October 22, 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 week days at five, six, and
ten or anytime one Check plus or checknews dot CA.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Eight days now with no contact with anybody, and each
day just adds concerned for me personally and I think
the rest of the family.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
New photos are released as the search continues for a
missing Komok's Valley woman.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
It's not sustainable to continue to have this kind of
an ask, and we have to look at other ways
of doing things.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Mixed reaction as the Victoria Police Department pitches a ten percent,
eight million dollar increase in its annual budget.
Speaker 5 (00:47):
I mean, I'll never forget the look on my dad's face.
Speaker 6 (00:53):
Of course, everyone was quite devastated.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
A family heirloom of one of a kind lamp is
mistakenly donated to Check. Now that family is desperate to
get it back. Tech News starts now, good evening, thanks
for joining us. We begin with a developing story tonight.
(01:16):
A prominent Victoria businessman has been charged with sexual assault
and assault by choking. Scott Burley founded two Burly Men
Moving in two thousand and nine, but the company tells
chech News he is no longer involved. Burley also owns
two local restaurants with his wife. The charges stem from
an alleged incident in October twenty nineteenth. Reaching him by
(01:37):
phone at one of his restaurants today, Burley denied the allegations,
saying he hasn't been given any information other than the
alleged victim's name, which he says he doesn't recognize. He
says he intends to plead not guilty. Burley is scheduled
for his first court appearance at the Victoria Law Courts
on November of the tenth. Investigators with the Comocks Valley
are CMP returned to the area today where a missing
(01:59):
woman was last seen just over a week ago. Forty
year old Ashley Bosma disappeared near Comoch's Lake. Her family
and police are appealing to the public to help find her.
The installed S reports.
Speaker 7 (02:11):
This is a new photo released by the RCMP today
showing forty year old Ashley Bosma and how she looked
when she disappeared eight days ago. That's over a week
now for family members who haven't heard from her.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Each day just adds concerned for me personally, and I
think the rest of the family because it just increases
that you know the risk factor.
Speaker 7 (02:33):
The unknown Bosma was last seen Tuesday, October fourteenth, camping
near a small lake at the east end of Como's Lake,
but she hasn't been seen or heard from since.
Speaker 8 (02:45):
We've been searching the area that we know where she
was last camping. We have located her camp site and
ground Search and Rescue searched the area very thoroughly. At
this point, we haven't located her, so we're still looking.
Speaker 7 (02:57):
GROUNDSAR launched to search last Thursday with the help of
an RCMP helicopter that lasted into the weekend, but it
was called off without any luck, pending further investigation. Today,
RCMP investigators were back in the specific area of the
campsite looking for more clues.
Speaker 8 (03:15):
We don't know if she walked away into the woods,
if she's still out there. We don't know if she
was picked up by somebody. We're trying to figure that out.
Speaker 7 (03:25):
This is the first photo released by police last week,
but the new one today with colored hair, was taken
more recently. Police also releasing this screen grab from video
from a store on Cliff Avenue captured in the days
before she disappeared. Police and family say It's not unusual
for her to go camping, but it is unusual for
her not to be in touch with friends or family.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Normally, someone is connected to her at some stage throughout
the day, and this is unusual for her to go
this length without that type of engagement or contact with someone.
So that's the most concerning.
Speaker 7 (03:59):
Is there anything potentially suspicious about.
Speaker 8 (04:02):
Her disappear at this point, it's really difficult to say.
We're exploring all of the options in regards to how
and where she went missing and where she is right now.
Speaker 7 (04:13):
Please say they follow every tip, but that many potential
sightings are being reported on social media pages and they
ask that if you have a tip, you call and
report it to the RCMP directly.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Wow port Alberni RCMP say a fire that sent smoke
billowing into the sky early Wednesday morning early this morning
is not considered suspicious. Emergency crews were called to the
blaze at Dog Mountain Brewing on Third Avenue just after
two am. Firefighters with the port Alberni Fire Department, Cherry
Creek Fire Department, and Sprout Lake and Beaver Creek Volunteer
(04:47):
Fire Departments responded in a social media post this morning,
Dog Mountain Brewing says it would be closed for at
least the next day or two as it plans its
next steps. Victoria Police asking Victoria in a squad councils
for an almost ten percent budget increase. The department says
it's facing numerous pressures, including dealing with street disorder and
(05:08):
gang related violence.
