October 14, 2025 • 11 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 had a smile that went the rumor.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Victoria was a lovely girl.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
A deadly attack leaves many heartbroken this Thanksgiving Monday. What
police are saying and how a community in Campbell River
is handling the violence.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
What's your favorite thing to eat at Thanksgiving?
Speaker 5 (00:37):
Chocolate?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Chocolate?
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Is that after turkey?
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Thankful for the memories. How some on the island are
creating new traditions the old fashioned way this Thanksgiving Monday,
Good evening and thanks for joining us. A thirty year
old Campbell woman is dead after a knife attack in
(01:02):
the city's downtown. RCMP say it happened at two am Sunday,
and a skyrine reports the attack was witnessed by several
of the victim's friends and a warning there are disturbing
details in this report.
Speaker 6 (01:16):
Hearts are heavy in Campbell Rivers downtown on Thanksgiving Monday
as friends share hugs and shock over the horrific depth
of a friend that happened in front of their eyes
early Sunday morning.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
I just can't believe that happened. I mean, she had
a smile that went the room up.
Speaker 7 (01:38):
Eh.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Victoria was a lovely girl.
Speaker 8 (01:41):
Just one second that what takes.
Speaker 7 (01:45):
Yeah, is really traumatizing. She was a good friend of mine.
Speaker 6 (01:50):
Friends identify the victim as thirty year old Victorian Nesbit,
who lived with a severe hearing impairment and communicated writing
out on cardboard as she lived on high on these
streets because she couldn't hear it but her right, Yeah,
we rode.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
On a paper boxes, you know, the twenty four packed wedge.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
I'd have conversations with Victoria for hours and.
Speaker 7 (02:15):
She is really, really kind.
Speaker 6 (02:17):
According to Chante Waterhouse, the fatal stabbing happened here in
the parking lot of this overdose prevention site next to
Vancouver Island Mental Health on Dogwood Street, where the unhoused
gather at night to feel safe because there are so
many security cameras on the building. But Sunday morning, at
two am, it turned into a frantic scene as RC
(02:38):
and p S the officers rushed in to help the
victim of the stabbing, but she died as a twenty
nine year old female was arrested running away right.
Speaker 7 (02:47):
She crazy, She started swinging away and caught her raceword.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
Duggler, Were you there? Well?
Speaker 1 (02:53):
That was there when we were.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Say there, I couldn't get any closer that right, Yeah,
I got So you never forget that.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
It's fitted in your mind and you'll never forget something
that when it was when I saw her fall to
the girl, and I I knew she was already gone,
and I I was gonna go try to help her,
but you know, I kind of knew she was already dead.
Speaker 6 (03:16):
Twenty nine year old Pauline Bruce is now facing a
charge of second degree murder and remains in police custody.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
Reserver Briestlely.
Speaker 7 (03:26):
It's servile.
Speaker 6 (03:28):
According to witnesses, the victim was being blamed for taking
someone's bracelet before the attack, and the disagreement with the
hearing impaired woman escalated quickly at Campbell River or CMP
continued to investigate and are looking to speak to anyone
who may have left the scene on the night of
the killing.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
The Loew's and Vicious Food Bank in Nanaimo was promised
federal funding last year, but the food bank says there's
been no sign of it. They're aiming to open their
new warehouse by twenty twenty six and are hoping that
committed five million dollars comes through before then. Claire Palmer
has more.
Speaker 9 (04:03):
The Loaves and Fishes Food Bank moves over twelve million
dollars worth of food through this warehouse in Nanaimo every year,
distributing food to over forty communities on VC's coast, and
executive director Peter Sinclair says they can do more and.
Speaker 10 (04:17):
We're actually not able to accept all of the food
Dad is out there. So what that means is people
in need are not getting as much food as they
could because we don't have the infrastructure we need.
Speaker 9 (04:29):
Sinclair says they're working on building a new warehouse in
Nanaimo on Wellington Road that would quadruple their capacity to
sort food. It's set to open in twenty twenty six.
