CHEK News at 5 and 6 for May 19, 2026

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[00:03:55]Sound and smell. I'm on a journey to explore the boundaries of accessible travel across our vast country.

[00:04:02]>> Watch Postcards from Saturdays at 6 on Check.

[00:04:15]I've always loved the snowbirds and it would be a shame if they were out of out of work for a while.

[00:04:21]>> The beloved Canadian Forces snowbirds will soon have their wings clipped.

[00:04:28]>> Had a number of fires uh occur over the weekend and definitely a few that are uh suspicious in nature. Fires continue to plague the Alurnie Valley with the dry summer season fast approaching.

[00:04:43]>> We spend well over half a million dollars every year on removing of graffiti.

[00:04:50]>> A Victoria city councelor says he has a way to help make graffiti go away. Check news starts now.

[00:05:05]Good evening. Thanks very much for joining us tonight. Westshore RCMP say two investigations involving sexual offenses have now concluded in court, resulting in jail sentences and multiple long-term court orders. The first incident happened on April 19th last year at a Langford mall when a woman says she was followed by a man who was exposing his genitals. The second occurred on September 15th at Eagle View Elementary School when the suspect exposed himself to a young girl and touched her in a sexual way. She left the area safely and was not physically hurt. 22-year-old Brody Mullen pleaded guilty to three charges connected to the two cases. He was sentenced to 90 days in the first case, 20 months for the second. He must also abide by a number of conditions, including restricted access to children and firearms.

[00:05:54]Victoria police are hoping you can help them find a wanted man. 35-year-old Joel Reid left a halfway house without permission early this morning and a Canadawide warrant has been issued for his arrest. Reed is currently serving a federal sentence for extortion break and enter. Theft and weapons possession.

[00:06:12]He's 5 foot 10, about 200 lb with brown hair and brown eyes. He may be driving a 2005 gray four-door Audi 8 A8 sedan. If you see him, don't approach. Call 911.

[00:06:24]Firefighters credit Quick Detection with helping to stop a wildfire from spreading in Port Alurn's Rogers Creek last night. Broke out about 1000 p.m.

[00:06:32]And as Sky Ryan tells us, it's being treated as suspicious.

[00:06:38]Firefighters are returning to the scene of a wildfire in Port Alurn's Rogers Creek Tuesday afternoon, checking for hot spots in the ashes and trees after flames tore through this spot in the popular ravine at about 1000 p.m.

[00:06:51]Monday.

[00:06:52]>> So, we're going to go back and just make sure there's nothing uh more smoldering there.

[00:06:56]>> This area is under a complete fire ban due to the current high to extreme fire danger. So, just as concerning as the fire that drew crews to these trails off Tibo Avenue on Monday night is that just steps away, they found this stack of branches and fuels that appeared gathered and piled up and showed signs that it too was set on fire, but didn't take off. Very similar in appearance to what Cherry Creek firefighters found at a rash of small wildfires they responded to last week, only a few kilometers away from Monday night's fire scene.

[00:07:29]Definitely suspicious, but uh undetermined cause this time.

[00:07:33]>> This is one of four wildfires that Portal Bernie fire crews have responded to since Thursday, the day after a man was arrested and charged with arson for two previous fires in Cherry Creek. That man remains in police custody. We've had a number of fires uh occur over the weekend and um uh definitely a few that are uh suspicious in nature and but like I said just undetermined the the cause at this point.

[00:08:00]>> So firefighters are urging people to watch out for smoke and call in any suspicious activity. The fire danger is expected to only increase in Port Alurnie in the days to come as temperatures reach into the high 20s.

[00:08:16]The NORCMP say a man in his 40s is suspected of driving while impaired by drugs after a black SUV crashed through the front of a local sushi restaurant last night. It happened just before 8.

[00:08:28]Several people inside the restaurant suffered minor injuries and police say the driver needed medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries. No charges have been laid. The crash caused extensive damage to the Sousi restaurant and a GoFundMe campaign has since been launched to help fix it.

[00:08:46]Police on the Sanage Peninsula say officers dealt with a spike in impaired driving incidents over the May long weekend, resulting in multiple license suspensions and vehicle impoundments.

[00:08:55]Sydney North Sanage RCMP said seven drivers received immediate roadside suspensions for allegedly operating vehicles while impaired by alcohol or drugs. Several vehicles were impounded and one driver was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. Charges are pending.

[00:09:12]A Victoria city councelor wants to put the brakes on graffiti by putting spray paint under lock and key. Steven Hammond's motion also includes restricting sales to minors in an effort to cut down on tagging and vandalism across the city. Mary Griffin reports.

[00:09:29]>> This is not the right stuff and it adds up to a big price tag for the city of Victoria. When I look into our budget alone for the city, we spend well over half a million dollars every year on graffiti, removing of graffiti. On Thursday, Hammond is going to introduce a motion to council to try to cut down on access to spray paint, including having it locked up in retail stores and restricting miners from buying it with the goal of reducing the amount of graffiti in the city. it's illegal and so this is just to help out the process to see if we can help out the process um to make it easier so it doesn't happen in the first place.

[00:10:08]>> In 2007, Winnipeg introduced a bylaw requiring retailers to keep spray paint in lock storage and it prohibits sales to anyone under 18. Hammond says the Downtown Victoria Business Association removed 15,000 tags from members properties in 2025. Some have come up with other creative ways to try to cut down the graffiti. The employees in this Victoria business say once they hired a graffiti artist to paint murals, the number of tags actually decreased.

[00:10:38]They're still happening, but not at the same rate it used to. And they sold spray paint at one point under lock and key. It arrived from the manufacturer in a locked cabinet that had to be unlocked when it was sold to customers.

[00:10:54]At the Cook Street Castle Building Center, locking up the spray paint makes sense.

[00:10:59]>> We started seeing a increase in theft and have lo had lost approximately $2,000 worth of sales in about 2 months.

[00:11:08]Yeah. So, we just had it up and started locking it up.

[00:11:11]>> Even the exterior of the castle building has itself been a target. So, they're on board with an anti-graffiti bylaw.