Speaker 6 (05:09):
Mary Griffin reports.
Speaker 9 (05:12):
More police officers are now out on patrol and walking
the beat in downtown Victoria. The local Business Association says
is making a difference.
Speaker 10 (05:20):
Really pleased to see more place on the street. So
we're fully supportive of what we think is a reasonable
request to continue that progress and support the city's community
safety and well being.
Speaker 9 (05:31):
Planned Wednesday night. The Victoria Police Department is depending on
that goodwill. The budget the police board is presenting to
Victoria en esquimal Councils includes a nearly ten percent increase
for twenty twenty six, translating into an increase from seventy
nine million in twenty twenty five to nearly eighty seven
million in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 11 (05:53):
I suspect we are significantly understaffed. I have also not
in terms of the City of Victoria. I have noticed
that proportionately. I think this city in particular, and I'm
not talking about Isquimalt, but Victoria has a disproportionate problem
(06:14):
with people who are unhoused and with street disorder.
Speaker 9 (06:18):
The increase in budget would be paid for by Victoria
and Esquimalt. Victoria on the hook for nearly six point
seven million, is Squimalt at a little over a million.
Is Squimalt's mayor says no other similar sized municipality in
the region pays as much for policing.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
The million dollar plus ask is a three percent tax
increase just for policing, and we had a challenging budget
last year partly because of the three percent budget asked
for policing.
Speaker 9 (06:52):
Justifying its ask, the police department points to increase gang
related violence, more calls involving complex social and public say needs,
a growing number of supportive housing facilities. Case slows thirty
one percent, higher than the BC average. Esquimalt violent crime
is up twenty six percent, and hate crimes are up
one hundred and sixty one percent.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
It's not sustainable to continue to have this kind of
an ask, and we have to look at other ways
of doing things. And we have always been a supporter
of regionalization and that may be a way to go.
Speaker 10 (07:28):
We know it's working, so anything we could do to
support more of that activity.
Speaker 9 (07:33):
The police department reports it's struggling with filling vacancies. The
high cost of living in the region is also affecting
the police Department's ability to hire qualified officers and civilian staff.
If their council refuses fundy, the police board can appeal
the decision.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
On checkpoints tonight, we're asking if you think your local
police force is sufficiently funded, you can vote at checknewos
dot ca and we'll share results with you a little
bit later in the broadcast. Souk RCMP are hoping you
can help them find this custom motorcycle that was stolen
from East Soup Park. The twenty ten You Build Chopper
style bike with custom painted Looney Tunes images was stolen
(08:11):
on October fifteenth, sometime between twelve thirty and three pm.
Police say parts of the bike may have been sold
after the fact. They asked anyone buying used parts to
be aware. Contacts souk RCMP or crime stoppers if you
can help. New drivers will soon have one less road
test to take before getting their full license under changes
the BC government is pushing through the legislature this week,
(08:35):
but not everyone is convinced it will actually make the
roads safer. For more, Let's check in with Robshaw at
the BC Legislature tonight. So Rob tell us more about
these changes and what people are saying about them.
Speaker 12 (08:47):
Well, Stacey's starting next year, young drivers only have to
take one road test, not the current two to get
their license. Under and moved, the government says will balance
safety with accessibility, but which critics say is lowering the
bar on drive competency and calling it progress. The changes
functionally passed the legislature this week.
Speaker 6 (09:05):
Right now, you take a computer test to get your L.
Speaker 12 (09:08):
After a year, you take a road test to get
your N, and then two years after that you take
another road test to get your full license. These changes
scrap the second road test and safe you don't get
any tickets during those two years.
