteen year old Kimberly Proctor and Langford
back in twenty ten. Just a warning, these details are disturbing.
Cruz Wellwood, now thirty one, was sixteen years old when
he and accomplished Cameron Moffittler Proctor to his home in Langford,
sexually assaulting and torturing her over several hours, then killing her.
(08:06):
He applied for limited day parol at a halfway house
or escorted temporary absences.
Speaker 6 (08:11):
If day parol was not granted.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
The pearl Board denied his application because his risk of
general violent and sexual offending was high. Wellwood is currently
serving a life sentence for first degree murder and in
dignity to a dead body. Check News has learned the
federal government has quietly given millions of dollars to the
City of Victoria.
Speaker 8 (08:33):
Now.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
That money, according to the government, is to strengthen the
response to drug and substance use.
Speaker 6 (08:38):
It's money the city is passing.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
On to a nonprofit with a controversial record, which is
leading to some questions.
Speaker 6 (08:44):
Here's Corey Sitaway.
Speaker 13 (08:47):
It was given with no fanfare four months ago more
than two million dollars in federal taxpayer money to the
City of Victoria. The grant is awarded by Health Canada
through its Emergency Treatment Fund, a pot of one hundred
and fifty million dollars available to municipalities to provide rapid
responses to emergent and critical needs related to the substance
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used in overdose crisis. City spokesperson Calling Mycroft tells check
News the city applied on behalf of Solid Society for
its newly opened post detox Recovery Center, Dollar place that
city taxpayers got up and running with a one point
six million dollar investment.
Speaker 14 (09:26):
We just haven't been talked to about what the site
even is.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
The site was.
Speaker 13 (09:31):
Met with frustration from the community over a lack of information.
Then a draft closed meeting motion showed the mayor wanted
to use taxpayer money to partner with this nonprofit solid
Outreach to install a new homeless service site in North
Park that would draw campers away from Pandora.
Speaker 8 (09:48):
Dollar was supposed to become the new Pandora.
Speaker 13 (09:50):
Victoria's mayor has since admitted the rollout was rocky, promising
to do better.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
Could have been done better, and I will make that
commitment to the public that should be opportunity rise again,
which is yet unknown.
Speaker 11 (10:02):
They will be done better.
Speaker 13 (10:03):
Fifteen days after that statement, Health Canada or to the
city more than two million dollars per Dowler.
Speaker 14 (10:10):
Well, I'm a little bit shocked, to be honest.
Speaker 13 (10:12):
Fast forward four months to today, Teresa Reeves, who runs
a nonprofit West Coast Recovery, says that money could be
used better.
Speaker 14 (10:21):
For what I've seen and what I've been told, they're
at between seven and ten people. They're doing great things
with the people they've got, but they're not even at capacity.
I really do support what they're doing with the Dowllar Place.
I think it's been great the model that they've started
to choose. I support it. I send people there, But
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two million dollars for the staff that they've got there
for you know, yeah, I just think that's a lot
of money that could go elsewhere right now with the
situation we're in with our drug addiction and our homelessness.
Speaker 13 (10:51):
The mayor was unavailable for an interview today. According to
Victoria's communications team, the city submitted to other applications to
the same fund on behalf off of kool Aid and
the Umbrella Society Solids. Funding for Dollar Place runs out
at the end of June next year. As of this summer,
the drug Free Recovery site has helped seventy five people
with housing, according to the city. An update on the
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site is expected later this month.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Meantime, BC Housing has announced that Tiny Town, a temporary
housing community on Caledonia Avenue near Royal Athletic.
Speaker 6 (11:23):
Park, will permanently close March thirty first.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
A news release says the city has allowed the units
to remain in place through the winter to allow residents
to find other housing. Tinytown first opened in May of
twenty twenty one. It closed in the fall of twenty
twenty three, then reopened in March of last year. It
contains thirty units which will be dismantled and removed.
Speaker 6 (11:43):
Once it's empty. We'll get the.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Chafing cream and power jails ready. The forty fifth annual
Royal Victoria Marathon will take place Sunday, and this year
it's going to be a record setting run. Participants picking
up their race packages a crystal garden today. The event
includes a full marathon, half marathon, eight K, five K,
and of course the kids run. With every event now
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sold out, fifteen thousand and five hundred runners, walkers and
wheelchair athletes will be taking part in all the races combined,
that's a new record by more than three thousand. On
top of that, there's also a big charity component to
the marathon, which is smashing records as well.