[00:11:19]>> I completely agree myself. Um, I understand the money that goes into the cleanup and removal of it in the city. I mean, you see it all over.

[00:11:29]>> Hammond says putting restrictions on spray paint could be the solution to reducing the graffiti and the high cost of cleaning it up.

[00:11:38]>> Energy was the big topic at the BC legislature today. both electricity and the more controversial kind proposed through a new oil pipeline from Alberta to BC's coast. For more, let's bring in Rob Shaw at the BC legislature. So Rob, tell us how this all tied together at the ledge today.

[00:11:54]Yeah, well Stacy, energy on the agenda in a big way on three fronts. You have new conservation efforts by BC Hydro, new inflation numbers and the soaring price of gas, and new comments on the Alberta BC oil pipeline. Let me walk you through all of them here. First, we'll start with the announcement today on what the government is calling Powers Smart 2.0. A move by BC Hydro to drive down electricity usage by giving away things like free smart thermometers, thermomes.

[00:12:23]Well, you get the you get the picture.

[00:12:25]200,000 homes and new credits of up to $350 a year for people who shift their peak hydro usage and hit conservation targets. This come as BC is facing rising demand for electricity from sectors like mining and LG and putting out new calls for things like wind, solar, and hydroelectric projects.

[00:12:43]Here's the premier.

[00:12:45]>> Now, uh this uh this exciting announcement, PowerSmart 2.0, is based on a pretty simple idea that the cheapest electricity, the cheapest energy for people is the energy that they don't use. Allowing people to find ways to reduce their energy consumption, which has two really positive effects.

[00:13:01]First of all, it reduces your monthly bill. Uh but secondly, it frees up that electricity to be able to drive econom economic activity here in the province.

[00:13:12]The other big topic, the deal between Alberta and Ottawa for a new oil pipeline to BC. Premier David Eie repeating today he thinks Alberta's threat of separatism is getting it special treatment from the feds. But in the House, the premier turned questions about whether BC should demand things like revenue and jobs from what looks like an inevitable project into suggestions that that was somehow anti-B British Columbombian. Here's some of that exchange today. Once again, we have a leader of this province that's sitting at the kids table while the grown-ups MAKE DECISIONS. MY QUESTION TO THE PREMIER IS GET TO THE TABLE, DO THE WORK OF the the province, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, AND STOP IMPEDING IT.

[00:13:51]>> MR. PREMIER.

[00:13:52]>> Honorable speaker, we have a candidate for the new premier of Alberta. Uh this member refuses to stand up for British Columbombians.

[00:14:01]>> The other energy item today, gas prices.

[00:14:03]Statistics Canada reporting that gas prices jumped almost 28% in April compared to a year ago due to the conflict in the Middle East. That's despite Ottawa dropping the federal excise tax on fuel, which saved 10 cents a liter barely and briefly at the pump.

[00:14:19]Uh Stacy, that in turn driving inflation up to its highest level in almost two years. Thermostat. Thermostat is the word I was looking for there. Free thermostats.

[00:14:30]>> Yeah, slow but steady.

[00:14:32]>> You got it. You nailed it. Thanks so much, Rob. We'll see you soon. Uh BC Transit rolled out new ways to pay bus fairs across the province, allowing riders to hop on the bus with just a credit or debit card. While BC Transit celebrates the upgrade, transit advocates say it's frustrating that there are millions of dollars in surplus funds that can't be used to improve services. Chhattis Leo tells us more.

[00:14:57]>> The next time transit riders hop onto a bus in the capital region, they might notice a new simple way to pay.

[00:15:04]>> Today, we are super super proud to announce that across 30 systems around British Columbia, riders can now tap to pay to board the bus. When riders board, they can now use a debit card, credit card, or mobile wallet to pay their fair, making it easier for people to choose public transit.

[00:15:21]>> It's really important for us that we provide and continue to modernize our service and provide um options for our customers to make transit easier, more accessible, and convenient to use.

[00:15:30]>> Funded by the province and the federal government, the price tag for the new pay system comes in just under $25 million.

[00:15:38]The UMOP announcement comes on the heels of BC Transit's fiscal year-end report.

[00:15:43]It shows the Greater Victoria Transit Fund had a 12.6 million surplus. BC Transit says the surplus is partly due to fair increases and lower fuel cost.

[00:15:53]Yet, despite more money in the bank, it can't actually spend it to improve service.

[00:15:58]>> It is frustrating to see that we have a surplus from last year and we can't turn around and use that money for this year.

[00:16:03]Holland says he'd like to see the extra money used to provide more frequent bus service or to expand routes.

[00:16:09]>> The system we have hasn't been changed basically since 1977. Uh and that's a really long time and the city has grown a lot. So I think it's about time that we take a look at how we fund transit and how we govern transit. But transit says its hands are tied due to the BC Transit Act. That legislation requires that any surplus money must be saved in reserves to be used only for unexpected future expenses, not for expanding service.

[00:16:36]For now, though, advocates like Holland say the new tap to pay system is a step in the right direction for accessibility. Until legislation is changed, the bus system can't use its own excess funds like last year's $22.6 million bounty to improve the transit experience for those who rely on it.

[00:16:54]Travelers heading between the Lower Mainland and Naimo faced delays this morning after a mechanical issue briefly sidelined a BC ferry departing from Towasan. The 7:45 a.m. sailing from Toasan to Duke Point was held in dock because of a steering system problem on the coastal celebration. The ferry was eventually able to depart about 2 hours later. The disruption comes just days after BC fairies outlined its preparations for what it expects to be another record-breaking summer travel season. The federal government is clipping the wings of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, announcing today that the team won't be flying their aging tutor jets past this season. Now, the planes will be replaced, but not for years. That means no more spring training in the Komox Valley and just one more Vancouver Island show before those planes are grounded for good.

[00:17:43]Kendall Hansen reports.

[00:17:47]The Canadian snowbirds have been thrilling audiences for decades across the country with their tight maneuvers and hearts stopping near mississ tricks.