Sinclair says they've seen contributions from the municipal and provincial governments,
but they're still waiting on five million dollars in federal
funding to come through, which was promised almost a year ago.
In the meantime, they've taken out a loan to keep
(04:51):
the project on track.
Speaker 10 (04:52):
I can tell you right now with the drop in
donations that we have experienced this year. Having a thirty
thousand dollars a month mortgage will mean we will have
to cut the programs that put food into people's hands,
and so we're hopeful that the federal government will require
the commitment that they made and do the right thing
(05:13):
and make sure we get the funding we need to
make sure people across the BC coasts have the food
they need.
Speaker 9 (05:17):
For Nanaimo, Ladysmith mp TE Marrik Cronus raised the question
in Autawa last month, asking for a timeline on when
the funding is expected.
Speaker 8 (05:25):
What we want to do is simply make sure that
the funding is confirmed, make sure that the contribution agreement
assigned as soon as possible, and make sure that the
funding flows in time for Loaves and Fishes to finish
this really important project.
Speaker 9 (05:39):
However, in response to an inquiry posted by Cronus on
the funding, the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure says, while
the proposed funding was in the government's December twenty twenty
four fall Economic statement, there is no contribution agreement with
Lobs and Fishes.
Speaker 8 (05:52):
And so I see firsthand on a regular basis how
much this organization contributes to the community and how important
it is to individuals, to families, to immigrants who have
been not provided with the kind of things that they
need to be able to thrive in our community. This
is a vital organization. The money has to flow is
(06:13):
it's really important.
Speaker 9 (06:14):
Sinclair says he's hopeful the funding will come through before
the end of the year, but either way, they plan
to open their doors to the community in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Well.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
The latest survey of our endangered Southern resident orcas shows
they've plateaued and are now at the beginning of a
slide towards disappearance. The Center of Weale Research providing a
snapshot of how the Southern residents are doing. One of
the major issues with the low population of the killer
whales is inbreeding, creating issues with resilience towards disease. The
(06:45):
report goes on to say the Southern residents urbanized habitat
is another factor in their struggle compared to their northern
relatives in the South Waters. The research center says, the
Southern pods are trying to hunt where cruise ships and
freighters are coming through, and it's like trying to find.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Food on a highway.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
A group of current and former Canadian Forces members will
trade in their uniforms for blacksmith aprons this weekend. As
part of a unique healing initiative on Vancouver Island, The
Veterans As Forging Workshop will take place next weekend in
a Squimalt. Over two days, twelve veterans, serving members and
serving members rather will learn to design, heat and forge
(07:27):
camp axes from raw metal, an intense hands on process
that organizers say blends skill building, creativity, and therapy. The
idea is to promote the use of art as a
pathway to positive mental health. According to Veterans Affairs Canada,
suicide rates among veterans are roughly double those of civilians.
(07:47):
The public is invited to the center next Saturday. To
learn more about the event and the Veterans Artists Collectives work.
You can head to their website. People in Victoria who
are watching fall they are watching the leaves pile up
in their yards can soon put them out for the
city's annual leaf collection. The annual leaf collection will resume tomorrow,
the city says. The program collects and estimated seven thousand
(08:10):
tons of leaves. The city has sectioned off the collection
by zones. Each neighborhood will have leaves collected over a
three to four week period. To participate in the leaf collection,
residents are asked to pile them up on the boulevard
and bags aren't required. City trucks will make one pass
down each street. For more information on when the city
(08:31):
will be passing through your area, you can head to
our website well as Sunning Day. As you saw those
shots of the leaves around the island. This Thanksgiving Monday
a beautiful time to spend with friends and loved ones.
Our own chattis Leo found a special place where many
people are creating memories, setting the stage for a perfect
fall season.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
It's full steam ahead at Gaily Farms as they mark
twenty six years of providing family Fund on the Thanksgiving
Long weekend.
Speaker 5 (09:00):
We started doing this in nineteen ninety nine and it
started small and it's gotten bigger and bigger.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
From train lines, corn mazes, food trucks and live music,
it's become a celebration to highlight the beginning of the fall,
Thanksgiving and Halloween, creating memories for the whole family.