Speaker 6 (09:20):
You're deemed to have a safe record.
Speaker 12 (09:21):
You automatically get your full license, whether you even actually.
Speaker 6 (09:24):
Drove or not.
Speaker 12 (09:25):
Right now, what in three drivers are failing the N
road test in BC, the one the government's going to discontinue.
The only road test left will be the L test,
which fifty percent of people in BC are currently failing.
It's gonna be up to police to catch the unsafe drivers.
The government providing no studies or statistics showing the move
(09:45):
will improve road safety, which has left some people concerned.
Speaker 5 (09:51):
What we do know is the Class five road test
does work because it makes it so that a driver
who cannot pass that time does not move on with
less restrictions, so it makes our road safer. I just
don't know if this is the right move or if
it's not a guess. Time will tell, and we hope
(10:12):
that government will be right on this, making sure that
the statistics are available to everybody to read through.
Speaker 13 (10:20):
This program was in place from nineteen ninety eight to
twenty twenty five, so with what they're proposing, it's basically
saying that, well, the last what twenty five years, nineteen
twenty years or so on, was it a waste of money?
Should we not have done that? Or was it effective?
Because it was effective, why did it go so long?
So these are all things I think that they didn't
(10:40):
well illustrate this at all. They'd improved their point, they
didn't make me satisfied that this is going to make
things safer it just makes more accessibility for people that
are underqualified for driving.
Speaker 12 (10:51):
The government says the change will make it easier for
indigenous people and people in remote areas to get their licenses.
Also facing a massive backlog in road tests, but eyes
that that is a motive here. Alberta just dropped its
second ROW test, there's no data yet saying it improved
road safety. Only Ontario and BC are left with the
two tests. Here's the slitter general today.
Speaker 14 (11:12):
Our goal has been to improve accessibility, especially among rural,
remote communities indigenous populations, and also maintain road safety. We
know that a longer period of driving contributes to safer
driving behaviors.
Speaker 12 (11:30):
In other news down here today, Stacey the slow motion
unraveling a BC Conservative leader John Rustad's position continues as
a letter out from the management committee of the BC
Conservative Board. Mostly appointees ran with Rustad in his slay
to say they don't have confidence in him anymore, would
like him to resign. The parties in chaos, Rustad saying
(11:51):
no way, I'm not going anywhere, and it turns out
there's no.
Speaker 6 (11:54):
Mechanism to force him out.
Speaker 12 (11:55):
So we continue to watch down here as MLAs leaves
confidence leaves how much longer John Rustad has as Conservative leader.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Stacy, Yes, we'll be watching. Indeed, thanks so much for
the update.
Speaker 6 (12:07):
Rob.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
With a potential purchase deadline approaching, the town of Qualicon
Beach has made zoning amendments to the Eagle Crest golf
Course lands. Qualica Beach stepped forward as a potential buyer
in July after officials announced the fifty year old golf
course was at risk of closing. The deadline to finalize
the eight point five million dollars sale agreement is November first.
The town's goal is to sell off about ten acres
(12:29):
of the one hundred five acre property to develop into housing,
while keeping a portion as a golf course or forested parks.
An anonymous donor committed two point one million to the
sale earlier this month.
Speaker 6 (12:41):
Mackenzie Beach in.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Tafino has officially been renamed ten Whists by the province,
following a proposal and years long consultation led by the
Kloquiate First Nation. The nation officially announcing the name change
last week. The change was supported by numerous political bodies
and organizations, including the District of Tafino, a'll burn, n
KLAI quatt Regional District Destination BC and the Canadian Coast Guard.
(13:04):
Tenuis means calming waters or calm beach and a BC.
Gulf island has been named the Pacific Northwest's Best Kept
Secret by long running fashion magazine Vogue. In an article
posted Thursday, Vogue described Galliano Island as almost a different world,
boasting acres upon acres of old growth forests, as well
(13:24):
as a range of plant and animal life like passing
Pacific white sided dolphins. Beyond the wildlife, the article points
to outdoor recreational activities like kayaking and hiking, as well
as the island's food scene as reasons to visit the
sometimes overlooked island, located just northeast of Salt Spring Island.