[00:17:56]And every spring since 1972, they've been training in comox. But that is all coming to an end with the federal government announcing today the tutor jets are being permanently grounded after this season. every assurance that the fleet is well positioned to serve for another season and that at that point the decision was made on the recommendation of the Air Force.

[00:18:19]>> The Snowbirds have been flying the same tutor jets first introduced in the 1960s.

[00:18:24]>> I felt kind of sad. I was kind of glad at the same time. For Snowbird fan Glenn Halverson, who lives directly under the flight path the Snowbirds take when training in Comox, there are mixed feelings. He documented their last flight >> because the evidence of the older aircraft not being as functional or as safe as what new ones could be. I thought that's good. But I felt like most the other people sad that they're not flying to see them fly regularly here in Komox that we so appreciate.

[00:18:57]Those feelings being echoed throughout the Comox Valley where the shell of a tutor jet is installed in front of the region's visitor information center.

[00:19:05]It is disappointing, but if they're an aged aircraft, you know, do we really want to put these pilots in planes that are not really functional anymore?

[00:19:19]>> I've always loved the Snowbirds, and it would be a shame if they were out of out of work for a while, but um those were pretty old planes. The BC Aviation Museum recently added a tutor jet to its collection. The first lead snowbird.

[00:19:35]>> It's significant. It's going to be painted in original 1971 snowbird colors uh at the beginning of June from a a very generous benefactor uh is going to do that for us. Um and then we have the uh official roll out. The museum's president formally flew the jets and says it was a fun plane to fly, but everyone knew they needed to be replaced. And it's deeply disappointing to me is that they're doing it before 2030. U there is a project in hand where they're actually revamping the airplanes so that they will last until 2030. Uh that's what we all expected. Uh where will we be without the snowbirds?

[00:20:18]>> Hill says the snowbirds were a great recruiting tool that will be missed. The replacement, the CT-157 Ciskin 2 being used here by an Australian team will take over in the 2030s once they arrive.

[00:20:30]The cost of those still unknown.

[00:20:34]>> On Checkpoint tonight, we want to know what you think about this. Do you support spending taxpayer dollars to replace the aging Snowbird Jets? You can vote at checknews.ca and we'll have results for you a little bit later in the broadcast.

[00:20:47]All right, it's upside time and I'm very happy to see what you guys are up to today because I did a an inspiring woman's story on the lady you're about to talk to. So, you take it away.

[00:20:58]>> Yes, you did. And it's featured on the website as well. And we're going to talk to Kim here in a second, but let you know where we are tonight. We're at the Bayside Middle School uh for the uh the West Coast.

[00:21:08]>> I knew I'd mess up the last name of this program.

[00:21:10]>> It's the Coastal Waste Graves is in uh in charge of it.

[00:21:15]practice night tonight. You had a big tournament a couple weeks ago. We're going to talk about the big one coming up at you, Vic, but tell us about this program.

[00:21:23]>> Um, so behind us are the Hussein Hulkin.

[00:21:25]Um, they are Husseinage girls basketball team from grade 4 to 8. We started about a year ago. Um, and I think kind of our goal has been using basketball as a means to kind of support resilience, confidence. Um, sport has become incredibly monetized, so it's been difficult to access for a lot of indigenous youth. So that's our focus.

[00:21:46]It started with the Hussein Kalakan who are behind us and I think out of that came the not for-profit Coastal Wave and Coastal Wave's goal is to incorporate basketball into as many indigenous communities on the island as possible.

[00:21:58]>> And you have an open door policy which I which I love. I mean you've got a good turnout here tonight, but you say, you know, uh some months are different than others, but uh they're everyone's welcome. Yeah, I think that's something that I've done a lot of personal learning about is the reason we have an open door in our programming is because kids are going through different things at different times, whether they're busy with family or community, uh, but the game's always available to them. And I think sometimes that can be quite restrictive if you've got the policy that you make every practice or you're not a part of the team. So, it's allowed a lot of kids to be a part of the program that maybe otherwise wouldn't be able to be.

[00:22:31]>> Kids love it. We've been watching them going through the drills here tonight.

[00:22:34]They're right into it and, you know, they've just started. This is only this whole program is like just over a year old, >> you know, it's just over a year old. I think something that's pretty amazing though in Stage is there's some unbelievable athletes. So, a lot of the girls come with a lot of athleticism.

[00:22:49]There's an eagerness to be a part of a team like this. Um, I think financially it can be very challenging, but we work really hard. Community supports community. The Wasage community has been beside behind them 100% making it possible for them to travel, have the gear they need. So, it's been wonderful >> and yeah, thanks for the gift. Uh, so we're going to find out about Thank you.

[00:23:10]We're going to find out. Come on. We're going to find out about the big tournament coming up at you, Vic, that the girls are excited for. Uh, and and speak to some of the the young athletes here. And by the way, let's brag a little bit about you. Two-time national champ. Kathy Shield sometimes watches.

[00:23:24]So, >> hi to Kathy at home. Ken >> and Ken, two-time national champion here. for the Coastal Wave program.

[00:23:32]Stacy, uh we're excited to be here uh tonight showing it off.

[00:23:35]>> Yeah, I am really happy that you're doing that, too, because the girls to deserve it and uh boy, Kim has just done an incredible job with that program. So happy to to uh highlight it over the next couple of hours, guys. Thanks.

[00:23:45]We'll see you soon.

[00:23:47]Also, still to come on Check Tonight, they're annoying, potentially damaging, and even dangerous. We'll tell you about a pothole problem plaguing drivers right across the country. And this >> strawberries are also pretty much the earliest they've ever been, but they are not at a full uh production yet.

[00:24:05]>> Our short stretch of warm weather earlier this month means lots of action on Vancouver Island Farms. We'll have that story after a short break.

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[00:26:45]A short stretch of warm weather and early spring is already creating an early harvest for Vancouver Island farmers. From carrots to fruits, they say it's the sign of a good season ahead, but there are concerns about the potential for hot and dry conditions in the weeks ahead. Ali Herrera has more.

[00:27:04]>> The shelves might be bare now.