Speaker 5 (09:18):
We've actually built a memory patch this year.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
Over at the Memory Patch, even the adults are getting
their pictures taken while the kids take charge of the camera.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
I started taking that pictures. Are you good at taking
pictures too?
Speaker 7 (09:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Awesome? Do you find any of this a little scary?
Closer than halloway?
Speaker 8 (09:34):
Now we've got to see lots of viet.
Speaker 7 (09:37):
I'm skeleting and be going like a scary case.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
Was any of it a little scarier?
Speaker 9 (09:45):
No?
Speaker 5 (09:45):
Now, but at nighttime it gets a little bit scarier,
a little bit different crowd and of course you know
people in the dark. Sometimes people get scared. But we
get to do all the specially lighting and lasers.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Wanted to see if it was silly or scary. This
check reporter went to investigate for himself.
Speaker 7 (10:04):
It's super well done.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
Definitely. I think at night I would.
Speaker 6 (10:10):
Not enjoy us.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
Back outside behind the displays feels a little less scary
as even the little ones watched through the windows. And
of course it wouldn't be a complete Thanksgiving holiday weekend
without a patch.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
Right now, we're running pumpkin fast by day.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
A short train ride away. Families are trying to find
the perfect pumpkin to end a perfect weekend. Noah seems
to have his mind all made up on what the
rest of his Thanksgiving looks like, do you have any
idea what you think you might want to do?
Speaker 3 (10:41):
This?
Speaker 8 (10:41):
Here a scary hearted sash, what's.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
Your favorite thing to eat at Thanksgiving?
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Chocolate? Chocolate?
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Is that after Turkey rushing to get his chocolate. Noah's
enthusiasm is truly a reminder that Thanksgiving with family is
a time of love, laughter, and memories that can never
be squashed.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees freed. More on the major
hostage and prisoner exchange leading to ending two years of war.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
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 weekdays at five, six, and ten,
or anytime one Check plus or checknews dot CA.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
You had a smile that went the rumor.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Victoria was a lovely girl.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
A deadly attack leaves many heartbroken this Thanksgiving Monday. What
police are saying and how a community in Campbell River
is handling the violence.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
What's your favorite thing to eat at Thanksgiving?
Speaker 5 (00:37):
Chocolate?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Chocolate?
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Is that after turkey?
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Thankful for the memories. How some on the island are
creating new traditions the old fashioned way this Thanksgiving Monday,
Good evening and thanks for joining us. A thirty year
old Campbell woman is dead after a knife attack in
(01:02):
the city's downtown. RCMP say it happened at two am Sunday,
and a skyrine reports the attack was witnessed by several
of the victim's friends and a warning there are disturbing
details in this report.
Speaker 6 (01:16):
Hearts are heavy in Campbell Rivers downtown on Thanksgiving Monday
as friends share hugs and shock over the horrific depth
of a friend that happened in front of their eyes
early Sunday morning.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
I just can't believe that happened. I mean, she had
a smile that went the room up.
Speaker 7 (01:38):
Eh.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Victoria was a lovely girl.
Speaker 8 (01:41):
Just one second that what takes.
Speaker 7 (01:45):
Yeah, is really traumatizing. She was a good friend of mine.
Speaker 6 (01:50):
Friends identify the victim as thirty year old Victorian Nesbit,
who lived with a severe hearing impairment and communicated writing
out on cardboard as she lived on high on these
streets because she couldn't hear it but her right, Yeah,
we rode.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
On a paper boxes, you know, the twenty four packed wedge.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
I'd have conversations with Victoria for hours and.
Speaker 7 (02:15):
She is really, really kind.
Speaker 6 (02:17):
According to Chante Waterhouse, the fatal stabbing happened here in
the parking lot of this overdose prevention site next to
Vancouver Island Mental Health on Dogwood Street, where the unhoused
gather at night to feel safe because there are so
many security cameras on the building. But Sunday morning, at
two am, it turned into a frantic scene as RC
(02:38):
and p S the officers rushed in to help the
victim of the stabbing, but she died as a twenty
nine year old female was arrested running away right.