All right, it is upside time this week. You know,
(13:45):
we've been featuring all kinds of wonderful small businesses in
the city, and I have a feeling we're going to
find out about some more tonight, guys. Take it away.
Speaker 15 (13:52):
Yeah, we really are, Stacy. This is Downtown Victoria Business
Association Small Business Awareness Month here, and we're going to
make you aware of a very new small business here,
experience Victoria.
Speaker 16 (14:04):
Yeah, Victoria gift shop. This is Jade Lake and you're
all about local and tell us a bit about the shop.
Speaker 17 (14:11):
Well, we opened in April and we are featuring as
many local artists as we can. We try to be
as micro local as possible. We are the shop where
locals shop life call.
Speaker 16 (14:20):
I love that slogan. I'm going to take that one
with me.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Let's talk with these back here.
Speaker 16 (14:24):
I mean, that's caught my eye right away when I
walked in.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
Absolutely.
Speaker 17 (14:27):
This is a company called Havana Design. I found them
at a market when I was just at a local
market here in town, and I approached them and said,
would you like to be featured at our beautiful store
on Government Street at a perfect location. And it's a
family owned company. They laser companies. They're so colorful and beautiful.
This is actually all we have left. We used to
have two full shelves of their items, So get them
(14:48):
now because they are perfect for Christmas shopping for your family.
Speaker 16 (14:51):
I was just going to say, you know, you've got
family anywhere across this country or around the world for
that matter, this is the place to come down and
rub their noses into it a little bit. How great
our island in our city is exactly.
Speaker 15 (15:02):
I love some of the T shirts here. You've got
an Island T shirt that has literally every town big
or small talk one right, yeah, losses on there there
and everybody. Yeah, that's fantastic. So there's a good example in.
Speaker 6 (15:16):
The T shirts.
Speaker 16 (15:17):
I picked this one out here with pretty well. Yeah,
that's everything that we're all about. Teen maple syrup and
aim of bars.
Speaker 5 (15:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 16 (15:24):
And speaking of ketchup chips, yeah, ketchup.
Speaker 17 (15:26):
Chips brought the best ketchup chips in Canada. They're made
in Manitoba, and I like to sample them for the
guests to come in because most people who aren't from
Canada have never tried ketchup chips before.
Speaker 6 (15:35):
I've never tried ketchup tips before.
Speaker 16 (15:37):
Jada with those tastes like yeah, I.
Speaker 6 (15:43):
Know it's going to be that.
Speaker 15 (15:44):
Kind of night already, get ready very ketchupy.
Speaker 16 (15:48):
Oh, I'm getting stuff. Well, we're going to show people
all throughout the story. You got some magnificent things. You're
all about local and we're going to show off experience.
Victoria gets shop over the next hour in Manitoba.
Speaker 15 (16:03):
So that's just like you only your majors sketches. Yeah,
that's right. Yeah, yeah, these are great ketchup chips among
many great things here experienced Victoria's.
Speaker 6 (16:12):
So thanks, Jade.
Speaker 15 (16:13):
We'll work our way through the store a little bit
more here is in the next hour and tell you
more about yet another exciting hidden gym here in downtown Victoria.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
All right, looking forward to it, and I'm looking forward
to seeing some ketchup chips on our desks too here
in the newsroom. See you soon, guys, still to come
on Check News tonight.
Speaker 6 (16:31):
I didn't even bother child.
Speaker 9 (16:32):
That's so unfair and it's so frustrating.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Hundreds of thousands of disappointed baseball fans are without World
Series tickets while resellers make big money.
Speaker 6 (16:43):
I m Kenzie Reid coming up after the break. Why
this group is gathered in front of the.