[00:27:05]>> Uh beets are being picked now.

[00:27:07]Strawberries are also pretty much the earliest they've ever been, but they are not at a full uh production yet.

[00:27:14]>> But the work harvesting this year's crop at Silverill Farm is already underway, a little earlier than normal.

[00:27:20]>> We see the corn ahead of schedule, and we are picking the earliest carrots we've ever had, too.

[00:27:25]>> The early yields due to a dry April with a warmer than normal stretch of weather.

[00:27:30]It's good news for Clayton Fox. We picked carrots uh this year on uh May 8th, so that's the first time we've ever picked that early. Uh beets we started a couple days ago.

[00:27:41]>> While this means his food can get to the dinner table earlier, he's keeping an eye out on what the summer could bring.

[00:27:46]With an early start to wildfire season on Vancouver Island, snowpack levels still dangerously low, and the possibility of a super El Nino, all signs are pointing to a tough summer for farmers.

[00:27:57]>> We don't want a week straight of a heat dome or something like that. Again, that doesn't really help because it's too much. That was when you get 40° weather.

[00:28:05]We don't want it that high.

[00:28:06]>> The changing climate is something Fox is largely able to withstand because he sources his water from the CRD.

[00:28:12]>> So, what you're looking at here is a drip system.

[00:28:14]>> Dan's farm is also connected to the CRD system. From berries to cucumbers, many of the crops here are set up on a drip tape irrigation system.

[00:28:22]>> So, this is also an effective way to fertilize your crops if you're using a liquid fertilizer mixed in with the water. But as you can see, we're really focusing the water as much as we can where the actual plant is. So the idea is to use as little water as possible.

[00:28:36]>> The drip tape system lets Simon Fowler conserve as much water as he can, which will become a crucial resource in the coming weeks. But both farmers are feeling optimistic for the season to come and say one upside of the drier conditions is a larger than usual yield of berries that should be ripe for the picking in about 2 weeks.

[00:28:54]Prime Minister Mark Carney announced construction has started at a new graphite mine in Quebec. Expected to be North America's biggest mine of its kind. It was selected as one of Ottawa's major nation building projects last fall. Carney says it is expected to pump nearly $2 billion into the economy. The material will go toward the production of electric vehicle batteries and defense technologies.

[00:29:18]We've secured more than 20 economic and security partnerships across five continents in the past year. We've referred 22 projects including Nuvo Monafi to our major projects office because it is time to build.

[00:29:34]>> Canadian cities are seeing a rise in potholes turning roads dangerous and angering drivers. Montreal and Toronto are pledging millions of dollars to fix the problem. But as Alexandra Silverman shows us, some citizens are taking the matter into their own hands.

[00:29:51]>> Craters on Montreal streets seem to be popping up everywhere.

[00:29:58]Large potholes so widespread the mayor says crews have filled 12,000 in a week.

[00:30:06]mounting frustration, pushing this local landscaper to take matters into his own hands, patching holes for $50 each and going viral for his efforts.

[00:30:17]>> All my family members start to having flat tire and friends and everything.

[00:30:20]So, I was like, "Okay, we we can do something about it."

[00:30:23]>> Even Montreal's mayor had her own car towed after hitting severe potholes.

[00:30:28]>> Do a flat.

[00:30:29]>> The city now committing upwards of $10 million as part of a pothole action plan. If citizens think that we can repair the potholes in a click of a button, it's not the case.

[00:30:41]>> Cities across Canada are reporting a sharp rise in potholes after a brutal winter.

[00:30:47]>> You know, twothirds of our members were actually having to swerve or slow down, which could be a road safety concern.

[00:30:54]>> This crumbling road in Halifax, the result of several freeze thaw cycles.

[00:30:59]Edmonton also riddled with tens of thousands of holes. And Toronto is launching repair blitzes to keep up.

[00:31:07]>> We are doing our best to respond as quickly as we can.

[00:31:10]>> Inside this lab at a Montreal technical college, researchers are testing solutions like different mixes of ashalt and building roads to keep water out.

[00:31:20]>> It's it doesn't really make sense. We have all the knowledge. We have the good quality materials >> and say the problem is preventable if governments are willing to invest. We are one of the best uh qualified laboratories in asphalt pavement in the world and we have potholes in front of the school. So it is infuriating. With climate change causing a rise in freeze thaw cycles, experts say cities need to invest in more resilient infrastructure now or pay the higher price of long-term neglect.

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[00:37:17]>> The federal government is advising Canadians not to travel to the areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a rare type of Ebola is spreading. More than 130 people have died. 26 of those deaths recorded in just the last 24 hours and more than 500 suspected cases in the DRC alone. All that after the World Health Organization declared this Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Crystal Gumman Singh has more.

[00:37:47]The director general of the World Health Organization expressed deep concern about the scale and speed at which the rare strain of Ebola is spreading.

[00:37:55]Meanwhile, the WHO's representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dr. Anna, says the outbreak could continue for months. Now we have diagnosed it and and and we really need to go fast to to really try to stop the spread of the of the uh the the disease further. But we really don't know as I said we we we don't understand yet the the extent of the spread of the of the disease.

[00:38:21]>> The Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda have documented confirmed and suspected cases as well as deaths.

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[00:38:52]This is a severe and potentially devastating outbreak and until the outbreak is over in Africa, it will not be all clear everywhere.

[00:39:03]>> The bundio strain has only been seen three other times and there is currently no drug treatment or vaccine, but that is being worked on.

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[00:40:35]>> San Diego's police chief said the two other victims were cornered outside in a parking lot and killed by the suspects after successfully leading them away from the mosque. The FBI says the teen shooters appeared to be radicalized online. The attack is being investigated as a hate crime. Authorities say over 30 guns and a crossbow have been seized at properties linked to the investigation.

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[00:41:05]Still ahead tonight, Ed's Tuesday weather forecast. Coming up, we'll learn more about the great program Coastal Wave. And this >> it's because of all our fire prevention messaging. You know, it's working us out of a job.