Speaker 7 (02:47):
She crazy, She started swinging away and caught her raceword.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
Duggler, Were you there? Well?
Speaker 1 (02:53):
That was there when we were.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Say there, I couldn't get any closer that right, Yeah,
I got So you never forget that.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
It's fitted in your mind and you'll never forget something
that when it was when I saw her fall to
the girl, and I I knew she was already gone,
and I I was gonna go try to help her,
but you know, I kind of knew she was already dead.
Speaker 6 (03:16):
Twenty nine year old Pauline Bruce is now facing a
charge of second degree murder and remains in police custody.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
Reserver Briestlely.
Speaker 7 (03:26):
It's servile.
Speaker 6 (03:28):
According to witnesses, the victim was being blamed for taking
someone's bracelet before the attack, and the disagreement with the
hearing impaired woman escalated quickly at Campbell River or CMP
continued to investigate and are looking to speak to anyone
who may have left the scene on the night of
the killing.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
The Loew's and Vicious Food Bank in Nanaimo was promised
federal funding last year, but the food bank says there's
been no sign of it. They're aiming to open their
new warehouse by twenty twenty six and are hoping that
committed five million dollars comes through before then. Claire Palmer
has more.
Speaker 9 (04:03):
The Loaves and Fishes Food Bank moves over twelve million
dollars worth of food through this warehouse in Nanaimo every year,
distributing food to over forty communities on VC's coast, and
executive director Peter Sinclair says they can do more and.
Speaker 10 (04:17):
We're actually not able to accept all of the food
Dad is out there. So what that means is people
in need are not getting as much food as they
could because we don't have the infrastructure we need.
Speaker 9 (04:29):
Sinclair says they're working on building a new warehouse in
Nanaimo on Wellington Road that would quadruple their capacity to
sort food. It's set to open in twenty twenty six.
Sinclair says they've seen contributions from the municipal and provincial governments,
but they're still waiting on five million dollars in federal
funding to come through, which was promised almost a year ago.
In the meantime, they've taken out a loan to keep
(04:51):
the project on track.
Speaker 10 (04:52):
I can tell you right now with the drop in
donations that we have experienced this year. Having a thirty
thousand dollars a month mortgage will mean we will have
to cut the programs that put food into people's hands,
and so we're hopeful that the federal government will require
the commitment that they made and do the right thing
(05:13):
and make sure we get the funding we need to
make sure people across the BC coasts have the food
they need.
Speaker 9 (05:17):
For Nanaimo, Ladysmith mp TE Marrik Cronus raised the question
in Autawa last month, asking for a timeline on when
the funding is expected.
Speaker 8 (05:25):
What we want to do is simply make sure that
the funding is confirmed, make sure that the contribution agreement
assigned as soon as possible, and make sure that the
funding flows in time for Loaves and Fishes to finish
this really important project.
Speaker 9 (05:39):
However, in response to an inquiry posted by Cronus on
the funding, the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure says, while
the proposed funding was in the government's December twenty twenty
four fall Economic statement, there is no contribution agreement with
Lobs and Fishes.
Speaker 8 (05:52):
And so I see firsthand on a regular basis how
much this organization contributes to the community and how important
it is to individuals, to families, to immigrants who have
been not provided with the kind of things that they
need to be able to thrive in our community. This
is a vital organization. The money has to flow is
(06:13):
it's really important.