Speaker 8 (16:47):
Legislative building on the front lawn and what they are
asking the government for.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
The Road Report is brought to you by Craftsman Collision,
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Speaker 15 (16:59):
Oh here's a look at the current Vancouver Island road
conditions from the drive BC webcams
Speaker 1 (17:13):
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):
Eight days now with no contact with anybody, and each
day just adds concerned for me personally and I think
the rest of the family.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
New photos are released as the search continues for a
missing Komok's Valley woman.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
It's not sustainable to continue to have this kind of
an ask, and we have to look at other ways
of doing things.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Mixed reaction as the Victoria Police Department pitches a ten percent,
eight million dollar increase in its annual budget.
Speaker 5 (00:47):
I mean, I'll never forget the look on my dad's face.
Speaker 6 (00:53):
Of course, everyone was quite devastated.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
A family heirloom of one of a kind lamp is
mistakenly donated to Check. Now that family is desperate to
get it back. Tech News starts now, good evening, thanks
for joining us. We begin with a developing story tonight.
(01:16):
A prominent Victoria businessman has been charged with sexual assault
and assault by choking. Scott Burley founded two Burly Men
Moving in two thousand and nine, but the company tells
chech News he is no longer involved. Burley also owns
two local restaurants with his wife. The charges stem from
an alleged incident in October twenty nineteenth. Reaching him by
(01:37):
phone at one of his restaurants today, Burley denied the allegations,
saying he hasn't been given any information other than the
alleged victim's name, which he says he doesn't recognize. He
says he intends to plead not guilty. Burley is scheduled
for his first court appearance at the Victoria Law Courts
on November of the tenth. Investigators with the Comocks Valley
are CMP returned to the area today where a missing
(01:59):
woman was last seen just over a week ago. Forty
year old Ashley Bosma disappeared near Comoch's Lake. Her family
and police are appealing to the public to help find her.
The installed S reports.
Speaker 7 (02:11):
This is a new photo released by the RCMP today
showing forty year old Ashley Bosma and how she looked
when she disappeared eight days ago. That's over a week
now for family members who haven't heard from her.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Each day just adds concerned for me personally, and I
think the rest of the family because it just increases
that you know the risk factor.
Speaker 7 (02:33):
The unknown Bosma was last seen Tuesday, October fourteenth, camping
near a small lake at the east end of Como's Lake,
but she hasn't been seen or heard from since.
Speaker 8 (02:45):
We've been searching the area that we know where she
was last camping. We have located her camp site and
ground Search and Rescue searched the area very thoroughly. At
this point, we haven't located her, so we're still looking.
Speaker 7 (02:57):
GROUNDSAR launched to search last Thursday with the help of
an RCMP helicopter that lasted into the weekend, but it
was called off without any luck, pending further investigation. Today,
RCMP investigators were back in the specific area of the
campsite looking for more clues.
Speaker 8 (03:15):
We don't know if she walked away into the woods,
if she's still out there. We don't know if she
was picked up by somebody. We're trying to figure that out.
Speaker 7 (03:25):
This is the first photo released by police last week,
but the new one today with colored hair, was taken
more recently. Police also releasing this screen grab from video
from a store on Cliff Avenue captured in the days
before she disappeared. Police and family say It's not unusual
for her to go camping, but it is unusual for
her not to be in touch with friends or family.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Normally, someone is connected to her at some stage throughout
the day, and this is unusual for her to go
this length without that type of engagement or contact with someone.
So that's the most concerning.
Speaker 7 (03:59):
Is there anything potentially suspicious about.
Speaker 8 (04:02):
Her disappear at this point, it's really difficult to say.
We're exploring all of the options in regards to how
and where she went missing and where she is right now.
Speaker 7 (04:13):
Please say they follow every tip, but that many potential
sightings are being reported on social media pages and they
ask that if you have a tip, you call and
report it to the RCMP directly.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Wow port Alberni RCMP say a fire that sent smoke
billowing into the sky early Wednesday morning early this morning
is not considered suspicious. Emergency crews were called to the
blaze at Dog Mountain Brewing on Third Avenue just after
two am. Firefighters with the port Alberni Fire Department, Cherry
Creek Fire Department, and Sprout Lake and Beaver Creek Volunteer
(04:47):
Fire Departments responded in a social media post this morning,
Dog Mountain Brewing says it would be closed for at
least the next day or two as it plans its
next steps. Victoria Police asking Victoria in a squad councils
for an almost ten percent budget increase. The department says
it's facing numerous pressures, including dealing with street disorder and
(05:08):
gang related violence.