[00:41:16]>> A group of firefighters earn accolades for their unique and yes, funny messaging. We'll head to Pender Island when we come back.

[00:41:27]>> I'm Ed Bane. Your full island forecast is on the way. But first, here's a look at weather around the world. 21 in clouds and sun for Cape Town, South Africa. Today it was showers and 14 for Belfast and sunshine and 23 for Osaka, Japan.

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[00:45:17]A quick scroll through social media will show you the viral videos dour, but one small fire department in the Gulf Island continues to rake in the clicks. Now, we've shown you the online exploits of Pender Island Fire and Rescue before, but as Jordan Cunningham shows us tonight, their creative campaigns are winning awards.

[00:45:39]If for no other reason, maybe their work will inspire you to look up.

[00:45:46]If you look up Pender Island Fire and Rescue online, the results are a little funny. There are barely any reports on actual fires.

[00:45:54]>> It's cuz of all our firerevention messaging. You know, it's working us out of a job.

[00:46:00]We last caught up with Captain Todd Bullet about a year and a half ago when the tiny department's social media caught considerable attention. They brought firerevention messaging to the masses and it blew up. They even brought in a Hollywood presence in part-time Pender residence Bruce Greenwood.

[00:46:17]>> Two can play at that game.

[00:46:19]>> This all fell short of an Academy Award, but they were recently recognized by the Fire Prevention Officers Association of BC as the public educator of the year.

[00:46:28]It's just such a great honor to be recognized by your peers in the industry.

[00:46:32]>> Welcome to TJ's Auto Body.

[00:46:34]>> These days, they put out two clever, creative, clickable videos a week. The kind of content that only comes with job satisfaction.

[00:46:41]>> Do you like your job?

[00:46:43]>> Very much so.

[00:46:44]>> All this begs the question, how much of your day involves firefighting?

[00:46:50]>> I get that question a lot.

[00:46:52]>> Bullet says the department responds to about 300 calls a year. Some of those naturally are fires, but fanning the flames online are fans, legions of them.

[00:47:02]The main driver is Facebook with around 100,000 followers and about 80,000 followers on Instagram, boosted by a recent series.

[00:47:09]>> We reenacted some scenes from the Twilight movie. And those videos went ballistic.

[00:47:17]>> Viral immortality. And believe it or not, the safety message is in there.

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[00:47:24]albeit veiled and vampiric. The UK Daily Mail and even a Chicago morning show came calling. But the biggest surprise was getting called up to the big leagues.

[00:47:35]>> We had the Vancouver Conucks reach out.

[00:47:38]>> All of this for cranking out fire safety videos. As for what's coming next, it's sure to wow.

[00:47:44]>> We're going to do a parody of the Shamwow infomercial. Oh wow. In the meantime, they'll sound their alarm and hope that message hits.

[00:48:02]>> Oh, I love it so much. I also love what they're doing at Bayside there in the coastal wave program. Ed's back to tell us a little bit more and talk to cutie patootie who loves the program. Ed.

[00:48:12]>> Yeah, this I know this is Namaya, right?

[00:48:14]>> Yeah.

[00:48:15]>> Yeah. Nia, this is your first year. So you are four or grade four rather. So you're a little sister. You have two other bigger sisters that play here as well, right?

[00:48:24]>> Yep.

[00:48:24]>> Yeah. And you're just as good as them I think, aren't you?

[00:48:27]>> Or are you maybe better?

[00:48:28]>> Yeah.

[00:48:29]>> Yeah. A little bit better. So what's your favorite part about uh about this basketball?

[00:48:33]>> Uh being with other people and seeing other people smile.

[00:48:36]>> Yeah, it's great. And you were digging you you've got uh your full energy going out there. We've been watching you tonight. You're very good. You throw a lot of swish baskets.

[00:48:45]>> Yes. Nothing but net.

[00:48:47]>> Yeah.

[00:48:47]>> All right. Well, good for you, Namaya.

[00:48:49]Well, keep playing here and have some fun. That's what it's all about, right?

[00:48:52]>> Yes.

[00:48:53]>> Okay. Well, good to see you today and let's get you back out there and throw some more swishes.

[00:48:58]>> Yes.

[00:48:58]>> Okay. All right. Naya, who's one of the little sisters here uh at the Coastal Wave basketball program here at Bayside Middle School. Great fun program for indigenous girls. And we'll find out more about that as we carry on tonight.

[00:49:11]But let's have a look at a little bit of nothing here. This is always kind of a good thing when you don't see anything happening on the futurecast because that means we've got high pressure building in and that is what's going on. We've got a system just kind of pushing in from the outer west coast there that's going to start to really clear things out for us nicely tomorrow. That system will probably uh dip a little bit and flatten out and bring in some cloud for Thursday. But it rebuilds again on Friday. We're going to start to move into the uh low to mid20s here with temperatures starting tomorrow. We should stay in that range again by the end of the week. So, it changes a little bit deeper to the weekend, but more about that when we get into our long range forecast. All right, to the north out we go. It is mostly clear and six and then a mixing about 14 on the way for tomorrow. Nice day in Seward at 22 for Wednesday's high there. On to the west side. Similar pattern here. Pretty much all clear sky overnight. Should top out at about 18 for the west on the outer west coast tomorrow. Might be more of a mix in the afternoon. Good clear day for Lake Couch and a 26 in the sunshine. Same for Port El Bernie right there in the mid20s as well. East section the Komox Valley and Campbell River one or two clouds down to nine tonight. Low 20s and 22 for uh tomorrow for the east section and the same for Nimo Lady Smith and Duncan. They'll move to about 24° for highs with just a few clouds here and there. And down to the southern tip, we will see about a 10 degree drop here tonight. So it's a mild night again. The wind picks up across the straight of Wandafuca from the southwest. High temperatures tomorrow should top out at around 21 and we'll be in mostly sunshine for Wednesday uh as we said earlier. So a pretty good looking stretch here from Wednesday onto the map in BC. Vancouver getting a few foggy spots tomorrow morning eventually about 17 to 23 out in the valley. Sunny and 23 as well for Cam Loops tomorrow.

