October 18, 2025 • 15 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.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
The subject was last seen in this area, and so
we're working off that, and we're putting a lot of
resources to find her.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
An intensive search by ground and air is underway at
Komac's Lake for a forty year old woman not seen
since Monday.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
We're all optimistic here that this is going to lead to.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
A deal, renewed hope that the end of the BCGU
strike could be near, as renowned mediator Vince Ready steps
in to try to bring the two sides together.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
When you put the costume on, you feel completely different.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
From rhyin Stones to rock and roll. Meet the Island business,
keeping the King's style alive, their huge success, hitting all
the right notes and how it all began. Check News
starts now, Good evening, Thank you for joining us. As
(01:09):
the public workers strike drags on into its seventh week. Today,
a possible breakthrough, both sides have agreed to bring in
veteran mediators to facilitate negotiations. The mediation for restaurants and
bars couldn't come sooner as they warn of layoffs, months
long backlogs and empty glasses come Christmas. Cory Sitaway has
(01:30):
our top story.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
After weeks of stalled talks and growing frustration, the BCGU
strike may be turning a corner.
Speaker 6 (01:40):
It's a positive indication government's willing to move and I think,
you know, we're all optimistic here that this is going
to lead to a deal.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
Both sides have agreed to enter into non binding mediation
with veteran arbitrators Amanda Rogers and Vince Ready.
Speaker 7 (01:53):
You're in a dispute, try and figure out what it's about,
and you keep your eye on the ball.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
Ready brings four decades of proven experience in mediating complex,
high profile labor disputes.
Speaker 7 (02:05):
We see a deal coming, you just don't let it go.
Speaker 5 (02:07):
He's the go to fixer that's helped put teachers back
in classrooms, mills and mines running again, and unionize truckers
and first responders back on the road.
Speaker 7 (02:17):
How do you know.
Speaker 8 (02:18):
When the deal is there?
Speaker 7 (02:20):
Like, how do you know? It's hard to explain. It
really is hard to explain. If me, it's instinct, it's
just instinct. Yeah, I can't answer that question logically. Because
there is no logical answer. Think about it. There's no
logical answer to it. It just starts to happen.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
In a statement, BC's Ministry of Finance says, the province
is committed to reaching a fair agreement that works for everyone.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Our simple message to start is enough.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
The move towards mediation comes as the BC restaurant and
liquor industry delivers a grim warning.
Speaker 9 (02:50):
So this is a mess. This is never This is
an unprecedented mess that this industry has never seen before.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
Province wide, seventy eight percent of hospit bpatality businesses in
BC are worried about having to close their doors.
Speaker 9 (03:04):
They basically brought us to our knees.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
The industry says it's lost collectively ten million dollars in
sales as a result of the strike, and even with
mediation on the horizon, is steering down a hazardous holiday's season.
Speaker 9 (03:17):
You want to restore this system in three weeks, and
even in three weeks will likely move and miss events
for Christmas. We may not have enough stock for Christmas,
but we can try.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
The union believes arbitration talks will start soon. From here,
the mediators will make non binding recommendations which government and
the BCGEU could come to a tentative agreement over. That
agreement would head to union members for a vote. But
despite the hospitality industries please to go back to work,
the union says, the picket lines will stay up until
(03:51):
a deal is struck.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
On tonight's checkpoint, we're asking if you are hopeful that
mediation will help end the bcgu strike, can vote in
tonight's poll on our website. We will have your results
a little later in tonight's newscast. Sanich fire cruise battled
flames at a house that caught fire early this morning.
(04:14):
Just after one. Sanitch Fire received a call about a
house fire and the thirty nine hundred block of Ansell Road.
Crews were on site within four minutes of the call.
Officials say the fire started on the fence then spread
to the rear of the home. It took roughly two
hours to put out the flames. Sanich Police are now
working with fire investigators to determine a cause. Nobody was injured.
(04:37):
A major search resumed today for a missing woman in
the Komocks Valley. The forty year old is believed to
have been camping near Comock's Lake, but there's been no
sign of her since Monday. Dean Stoltz reports.