Speaker 6 (05:09):
Mary Griffin reports.
Speaker 9 (05:12):
More police officers are now out on patrol and walking
the beat in downtown Victoria. The local Business Association says
is making a difference.
Speaker 10 (05:20):
Really pleased to see more place on the street. So
we're fully supportive of what we think is a reasonable
request to continue that progress and support the city's community
safety and well being.
Speaker 9 (05:31):
Planned Wednesday night. The Victoria Police Department is depending on
that goodwill. The budget the police board is presenting to
Victoria en esquimal Councils includes a nearly ten percent increase
for twenty twenty six, translating into an increase from seventy
nine million in twenty twenty five to nearly eighty seven
million in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 11 (05:53):
I suspect we are significantly understaffed. I have also not
in terms of the City of Victoria. I have noticed
that proportionately. I think this city in particular, and I'm
not talking about Isquimalt, but Victoria has a disproportionate problem
(06:14):
with people who are unhoused and with street disorder.
Speaker 9 (06:18):
The increase in budget would be paid for by Victoria
and Esquimalt. Victoria on the hook for nearly six point
seven million, is Squimalt at a little over a million.
Is Squimalt's mayor says no other similar sized municipality in
the region pays as much for policing.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
The million dollar plus ask is a three percent tax
increase just for policing, and we had a challenging budget
last year partly because of the three percent budget asked
for policing.
Speaker 9 (06:52):
Justifying its ask, the police department points to increase gang
related violence, more calls involving complex social and public say needs,
a growing number of supportive housing facilities. Case slows thirty
one percent, higher than the BC average. Esquimalt violent crime
is up twenty six percent, and hate crimes are up
one hundred and sixty one percent.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
It's not sustainable to continue to have this kind of
an ask, and we have to look at other ways
of doing things. And we have always been a supporter
of regionalization and that may be a way to go.
Speaker 10 (07:28):
We know it's working, so anything we could do to
support more of that activity.
Speaker 9 (07:33):
The police department reports it's struggling with filling vacancies. The
high cost of living in the region is also affecting
the police Department's ability to hire qualified officers and civilian staff.
If their council refuses fundy, the police board can appeal
the decision.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
On checkpoints tonight, we're asking if you think your local
police force is sufficiently funded, you can vote at checknewos
dot ca and we'll share results with you a little
bit later in the broadcast. Souk RCMP are hoping you
can help them find this custom motorcycle that was stolen
from East Soup Park. The twenty ten You Build Chopper
style bike with custom painted Looney Tunes images was stolen
(08:11):
on October fifteenth, sometime between twelve thirty and three pm.
Police say parts of the bike may have been sold
after the fact. They asked anyone buying used parts to
be aware. Contacts souk RCMP or crime stoppers if you
can help. New drivers will soon have one less road
test to take before getting their full license under changes
the BC government is pushing through the legislature this week,
(08:35):
but not everyone is convinced it will actually make the
roads safer. For more, Let's check in with Robshaw at
the BC Legislature tonight. So Rob tell us more about
these changes and what people are saying about them.
Speaker 12 (08:47):
Well, Stacey's starting next year, young drivers only have to
take one road test, not the current two to get
their license. Under and moved, the government says will balance
safety with accessibility, but which critics say is lowering the
bar on drive competency and calling it progress. The changes
functionally passed the legislature this week.
Speaker 6 (09:05):
Right now, you take a computer test to get your L.
Speaker 12 (09:08):
After a year, you take a road test to get
your N, and then two years after that you take
another road test to get your full license. These changes
scrap the second road test and safe you don't get
any tickets during those two years.
Speaker 6 (09:20):
You're deemed to have a safe record.