[00:50:55]Low 20s and mostly sunshine for Colona.

[00:50:57]Full day of sun and 18 and then thunder showers into Cranrook and a high of 15.

[00:51:03]All right, across the country we go with Edmonton looking at a few showers and a few sunny breaks at 13 degrees. Thund showers moving through Calgary, Saskatoon, and Reginaina. All in the mid- teens. Winnipeg got some sun at 16 for tomorrow. Had a heat warning up today for Toronto. The humidex was making it feel like 36 today. They'll drop to about 18 for tomorrow. Mid 20s for Montreal with a few showers. 30 for Halifax and only eight for St. John's with occasional showers tomorrow. All right, here's the extended look. So for the north autumn, uh, pretty good shape up until we get to the weekend. We do have another system that'll get in here by Saturday. So Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, all in a mix of sun cloud. 16 will be the warmest there for Thursday.

[00:51:42]It drops to 13s and 12s after that. Rain coming in for Sunday and Monday for the northern tip. On to the central item.

[00:51:49]Full sunshine tomorrow, cloud cover and 21 on Thursday. And then that ridge will, as we said, rebuild again and clear us out Friday, Saturday, low 20s Friday, uh, around 20 on Saturday. And then we'll see some cooler showery conditions coming in by about Monday of next week with a 14 degree high. And onto the southern tip, we will see a day tomorrow that will be perfect. 21 in mostly sunshine. We get the cloud. We still maintain that temperature on Thursday of 21. And then that ridge again will look after clearing things out for us for Friday and Saturday. High temperatures around 18 for Saturday. And we'll slide a little bit for Sunday and Monday. A shower chance at 40% and a 16°ree high for Monday. Now to our celebrations tonight. Anniversaries and birthdays, all brought to you by Country Grosser. And we start off with Dave and Marlene Cook who are celebrating 64 years in Port Alurnie. Also an anniversary for Ed and Gail Tupper celebrating 64 years in Sanage. Birthday for Jim and Uta Grayson. Happy 65th to you in Sanage. Jim and UDA. And a birthday for Glenn Weer. Glenn is 90 today up in Sheainus. Jean Johnson, we hope it's been a nice 90th birthday for you, Jean and Victoria. And also a birthday for Shirley Mayer turning 91 today up in Campbell River. And a birthday for Barbara Raymond, 93 in Duncan. I think the birthday was actually yesterday. So 93 in a day for Barbara Raymond uh today. And also a birthday for Ununice Chadwick turning 93 in Shamanus. And a couple more to go here. Bruce Hood, happy 97th you Bruce uh watching out in Vernon today. And uh Shell Hoo turning u 99 today in Victoria. So congratulations to you as well Shell. We hope you've had a great birthday on behalf of all your friends at check and your friends of course at Country Grosser. All right, the Coastal Wave basketball uh practice continues here at Bayside Middle School. Stacy, I can tell you that they are running them hard tonight and uh these young girls are loving it. They're they're great players. They really are fun to watch.

[00:53:46]>> They really are. And they just have such a love for the game, a love for the sport, a love for being uh together with each other. And I know you spoke with Namaya who's got two older sisters and it's really a family thing. And that little man, she's a spitfire and she wanted to play and there's nothing that's going to keep her off that ball court. That's for sure.

[00:54:01]>> Nothing at all. Yeah, it's it really is a jelling thing for families and for just kids in general to have some fun thing to do twice a week here with their practices.

[00:54:11]>> You bet. And I know Jeff's going to tell us more in the upside coming up. Ed, thanks so much. We'll see you soon.

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[00:58:25]>> All right, back to Bayside Middle School. We go for the Tuesday edition of The Upside. And we're talking some hoops, Jeff, with a very special group of young ladies.

[00:58:33]Yeah, the Coastal Wave program, Kim Graves, started it about, you know, 18 months ago, but it's a huge success to say the least. And watching these kids out here, uh, enjoying themselves and the camaraderie is excellent. Kim, uh, why why did you come up with this program?

[00:58:48]>> Um, I think I was just, you know, as a vice principal of the school, I was connecting with the youth from Wasenich.

[00:58:54]Um, realizing that I think there was a pretty significant barrier to access the game of basketball. I think the sports become incredibly monetized >> and so we wanted to open the door and create an opportunity for these amazing athletes to come and celebrate themselves and also fall in love with the game that I fell in love with when I was a kid.

[00:59:11]>> So, we're going to talk to the to the young ladies here about their tournament in Vancouver in a minute, but you want to talk about the big tournament coming up at UIC uh 5th through the 7th of June.

[00:59:19]>> Yeah, we're doing something that hasn't happened before. So, the University of Victoria is partnering us with us from June 5th to 7th to host an all indigenous basketball tournament. Uh it's the first of its kind here at UIC.

[00:59:30]Um there are amazing tournaments all over the island, but Victoria is hosting the first one here. It's a lot of work.

[00:59:36]It's a lot of effort. We're sort of reaching out to the community to ask for support to ask people to come and watch the games. They're incredibly competitive. Um they're super fun to watch and the fans are amazing.

[00:59:47]>> How can they help? How can people at home help?

[00:59:49]>> I think reaching out. Uh Coastal Wave is the organization. We have a web page.

[00:59:52]You can reach out. You can follow us on Instagram, Coastal Wave Basketball. um connecting with us if your business wants to be a part of what we're doing or if you want to volunteer at the tournament itself. I think we need a lot of volunteers and we need a lot of support to make this happen.

[01:00:06]>> Language, talk about the language because you're uh reteing or teaching some of these uh athletes about their own language and you've changed some names of games.

[01:00:16]>> So they're teaching me so they speaken.

[01:00:19]We have an amazing coffin speaker in our team moms, Monathia Elliot and Melissa Cooper. And the girls themselves came up with the idea. They wanted to change the name of our plays and our drills to some chaan words. So whenever a new game comes up, I look to these knowledge keepers. Actually, they help me way more than I help them. Uh and we pick different names that kind of connect with the old names that we used to use.