Speaker 9 (06:14):
Sinclair says he's hopeful the funding will come through before
the end of the year, but either way, they plan
to open their doors to the community in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Well.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
The latest survey of our endangered Southern resident orcas shows
they've plateaued and are now at the beginning of a
slide towards disappearance. The Center of Weale Research providing a
snapshot of how the Southern residents are doing. One of
the major issues with the low population of the killer
whales is inbreeding, creating issues with resilience towards disease. The
(06:45):
report goes on to say the Southern residents urbanized habitat
is another factor in their struggle compared to their northern
relatives in the South Waters. The research center says, the
Southern pods are trying to hunt where cruise ships and
freighters are coming through, and it's like trying to find.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Food on a highway.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
A group of current and former Canadian Forces members will
trade in their uniforms for blacksmith aprons this weekend. As
part of a unique healing initiative on Vancouver Island, The
Veterans As Forging Workshop will take place next weekend in
a Squimalt. Over two days, twelve veterans, serving members and
serving members rather will learn to design, heat and forge
(07:27):
camp axes from raw metal, an intense hands on process
that organizers say blends skill building, creativity, and therapy. The
idea is to promote the use of art as a
pathway to positive mental health. According to Veterans Affairs Canada,
suicide rates among veterans are roughly double those of civilians.
(07:47):
The public is invited to the center next Saturday. To
learn more about the event and the Veterans Artists Collectives work.
You can head to their website. People in Victoria who
are watching fall they are watching the leaves pile up
in their yards can soon put them out for the
city's annual leaf collection. The annual leaf collection will resume tomorrow,
the city says. The program collects and estimated seven thousand
(08:10):
tons of leaves. The city has sectioned off the collection
by zones. Each neighborhood will have leaves collected over a
three to four week period. To participate in the leaf collection,
residents are asked to pile them up on the boulevard
and bags aren't required. City trucks will make one pass
down each street. For more information on when the city
(08:31):
will be passing through your area, you can head to
our website well as Sunning Day. As you saw those
shots of the leaves around the island. This Thanksgiving Monday
a beautiful time to spend with friends and loved ones.
Our own chattis Leo found a special place where many
people are creating memories, setting the stage for a perfect
fall season.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
It's full steam ahead at Gaily Farms as they mark
twenty six years of providing family Fund on the Thanksgiving
Long weekend.
Speaker 5 (09:00):
We started doing this in nineteen ninety nine and it
started small and it's gotten bigger and bigger.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
From train lines, corn mazes, food trucks and live music,
it's become a celebration to highlight the beginning of the fall,
Thanksgiving and Halloween, creating memories for the whole family.
Speaker 5 (09:18):
We've actually built a memory patch this year.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
Over at the Memory Patch, even the adults are getting
their pictures taken while the kids take charge of the camera.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
I started taking that pictures. Are you good at taking
pictures too?
Speaker 7 (09:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Awesome? Do you find any of this a little scary?
Closer than halloway?
Speaker 8 (09:34):
Now we've got to see lots of viet.
Speaker 7 (09:37):
I'm skeleting and be going like a scary case.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
Was any of it a little scarier?
Speaker 9 (09:45):
No?
Speaker 5 (09:45):
Now, but at nighttime it gets a little bit scarier,
a little bit different crowd and of course you know
people in the dark. Sometimes people get scared. But we
get to do all the specially lighting and lasers.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Wanted to see if it was silly or scary. This
check reporter went to investigate for himself.
Speaker 7 (10:04):
It's super well done.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
Definitely. I think at night I would.
Speaker 6 (10:10):
Not enjoy us.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
Back outside behind the displays feels a little less scary
as even the little ones watched through the windows. And
of course it wouldn't be a complete Thanksgiving holiday weekend
without a patch.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
Right now, we're running pumpkin fast by day.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
A short train ride away. Families are trying to find
the perfect pumpkin to end a perfect weekend. Noah seems
to have his mind all made up on what the
rest of his Thanksgiving looks like, do you have any
idea what you think you might want to do?
Speaker 3 (10:41):
This?
Speaker 8 (10:41):
Here a scary hearted sash, what's.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
Your favorite thing to eat at Thanksgiving?
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Chocolate? Chocolate?
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Is that after Turkey rushing to get his chocolate. Noah's
enthusiasm is truly a reminder that Thanksgiving with family is
a time of love, laughter, and memories that can never
be squashed.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees freed. More on the major
hostage and prisoner exchange leading to ending two years of war.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Watch full Check newscasts weekdays at five, six, and ten,
or anytime on Check plus or Checknews dot Ca.
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