Speaker 10 (04:50):
A NARSIUMP helicopter circles over an area near the east
end of Komok's Lake, the last known spot where missing
forty year old Ashley Boss was seen on Monday.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
We had that call for the missing female yesterday the afternoon.
We had members out searching with dog units until well
past nightfall.
Speaker 10 (05:11):
Fourteen crews with twenty five people from Colmach's Valley Sar,
Campbell Riversar, and Arrowsmith Sar. We're back at it this morning.
There were also four search dog teams involved. Police say
it's believed Bosma was camping in the area when she
was last in touch with her family on Thanksgiving Day.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
The subject was last seen in this area and so
we're working off that and we're putting a lot of
resources to find her. A lot of the train is old,
logged cut blocks, there are some steep gullies and there's
some shoreline searches as well.
Speaker 10 (05:43):
Specialized drones for Arrowsmith Search and Rescue also being used
in today's search.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
They have software that can do detection pH anomalies, so
like with different colors that are not normally found. They
also have flur Yeah, so forward looking in for ed and.
Speaker 10 (05:57):
With rain coming tomorrow, searchers are trying to take advantage
of as much sunlight and clear conditions today.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
I think this is exactly the time to do it.
We've got the drones, we've got air eight. This is
where we're going to have our highest probability of success.
Speaker 10 (06:11):
Police say it's unusual for Ashley not to be in
touch with her family and say it's caused great concern.
She was last known to be wearing pink leggings and
a gray sweater. Her hair is currently dyed brownish purple
and blonde. She has blue eyes and is approximately five
foot four weighing one hundred and fifteen pounds. If you
(06:32):
see her or have information about her disappearance, you're asked
to call Komok's Valley. Our CMP.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Mounties with the BC Highway Patrol are reminding drivers to
put their seat belts on and keep their cell phones
away while driving after more than one hundred and fifty
tickets were handed out on Vancouver Island last month. The
nearly twelve hundred tickets handed out right across the province
during the BC Highway patrols. Distracted driving and Occupant Restraint
Month campaigns in Vancouver Island saw a lower number of
(07:02):
distracted driving tickets handed out than other areas of the province. However,
it ranked third for the most seat belt infractions on
the island. Seventy six tickets were handed out for using
an electronic device while driving, while seventy nine tickets were
given for failure to wear a seatbelt. Central BC, which
includes Merrit, Colonna, Canloops and Clearwater, saw the highest number
(07:22):
of both tickets, two hundred and eighty five for distracted
driving and one hundred and sixty two for seat belts.
The fines for the electronic device ticket run at three
hundred and sixty eight dollars each, while the ticket for
not wearing a seatbelt cost drivers one hundred and sixty seven.
Please say if they can get fewer people to drive
distracted and with seat belts, they will save more lives.
(07:45):
Heavy rainfall is delaying work along Banfield Main Road, which
connects Bamfield in port Alberni. It's been closed for more
than two months due to the Mount Underwood wildfire. Crews
have been removing hazardous trees, but heavy rains this past
weekend and more in the forecast have pushed that work back.
The Ministry of Transportation says the road will still reopen Friday,
October twenty fourth as planned, and will remain open through
(08:07):
that weekend, but daily closures will be in effect. As
of Monday, October twenty seventh, the road will be closed
from nine am to three pm to allow crews to
finish the tree removal, which is expected to take about
a week. A specialty costume maker in Nanaimo is helping
keep the spirit of the King of Rock and Roll
alive and dancing decades after Elvis Presley's death. Pro Elvis
(08:31):
Jumpsuits turns out coveted handmade costumes that are proudly swaying
on hips the world over the sky. Ryan reports everything
she and her team creates is destined for tribute acts
who have a burning love for Elvis.
Speaker 11 (08:52):
When Bill Looking makes an entrance with his signature Elvis swagger,
he is doing it with the help of Nanaimo costume
maker Eleanor van Benneker, whose Elvis jumpsuits are sought after
all around.
Speaker 8 (09:03):
The world and whose business is booming as tribute acts
try to look just like the original King of blinged
it fifty years ago.