[01:00:41]So it's been a fun adventure and they've supported me along the way.

[01:00:44]>> You seem giddy about this program.

[01:00:46]>> Honestly, it it's the thing that like fills my bucket. I love it. I I love basketball. I think sport is medicine. I think it's been medicine for the girls and it's been medicine for me as well.

[01:00:55]So, I I feel like there's so many gifts that come with sports for young women that we have to acknowledge and lift up.

[01:01:01]>> All right, let's say hi to everyone.

[01:01:02]What's your name?

[01:01:03]>> My name is Dererica.

[01:01:04]>> And where do you go to school?

[01:01:06]>> I go to Bayside Middle School.

[01:01:07]>> And how about you?

[01:01:08]>> Brooke.

[01:01:09]>> And what's your Where do you go to school, Brooke?

[01:01:11]>> Bayside.

[01:01:11]>> Yeah. And you?

[01:01:12]>> Chia.

[01:01:13]>> Hi, Chia. Where do you go to school?

[01:01:15]>> What's trouble school?

[01:01:16]>> And >> I'm Cheyenne and I go to Qua Elementary.

[01:01:20]>> Okay. So, we're in Vancouver a couple weeks ago for the big tournament and one of the great things that went on was we got our hair done. Is that Can you tell us about that?

[01:01:28]>> Um, we're up early and we had to get our hair fixed for our game.

[01:01:33]>> Yeah. And how were you excited about that?

[01:01:35]>> Yeah.

[01:01:35]>> Yeah. Think they could do anything for me?

[01:01:38]>> Yep.

[01:01:38]>> No, probably not. Guess what? Tell me about how fun that tournament was because the whole team rented a huge house together and you guys played some fun games.

[01:01:48]>> Yeah. What kind of games did you play at the house?

[01:01:50]>> Um, >> she she didn't play. She was chilling in the room. Uh, we played tag.

[01:01:56]>> Um, there was a staircase that was in one of the girls' rooms and all of us would like run down there and hide in the middle of the staircase. Oh, >> I love it.

[01:02:04]>> Well, tell me about the basketball in the basketball tournament because you did pretty well. Who wants to talk about that?

[01:02:08]>> There we go. We got third in our division and um our first two games we lost but then the rest we won except for the last one and I feel like we got better in the first two games because we learned what it was like playing with a lot of other indigenous teams.

[01:02:26]>> Yeah.

[01:02:27]>> Are you looking forward to the tournament at UIC? What are you looking forward to?

[01:02:30]>> Um I'm looking forward to play games and for to see all the other teams.

[01:02:36]>> Yeah. How about you? Who you were you looking What position do you play?

[01:02:41]>> You're a guard.

[01:02:41]>> Are you a guard?

[01:02:42]>> Yeah.

[01:02:43]>> Yeah.

[01:02:43]>> And are you looking forward to the big tournament at U Vic?

[01:02:46]>> Yeah.

[01:02:47]>> Yeah, you are. And how about you? What what position do you play?

[01:02:49]>> Post.

[01:02:50]>> You're the post. Yeah, I can tell that.

[01:02:52]And you?

[01:02:52]>> Uh, I play either the post or wing.

[01:02:54]>> Okay. So, I got to ask before we leave, Kim, is there a team cheer. Is there any kind of team cheer that we do?

[01:03:00]>> We have a team cheer.

[01:03:01]>> Can we bust that out right now?

[01:03:02]>> So, we should tell you our name is the Hakan, which means butterfly. So, we do a quick team cheer for the butterfly.

[01:03:07]And actually, Shai's really good at this. Should we do it? Come on.

[01:03:10]>> And together. Together. READY?

[01:03:15]>> 1 2 3.

[01:03:17]>> OH, YES. WELL, go get him at U Vic. And what a great program, Kim.

[01:03:21]Congratulations to you and and your coach Jordan, former Vike as well.

[01:03:26]>> Yeah, Jordan helps out. It's been wonderful. He just joined Coastal Wave about a month ago. Um, so it's been wonderful having him on the team.

[01:03:32]>> Yeah. Awesome. Well, congrats on the program. Coastal Wave, the big tournament coming up, the 5th through the 7th at UIC. Get out and support these young athletes or if you could help out uh just Google the Coastal Wave basketball program as well. And uh we'll chat with more of these young athletes coming up next hour, guys.

[01:03:49]>> Absolutely. And yeah, go online and make a donation if you can. It's expensive for these kids to get to these tournaments and it's uh super important.

[01:03:55]So, looking forward to more next hour.

[01:03:56]Jeeoff, thanks so much. Speaking of next hour, Paul is here. Paul, what you got coming up for us?

[01:04:00]>> Yeah, we got a whole lot coming up. New at 6, there are tariffs. They've been in place for about a year now and some businesses just across the border in Washington state are in >> threat of closing. They're begging Canadians to come down. So, we got an interesting story on that. World Cup, some tourism experts in BC are saying the economic impact may not be as big as we first thought. So, we've got a story on that. And we also have a story on a 100year-old World War II veteran, Second World War veteran. He never got to go to his graduation. Well, some students found out about this who volunteered at his care home and said, "We want to take you." So, he took him up on the offer.

[01:04:37]It is adorable. So, that's coming up a little later. Looking forward to that.

[01:04:39]All right, that all sounds great, Paul.

[01:04:40]Thanks so much. That's a wrap for me.

[01:04:42]Thanks for spending part of your evening with us tonight. I'm Stacy Ross. We'll see you again soon, but stick around because Paul is coming up next with Czech News at 6.

[01:04:53]>> Definitely suspicious, but uh undetermined cause >> tonight. Suspicious fires. Fresh concern in the Albert Valley with new blazes over the long weekend.

[01:05:05]>> We have a leader of this province that's sitting at the kids table. Will the grown-ups make decisions?

[01:05:10]>> Pipeline politics. A barrage of barbs in the BC legislature. Plus, >> those were pretty old planes and they do have to change them around.

[01:05:21]>> Wings clipped by the popular Canadian snowbirds will soon be out of commission. This is check news at 6.