Speaker 15 (12:26):
This year we have twenty one charities participating in the
Czech Charity Pledge Program and together they didn't just meet
their ambitious goal of one hundred and twenty five they've
surpassed it by raising an outstanding one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars and it keeps going up, so congratulations.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Things get going Around seven am Sunday, VICPD reminding drivers
of road closures and traffic delays both downtown and in
the Dallas Road area, and in honor of the marathon
running this Sunday, Check will air special thirty minute show
hosted by j King called the forty fifth Royal Victoria
Marathon Special. We have to think long and hard about
that title. It will include highlights from the race, lots
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of interviews, and of course inspiration. You can watch the
special at six thirty Sunday, October twelfth. It will air
again in that same time slot on Monday the thirteenth.
Speaker 6 (13:19):
Oh, it's gonna be fun.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
I love being at the finish line of any kind
of race like that, but the marathon in particular test
because it's so inspiring. You see people from all different
walks of life crossing the finish line, wheeling across the
finish line.
Speaker 6 (13:32):
It is just the past, the.
Speaker 10 (13:33):
Energy too, the excitement and the energy. We're actually on
our Vital People segment this week will profile another one
of those charities benefiting from the Czech Charity Pledge program,
so the Canucks Autism Network and the difference spare making.
So yeah, we've profiled several of the nonprofits that benefit
from that. More than two point five million dollars raised
since it was started, so amazing to see that.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
That's amazing.
Speaker 10 (13:54):
Probably a wet marathon on Sunday for those runners taking part,
although part of the lung we can for part of
the island will be sunny, So it just depends where
you are. Here's a look at the satellite radar. You
can see that heavier precipitation today, so pretty wet for
some areas with rain moving through. It has cleared in
some areas as well. We saw sunshine come out in
parts of Victoria today, so there you go. You can
see that moving across there pretty quickly. We do have
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more rain and store for parts of the island for
at least Saturday Sunday, but at this point everyone is
looking like it will be sunny for Thanksgiving Monday. But
a bit about Turkey of a forecast for parts of
the island. More on that coming up, but first let's
take a look at some more September rainfall numbers. So
these are from the community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.
It's a network of volunteers that monitor at different locations.
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So it's nice because it gives us some numbers from
areas that don't have Environment Canada weather stations. So you
can see the huge rain on Vancouver Island from Ucluelet
two hundred and thirty eight millimeters in Alert Bay one
hundred and thirty three point one millimeters to other areas
with much less and even within the same area, like
Cumberland and Comocks both in the Komoks Valley fifty three
point six for Cumberland just thirty five point six for
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Comos Fanny Bay more than Ladysmith. And as we go
down the island, Salt Spring almost forty milimeters, there, couch
And Bay thirty point seven millimeters, and when we look
at Greater Victoria those numbers get even lower. So Salt
Spring had almost double what downtown Victoria had. So as
we moved down the island, Shanigan Lake had forty one
point seven millimeters, so similar to other areas at the
couch And Valley, Colwood twenty five point one, Broadmeat around
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that mark as well, Gordon had less, and then Downtown
Victoria nineteen point eight and the Yuvik Weather Station the
official station actually only had just over sixteen millimeters, so
huge rain from sixteen millimeters to about two hundred and
forty milimeters for some parts of the west coast of
the island. Today's weather photo is this beautiful shot from
Tom Guest, taken at Cox Bay on the wild West
coast of Vancouver Island. You can just feel the serenity
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in that picture. And Paul, as we head into Thanksgiving
long weekend, I'm definitely thankful.
Speaker 13 (15:49):
For where we live.
Speaker 10 (15:50):
It's such a beautiful place and we really do have
the best weather in Canada.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
I just wanted to just bring that picture back up
and just sit in already, so little serenity.
Speaker 6 (15:59):
We'll get back to the news in a second. But yeah,
that's so rennity now, Indian good stuff. All right, Thanks
so much, Tess. We'll see you soon coming up.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
White postal workers in Canada, we'll start going back to
work at least to for now.
Speaker 12 (16:10):
Plus this manufacturing facility should produce about two to three
thousand homes a year.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
Some big plans in port Alberni, the property getting a
new lease on life after the sand group went back.
Speaker 16 (16:24):
Also ahead in beautiful Oak Bay right now at the
corner of Saint Patrick and Central, and a lot of
people might remember this corner. This was Casey's Market for
years and years and years. Well, that building's gone. There's
a new building here and there's a beautiful new cafe.
It's called Live Cafe and Bistro. Milton and his wife
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Louise own and operate this great business. They have a
farm and a lot of the vegetables and the flowers
are picked fresh daily. They're open for breakfast, lunch, they
have a great brunch menu and they're open.
Speaker 6 (16:57):
For dinner three days a week.
Speaker 16 (16:59):
The food the spectacular, the ambiance is incredible, and we're
going to take you inside and sample here in Oak Bay.
Live Cafe and Bistro coming up a little later on
on Order Up.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
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