Speaker 4 (09:14):
Sometimes we get videos of them unboxing or or you
know of you know, pictures from their show, and and
and that's always really exciting for us.
Speaker 11 (09:26):
Her shop, Pro Elvis Jumpsuits, has grown so successful that
it now employs five costume makers and ships out newly
sown suits and delicately detailed matching accessories for them every day.
Billy Rey Cyrus even has one.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
I'm sure at some point I'll be surprised, but I
don't have time time to reflect that much.
Speaker 11 (09:46):
Costume maker Nattie Ross now understands the appeal and says,
slipping into one of these coats brings out a little
sway in the hips and curl of the lip.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
I think it's something about like the big collar and
all the jewels.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
You really st end up straight, and you feel the
shoulder pads. You feel like you got big shoulders. When
you put the costume on, you feel completely different than
every day.
Speaker 11 (10:10):
Von Betteker credits her success to appearance on Dragonstan in
two thousand and nine and the Dragon's investment that sent
her business to a whole new levels.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
We're from Nanaimo, BC, and we're asking for thirty thousand
dollars for a thirty percent stake in our company.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
So we're in together, which means yeah.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
It's probably twentyfold from when we were on a dragon's
den at least, and growing.
Speaker 11 (10:37):
Pro Elvis jumpsuits cost from eight hundred to five thousand dollars,
Yet there's no end in sight to the orders for
people wanting to shine and shimmy like Elvis did.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
What surprises me at this stage is how many young
people want to start to be Elvis tribute artists.
Speaker 11 (10:58):
With that, they're keeping the legend, build this Pressley alive
a remarkable forty eight years after he died.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
I don't know, Test, I think you could pull off
a jumpsuit like that. Maybe the Christmas party?
Speaker 12 (11:11):
Sure, Yeah, I like sparkles. I like some sequins here
and there, guts, you're about the bell bottom legs and yeah,
really my stuff?
Speaker 3 (11:21):
Well, well we'll leave it to the pros.
Speaker 12 (11:23):
Incredibly successful though, wow.
Speaker 6 (11:25):
No doubt.
Speaker 12 (11:25):
Yeah, what a good story.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Okay, So get a set for we're hearing rain.
Speaker 8 (11:30):
That's all I've been hearing.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
Absolutely gorgeous day today.
Speaker 12 (11:32):
I hope you enjoyed it, because wetter conditions are ahead
for tomorrow, particularly for the west coast of Vancouver Island,
So fifty to seventy millimeters of rain in the forecast
for areas of the West Coast tomorrow, including Tassis and Zaballas.
Those might be the hardest hit areas. Also high winds
kicking up, and we do have wind warnings in effect
right now for the North Island as well as the
central BC coast. So now I'll let to show you
(11:52):
on our satellite radar today sunshine for most of the
day for Victoria. But here's a look at the wind
that's coming because you can really start to see it
coming in there, Central Coast taking the highest winds there,
parts of the North Coast as well, and then the
North Island as you can see there. So we'll see
higher winds for parts of Georgia Strait as well as
well as coastal areas of the West Coast. With this
storm system moving in now for Greater Victoria, it's just
(12:13):
looking like showers for us. So we're not expecting heavy,
heavy rainfall for Greater Victoria today, unlike areas of the
West Coast. And it's been a very dry October so far.
October is usually our fourth wettest month in Greater Victoria
after November, December and January, we'll seious see about seventy
five to one hundred millimeters of rain. But this is
how we're doing so far this month, more than two
weeks in only nineteen point two millimeters at the Victoria Airport.