Speaker 12 (09:21):
You automatically get your full license, whether you even actually.
Speaker 6 (09:24):
Drove or not.
Speaker 12 (09:25):
Right now, what in three drivers are failing the N
road test in BC, the one the government's going to discontinue.
The only road test left will be the L test,
which fifty percent of people in BC are currently failing.
It's gonna be up to police to catch the unsafe drivers.
The government providing no studies or statistics showing the move
(09:45):
will improve road safety, which has left some people concerned.
Speaker 5 (09:51):
What we do know is the Class five road test
does work because it makes it so that a driver
who cannot pass that time does not move on with
less restrictions, so it makes our road safer. I just
don't know if this is the right move or if
it's not a guess. Time will tell, and we hope
(10:12):
that government will be right on this, making sure that
the statistics are available to everybody to read through.
Speaker 13 (10:20):
This program was in place from nineteen ninety eight to
twenty twenty five, so with what they're proposing, it's basically
saying that, well, the last what twenty five years, nineteen
twenty years or so on, was it a waste of money?
Should we not have done that? Or was it effective?
Because it was effective, why did it go so long?
So these are all things I think that they didn't
(10:40):
well illustrate this at all. They'd improved their point, they
didn't make me satisfied that this is going to make
things safer it just makes more accessibility for people that
are underqualified for driving.
Speaker 12 (10:51):
The government says the change will make it easier for
indigenous people and people in remote areas to get their licenses.
Also facing a massive backlog in road tests, but eyes
that that is a motive here. Alberta just dropped its
second ROW test, there's no data yet saying it improved
road safety. Only Ontario and BC are left with the
two tests. Here's the slitter general today.
Speaker 14 (11:12):
Our goal has been to improve accessibility, especially among rural,
remote communities indigenous populations, and also maintain road safety. We
know that a longer period of driving contributes to safer
driving behaviors.
Speaker 12 (11:30):
In other news down here today, Stacey the slow motion
unraveling a BC Conservative leader John Rustad's position continues as
a letter out from the management committee of the BC
Conservative Board. Mostly appointees ran with Rustad in his slay
to say they don't have confidence in him anymore, would
like him to resign. The parties in chaos, Rustad saying
(11:51):
no way, I'm not going anywhere, and it turns out
there's no.
Speaker 6 (11:54):
Mechanism to force him out.
Speaker 12 (11:55):
So we continue to watch down here as MLAs leaves
confidence leaves how much longer John Rustad has as Conservative leader.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Stacy, Yes, we'll be watching. Indeed, thanks so much for
the update.
Speaker 6 (12:07):
Rob.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
With a potential purchase deadline approaching, the town of Qualicon
Beach has made zoning amendments to the Eagle Crest golf
Course lands. Qualica Beach stepped forward as a potential buyer
in July after officials announced the fifty year old golf
course was at risk of closing. The deadline to finalize
the eight point five million dollars sale agreement is November first.
The town's goal is to sell off about ten acres
(12:29):
of the one hundred five acre property to develop into housing,
while keeping a portion as a golf course or forested parks.
An anonymous donor committed two point one million to the
sale earlier this month.
Speaker 6 (12:41):
Mackenzie Beach in.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Tafino has officially been renamed ten Whists by the province,
following a proposal and years long consultation led by the
Kloquiate First Nation. The nation officially announcing the name change
last week. The change was supported by numerous political bodies
and organizations, including the District of Tafino, a'll burn, n
KLAI quatt Regional District Destination BC and the Canadian Coast Guard.
(13:04):
Tenuis means calming waters or calm beach and a BC.
Gulf island has been named the Pacific Northwest's Best Kept
Secret by long running fashion magazine Vogue. In an article
posted Thursday, Vogue described Galliano Island as almost a different world,
boasting acres upon acres of old growth forests, as well
(13:24):
as a range of plant and animal life like passing
Pacific white sided dolphins. Beyond the wildlife, the article points
to outdoor recreational activities like kayaking and hiking, as well
as the island's food scene as reasons to visit the
sometimes overlooked island, located just northeast of Salt Spring Island.