(12:36):
That's only twenty percent of the monthly total. I know
we're halfway through the month, but we should be much
higher than that. And then UVic only at eight point
one millimeters of rain eleven percent so far of the
monthly total. That's actually less rain than we saw in
June and August. So so far, I know we do
have two weeks to go. We're at the second driest
month of the year so far with these numbers, only
after July, which was incredibly dry under one millimeter for
(12:58):
many areas of Greater Victory. Today's weather photo is this
look at the weather near port Alice today the calm
before the storm. Jacqueline Mackenzie captured this shot kayaking this morning,
complete with an eagle perched on top of Missed Rock
looking for some lunch. There and check out this cool
photo from check viewer Michelle Pennell of a dramatic rescue
drill off pel River yesterday with the Canadian Coastguard and
(13:21):
a rescue helicopter from CFB Komaks. Michelle says they're her heroes,
but you will not catch her dangling from a rope
like that. You will not catch me dangling from a
rope like that. And hopefully everyone stays safe tomorrow because
could see ends up to one hundred and ten kilometers
an hour for exposed coastal areas of the North Island tomorrow, April.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
What a huge change. Well, I'm glad we hopefully all
got to enjoy today. Then, Tess, thank you. All right,
Well it's Friday, so let's check in with Jeff King
to see where he's taken.
Speaker 6 (13:49):
Us on this week's or a cool October day here
in the Inner Harbor. So I said to camera man Mark,
we need to warm up a little. He said no
to a hug, But I said, how about some Kinton Ramen.
It's the new kid in town here on Warf Street.
It's been open for several months. They've got all the
different kinds of ramen, all the different kinds of meats,
and a vegetarian option. And if Rama's not your thing.
(14:11):
They also have fried chicken, they have dumplings, they have
French fries. So we're gonna head inside. We're gonna warm up,
and you want Ramen or a hug Mark Ramen. Ramen,
I thought so, Kinton Ramen. Coming up a little later
on on order up.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Good, straight, smart, all right, Still ahead, the Capital Regional
District sets its sits on expanding. The arts will tell
you how plus a road to nowhere.
Speaker 5 (14:35):
If you were to stand here and put into Google
ask for directions, it would tell you to go straight
through the wall.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
They confusing digital directions that are leaving confused looking lab
patients staring at this island business owner's wall. We have
that story much more.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
Still ahead.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
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VC's favorite family owned craftsman Collision, Ah Better.
Speaker 10 (15:03):
Here's a look at the current Vancouver Island road conditions
from the drive BC webcams.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Watchful check newscasts weekdays at five, six and ten, or
anytime on checkplus 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.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
The subject was last seen in this area, and so
we're working off that, and we're putting a lot of
resources to find her.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
An intensive search by ground and air is underway at
Komac's Lake for a forty year old woman not seen
since Monday.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
We're all optimistic here that this is going to lead to.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
A deal, renewed hope that the end of the BCGU
strike could be near, as renowned mediator Vince Ready steps
in to try to bring the two sides together.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
When you put the costume on, you feel completely different.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
From rhyin Stones to rock and roll. Meet the Island business,
keeping the King's style alive, their huge success, hitting all
the right notes and how it all began. Check News
starts now, Good evening, Thank you for joining us. As
(01:09):
the public workers strike drags on into its seventh week. Today,
a possible breakthrough, both sides have agreed to bring in
veteran mediators to facilitate negotiations. The mediation for restaurants and
bars couldn't come sooner as they warn of layoffs, months
long backlogs and empty glasses come Christmas. Cory Sitaway has
(01:30):
our top story.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
After weeks of stalled talks and growing frustration, the BCGU
strike may be turning a corner.
Speaker 6 (01:40):
It's a positive indication government's willing to move and I think,
you know, we're all optimistic here that this is going
to lead to a deal.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
Both sides have agreed to enter into non binding mediation
with veteran arbitrators Amanda Rogers and Vince Ready.
Speaker 7 (01:53):
You're in a dispute, try and figure out what it's about,
and you keep your eye on the ball.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
Ready brings four decades of proven experience in mediating complex,
high profile labor disputes.
Speaker 7 (02:05):
We see a deal coming, you just don't let it go.
Speaker 5 (02:07):
He's the go to fixer that's helped put teachers back
in classrooms, mills and mines running again, and unionize truckers
and first responders back on the road.
Speaker 7 (02:17):
How do you know.
Speaker 8 (02:18):
When the deal is there?
Speaker 7 (02:20):
Like, how do you know? It's hard to explain. It
really is hard to explain. If me, it's instinct, it's
just instinct. Yeah, I can't answer that question logically. Because
there is no logical answer. Think about it. There's no
logical answer to it. It just starts to happen.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
In a statement, BC's Ministry of Finance says, the province
is committed to reaching a fair agreement that works for everyone.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Our simple message to start is enough.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
The move towards mediation comes as the BC restaurant and
liquor industry delivers a grim warning.
Speaker 9 (02:50):
So this is a mess. This is never This is
an unprecedented mess that this industry has never seen before.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
Province wide, seventy eight percent of hospit bpatality businesses in
BC are worried about having to close their doors.
Speaker 9 (03:04):
They basically brought us to our knees.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
The industry says it's lost collectively ten million dollars in
sales as a result of the strike, and even with
mediation on the horizon, is steering down a hazardous holiday's season.
Speaker 9 (03:17):
You want to restore this system in three weeks, and
even in three weeks will likely move and miss events
for Christmas. We may not have enough stock for Christmas,
but we can try.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
The union believes arbitration talks will start soon. From here,
the mediators will make non binding recommendations which government and
the BCGEU could come to a tentative agreement over. That
agreement would head to union members for a vote. But
despite the hospitality industries please to go back to work,
the union says, the picket lines will stay up until
(03:51):
a deal is struck.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
On tonight's checkpoint, we're asking if you are hopeful that
mediation will help end the bcgu strike, can vote in
tonight's poll on our website. We will have your results
a little later in tonight's newscast. Sanich fire cruise battled
flames at a house that caught fire early this morning.
(04:14):
Just after one. Sanitch Fire received a call about a
house fire and the thirty nine hundred block of Ansell Road.
Crews were on site within four minutes of the call.
Officials say the fire started on the fence then spread
to the rear of the home. It took roughly two
hours to put out the flames. Sanich Police are now
working with fire investigators to determine a cause. Nobody was injured.
(04:37):
A major search resumed today for a missing woman in
the Komocks Valley. The forty year old is believed to
have been camping near Comock's Lake, but there's been no
sign of her since Monday. Dean Stoltz reports.
Speaker 10 (04:50):
A NARSIUMP helicopter circles over an area near the east
end of Komok's Lake, the last known spot where missing
forty year old Ashley Boss was seen on Monday.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
We had that call for the missing female yesterday the afternoon.
We had members out searching with dog units until well
past nightfall.
Speaker 10 (05:11):
Fourteen crews with twenty five people from Colmach's Valley Sar,
Campbell Riversar, and Arrowsmith Sar. We're back at it this morning.
There were also four search dog teams involved. Police say
it's believed Bosma was camping in the area when she
was last in touch with her family on Thanksgiving Day.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
The subject was last seen in this area and so
we're working off that and we're putting a lot of
resources to find her. A lot of the train is old,
logged cut blocks, there are some steep gullies and there's
some shoreline searches as well.
Speaker 10 (05:43):
Specialized drones for Arrowsmith Search and Rescue also being used
in today's search.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
They have software that can do detection pH anomalies, so
like with different colors that are not normally found. They
also have flur Yeah, so forward looking in for ed and.
Speaker 10 (05:57):
With rain coming tomorrow, searchers are trying to take advantage
of as much sunlight and clear conditions today.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
I think this is exactly the time to do it.
We've got the drones, we've got air eight. This is
where we're going to have our highest probability of success.
Speaker 10 (06:11):
Police say it's unusual for Ashley not to be in
touch with her family and say it's caused great concern.
She was last known to be wearing pink leggings and
a gray sweater. Her hair is currently dyed brownish purple
and blonde. She has blue eyes and is approximately five
foot four weighing one hundred and fifteen pounds. If you
(06:32):
see her or have information about her disappearance, you're asked
to call Komok's Valley. Our CMP.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Mounties with the BC Highway Patrol are reminding drivers to
put their seat belts on and keep their cell phones
away while driving after more than one hundred and fifty
tickets were handed out on Vancouver Island last month. The
nearly twelve hundred tickets handed out right across the province
during the BC Highway patrols. Distracted driving and Occupant Restraint
Month campaigns in Vancouver Island saw a lower number of
(07:02):
distracted driving tickets handed out than other areas of the province. However,
it ranked third for the most seat belt infractions on
the island. Seventy six tickets were handed out for using
an electronic device while driving, while seventy nine tickets were
given for failure to wear a seatbelt. Central BC, which
includes Merrit, Colonna, Canloops and Clearwater, saw the highest number
(07:22):
of both tickets, two hundred and eighty five for distracted
driving and one hundred and sixty two for seat belts.