All right, it is upside time this week. You know,
(13:45):
we've been featuring all kinds of wonderful small businesses in
the city, and I have a feeling we're going to
find out about some more tonight, guys. Take it away.
Speaker 15 (13:52):
Yeah, we really are, Stacy. This is Downtown Victoria Business
Association Small Business Awareness Month here, and we're going to
make you aware of a very new small business here,
experience Victoria.
Speaker 16 (14:04):
Yeah, Victoria gift shop. This is Jade Lake and you're
all about local and tell us a bit about the shop.
Speaker 17 (14:11):
Well, we opened in April and we are featuring as
many local artists as we can. We try to be
as micro local as possible. We are the shop where
locals shop life call.
Speaker 16 (14:20):
I love that slogan. I'm going to take that one
with me.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Let's talk with these back here.
Speaker 16 (14:24):
I mean, that's caught my eye right away when I
walked in.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
Absolutely.
Speaker 17 (14:27):
This is a company called Havana Design. I found them
at a market when I was just at a local
market here in town, and I approached them and said,
would you like to be featured at our beautiful store
on Government Street at a perfect location. And it's a
family owned company. They laser companies. They're so colorful and beautiful.
This is actually all we have left. We used to
have two full shelves of their items, So get them
(14:48):
now because they are perfect for Christmas shopping for your family.
Speaker 16 (14:51):
I was just going to say, you know, you've got
family anywhere across this country or around the world for
that matter, this is the place to come down and
rub their noses into it a little bit. How great
our island in our city is exactly.
Speaker 15 (15:02):
I love some of the T shirts here. You've got
an Island T shirt that has literally every town big
or small talk one right, yeah, losses on there there
and everybody. Yeah, that's fantastic. So there's a good example in.
Speaker 6 (15:16):
The T shirts.
Speaker 16 (15:17):
I picked this one out here with pretty well. Yeah,
that's everything that we're all about. Teen maple syrup and
aim of bars.
Speaker 5 (15:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 16 (15:24):
And speaking of ketchup chips, yeah, ketchup.
Speaker 17 (15:26):
Chips brought the best ketchup chips in Canada. They're made
in Manitoba, and I like to sample them for the
guests to come in because most people who aren't from
Canada have never tried ketchup chips before.
Speaker 6 (15:35):
I've never tried ketchup tips before.
Speaker 16 (15:37):
Jada with those tastes like yeah, I.
Speaker 6 (15:43):
Know it's going to be that.
Speaker 15 (15:44):
Kind of night already, get ready very ketchupy.
Speaker 16 (15:48):
Oh, I'm getting stuff. Well, we're going to show people
all throughout the story. You got some magnificent things. You're
all about local and we're going to show off experience.
Victoria gets shop over the next hour in Manitoba.
Speaker 15 (16:03):
So that's just like you only your majors sketches. Yeah,
that's right. Yeah, yeah, these are great ketchup chips among
many great things here experienced Victoria's.
Speaker 6 (16:12):
So thanks, Jade.
Speaker 15 (16:13):
We'll work our way through the store a little bit
more here is in the next hour and tell you
more about yet another exciting hidden gym here in downtown Victoria.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
All right, looking forward to it, and I'm looking forward
to seeing some ketchup chips on our desks too here
in the newsroom. See you soon, guys, still to come
on Check News tonight.
Speaker 6 (16:31):
I didn't even bother child.
Speaker 9 (16:32):
That's so unfair and it's so frustrating.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Hundreds of thousands of disappointed baseball fans are without World
Series tickets while resellers make big money.
Speaker 6 (16:43):
I m Kenzie Reid coming up after the break. Why
this group is gathered in front of the.
Speaker 8 (16:47):
Legislative building on the front lawn and what they are
asking the government for.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
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Speaker 15 (16:59):
Oh here's a look at the current Vancouver Island road
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Speaker 1 (17:13):
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