The fines for the electronic device ticket run at three
hundred and sixty eight dollars each, while the ticket for
not wearing a seatbelt cost drivers one hundred and sixty seven.
Please say if they can get fewer people to drive
distracted and with seat belts, they will save more lives.
(07:45):
Heavy rainfall is delaying work along Banfield Main Road, which
connects Bamfield in port Alberni. It's been closed for more
than two months due to the Mount Underwood wildfire. Crews
have been removing hazardous trees, but heavy rains this past
weekend and more in the forecast have pushed that work back.
The Ministry of Transportation says the road will still reopen Friday,
October twenty fourth as planned, and will remain open through
(08:07):
that weekend, but daily closures will be in effect. As
of Monday, October twenty seventh, the road will be closed
from nine am to three pm to allow crews to
finish the tree removal, which is expected to take about
a week. A specialty costume maker in Nanaimo is helping
keep the spirit of the King of Rock and Roll
alive and dancing decades after Elvis Presley's death. Pro Elvis
(08:31):
Jumpsuits turns out coveted handmade costumes that are proudly swaying
on hips the world over the sky. Ryan reports everything
she and her team creates is destined for tribute acts
who have a burning love for Elvis.
Speaker 11 (08:52):
When Bill Looking makes an entrance with his signature Elvis swagger,
he is doing it with the help of Nanaimo costume
maker Eleanor van Benneker, whose Elvis jumpsuits are sought after
all around.
Speaker 8 (09:03):
The world and whose business is booming as tribute acts
try to look just like the original King of blinged
it fifty years ago.
Speaker 4 (09:14):
Sometimes we get videos of them unboxing or or you
know of you know, pictures from their show, and and
and that's always really exciting for us.
Speaker 11 (09:26):
Her shop, Pro Elvis Jumpsuits, has grown so successful that
it now employs five costume makers and ships out newly
sown suits and delicately detailed matching accessories for them every day.
Billy Rey Cyrus even has one.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
I'm sure at some point I'll be surprised, but I
don't have time time to reflect that much.
Speaker 11 (09:46):
Costume maker Nattie Ross now understands the appeal and says,
slipping into one of these coats brings out a little
sway in the hips and curl of the lip.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
I think it's something about like the big collar and
all the jewels.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
You really st end up straight, and you feel the
shoulder pads. You feel like you got big shoulders. When
you put the costume on, you feel completely different than
every day.
Speaker 11 (10:10):
Von Betteker credits her success to appearance on Dragonstan in
two thousand and nine and the Dragon's investment that sent
her business to a whole new levels.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
We're from Nanaimo, BC, and we're asking for thirty thousand
dollars for a thirty percent stake in our company.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
So we're in together, which means yeah.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
It's probably twentyfold from when we were on a dragon's
den at least, and growing.
Speaker 11 (10:37):
Pro Elvis jumpsuits cost from eight hundred to five thousand dollars,
Yet there's no end in sight to the orders for
people wanting to shine and shimmy like Elvis did.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
What surprises me at this stage is how many young
people want to start to be Elvis tribute artists.
Speaker 11 (10:58):
With that, they're keeping the legend, build this Pressley alive
a remarkable forty eight years after he died.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
I don't know, Test, I think you could pull off
a jumpsuit like that. Maybe the Christmas party?
Speaker 12 (11:11):
Sure, Yeah, I like sparkles. I like some sequins here
and there, guts, you're about the bell bottom legs and yeah,
really my stuff?
Speaker 3 (11:21):
Well, well we'll leave it to the pros.
Speaker 12 (11:23):
Incredibly successful though, wow.
Speaker 6 (11:25):
No doubt.
Speaker 12 (11:25):
Yeah, what a good story.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Okay, So get a set for we're hearing rain.
Speaker 8 (11:30):
That's all I've been hearing.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
Absolutely gorgeous day today.
Speaker 12 (11:32):
I hope you enjoyed it, because wetter conditions are ahead
for tomorrow, particularly for the west coast of Vancouver Island,
So fifty to seventy millimeters of rain in the forecast
for areas of the West Coast tomorrow, including Tassis and Zaballas.
Those might be the hardest hit areas. Also high winds
kicking up, and we do have wind warnings in effect
right now for the North Island as well as the
central BC coast. So now I'll let to show you
(11:52):
on our satellite radar today sunshine for most of the
day for Victoria. But here's a look at the wind
that's coming because you can really start to see it
coming in there, Central Coast taking the highest winds there,
parts of the North Coast as well, and then the
North Island as you can see there. So we'll see
higher winds for parts of Georgia Strait as well as
well as coastal areas of the West Coast. With this
storm system moving in now for Greater Victoria, it's just
(12:13):
looking like showers for us. So we're not expecting heavy,
heavy rainfall for Greater Victoria today, unlike areas of the
West Coast. And it's been a very dry October so far.
October is usually our fourth wettest month in Greater Victoria
after November, December and January, we'll seious see about seventy
five to one hundred millimeters of rain. But this is
how we're doing so far this month, more than two
weeks in only nineteen point two millimeters at the Victoria Airport.
(12:36):
That's only twenty percent of the monthly total. I know
we're halfway through the month, but we should be much
higher than that. And then UVic only at eight point
one millimeters of rain eleven percent so far of the
monthly total. That's actually less rain than we saw in
June and August. So so far, I know we do
have two weeks to go. We're at the second driest
month of the year so far with these numbers, only
after July, which was incredibly dry under one millimeter for
(12:58):
many areas of Greater Victory. Today's weather photo is this
look at the weather near port Alice today the calm
before the storm. Jacqueline Mackenzie captured this shot kayaking this morning,
complete with an eagle perched on top of Missed Rock
looking for some lunch. There and check out this cool
photo from check viewer Michelle Pennell of a dramatic rescue
drill off pel River yesterday with the Canadian Coastguard and
(13:21):
a rescue helicopter from CFB Komaks. Michelle says they're her heroes,
but you will not catch her dangling from a rope
like that. You will not catch me dangling from a
rope like that. And hopefully everyone stays safe tomorrow because
could see ends up to one hundred and ten kilometers
an hour for exposed coastal areas of the North Island tomorrow, April.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
What a huge change. Well, I'm glad we hopefully all
got to enjoy today. Then, Tess, thank you. All right,
Well it's Friday, so let's check in with Jeff King
to see where he's taken.
Speaker 6 (13:49):
Us on this week's or a cool October day here
in the Inner Harbor. So I said to camera man Mark,
we need to warm up a little. He said no
to a hug, But I said, how about some Kinton Ramen.
It's the new kid in town here on Warf Street.
It's been open for several months. They've got all the
different kinds of ramen, all the different kinds of meats,
and a vegetarian option. And if Rama's not your thing.
(14:11):
They also have fried chicken, they have dumplings, they have
French fries. So we're gonna head inside. We're gonna warm up,
and you want Ramen or a hug Mark Ramen. Ramen,
I thought so, Kinton Ramen. Coming up a little later
on on order up.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Good, straight, smart, all right, Still ahead, the Capital Regional
District sets its sits on expanding. The arts will tell
you how plus a road to nowhere.
Speaker 5 (14:35):
If you were to stand here and put into Google
ask for directions, it would tell you to go straight
through the wall.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
They confusing digital directions that are leaving confused looking lab
patients staring at this island business owner's wall. We have
that story much more.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
Still ahead.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
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VC's favorite family owned craftsman Collision, Ah Better.
Speaker 10 (15:03):
Here's a look at the current Vancouver Island road conditions
from the drive BC webcams.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
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