[01:05:36]Good evening. Thank you for joining us.

[01:05:37]Fire crews in the Alurnie Valley say the quick detection of a wildfire stopped it from spreading out of control. It broke out late Monday night and once again officials are calling it suspicious. Sky Ryan has our top story.

[01:05:52]Firefighters are returning to the scene of a wildfire in Port Alurnie's Rogers Creek Tuesday afternoon, checking for hot spots in the ashes and trees after flames tore through this spot in the popular ravine at about 1000 p.m.

[01:06:05]Monday.

[01:06:06]>> So, we're going to go back and just make sure there's nothing uh more smoldering there.

[01:06:10]>> This area is under a complete fire ban due to the current high to extreme fire danger. So just as concerning as the fire that drew crews to these trails off Tibo Avenue on Monday night is that just steps away they found this stack of branches and fuels that appeared gathered and piled up and showed signs that it too was set on fire but didn't take off. Very similar in appearance to what Cherry Creek firefighters found at a rash of small wildfires they responded to last week only a few kilometers away from Monday night's fire scene.

[01:06:43]Definitely suspicious, but uh undetermined cause this time.

[01:06:47]>> This is one of four wildfires that Portal Bernie fire crews have responded to since Thursday, the day after a man was arrested and charged with arson for two previous fires in Cherry Creek. That man remains in police custody. We've had a number of fires uh occur over the weekend and um uh definitely a few that are uh suspicious in nature and but like I said just undetermined the the cause at this point.

[01:07:14]>> So firefighters are urging people to watch out for smoke and call in any suspicious activity. The fire danger is expected to only increase in Port Alurnie in the days to come as temperatures reach into the high 20s.

[01:07:30]Well, energy was a hot topic at the BC legislature today. Both electricity and the more controversial kind proposed in a new oil pipeline from Alberta to BC.

[01:07:39]For more on that, let's go to Rob Shaw at the BC legislature tonight. Rob, energy certainly the word of the day.

[01:07:46]Well, that's right, Paul. It was on the agenda here in three sort of different ways at the legislature. There's new conservation efforts by BC Hydro.

[01:07:53]There's new inflation numbers and the soaring price of gas. And there are new comments on the Alberta BC oil pipeline.

[01:08:00]Let me try and walk you through all of these here. We'll start with the announcement from government of what is called Powers Smart 2.0, a move by BC Hydro to drive down electricity usage by giving away free smart thermostats to 200,000 homes and new credits of up to $350 a year for people who shift their peak hydro usage and hit conservation targets. It comes as BC is facing rising demand for electricity from sectors like mining and LG and it's putting out new calls for wind, solar and hydroelect electric projects. Here's the premier today. Now, uh this uh this exciting announcement, Power Smart 2.0, is based on a pretty simple idea that the cheapest electricity, the cheapest energy for people is the energy that they don't use. Allowing people to find ways to reduce their energy consumption, which has two really positive effects.

[01:08:50]First of all, it reduces your monthly bill. Uh but secondly, it frees up that electricity to be able to drive econom economic activity here in the province.

[01:09:00]>> The other big topic, the deal between Alberta and Ottawa for a new oil pipeline to BC's coast. Eie repeating today he thinks Alberta's threat of separatism is getting its special treatment from the feds. But in the legislature, he turned questions about whether BC should demand things like revenue and jobs from what looks like an inevitable project into suggestions that was somehow anti-British Columbia.

[01:09:23]Here's some of the exchange in question period. Once again, we have a leader of this province that's sitting at the kids table. Will the grown-ups MAKE DECISIONS? MY QUESTION TO THE PREMIER IS GET TO THE TABLE, DO THE WORK OF the the province, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, AND STOP IMPEDING IT.

[01:09:40]MR. PREMIER, >> honorable speaker, we have a candidate for the new premier of Alberta. Uh, this member refuses to stand up for British Columbians.

[01:09:50]>> The other big energy item, gas prices.

[01:09:53]Statistics Canada today reporting that gas prices jumped 28% last month compared to April the previous year due to the conflict obviously in the Middle East. That has driven up inflation overall uh in the country to levels the highest level seen in almost two years.

[01:10:09]Uh Paul, so you have the literal cost of energy, the political cost of energy. Uh a lot of that discussion here at the legislature today, Paul.

[01:10:18]>> Yeah, and it's a conversation that will continue. Thanks so much, Rob. Rob Shaw at the BC legislature tonight. Well, the federal government is clipping the wings of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. Ottawa announcing today the aging aircrafts need an upgrade, which means the team will not fly after this season with only one more show above Vancouver Island.

[01:10:37]Here's Kendall Hansen.

[01:10:41]The Canadian snowbirds have been thrilling audiences for decades across the country with their tight maneuvers and hearts stopping near miss tricks.

[01:10:49]And every spring since 1972, they've been training in comox. But that is all coming to an end with the federal government announcing today the tutor jets are being permanently grounded after this season. every assurance that the fleet is well positioned to serve for another season and that at that point the decision was made on the recommendation of the Air Force.

[01:11:13]>> The Snowbirds have been flying the same tutor jets first introduced in the 1960s.

[01:11:18]>> I felt kind of sad. I was kind of glad at the same time.

[01:11:22]>> For Snowbird fan Glenn Halverson, who lives directly under the flight path the snowbirds take when training in Comomox, there are mixed feelings. He documented their last flight >> because the evidence of the older aircraft not being as functional or as safe as what new ones could be. I thought that's good, but I felt like most the other people sad that they're not flying to see them fly regularly here in Komox that we so appreciate.

[01:11:50]Those feelings being echoed throughout the Comox Valley where the shell of a tutor jet is installed in front of the region's visitor information center. It is disappointing, but if they're an aged aircraft, you know, do we really want to put these pilots in planes that are not really functional anymore?

[01:12:13]>> I've always loved the Snowbirds, and it would be a shame if they were out of out of work for a while, but um those were pretty old planes. The BC Aviation Museum recently added a tutor jet to its collection. The first lead snowbird.

[01:12:29]>> It's significant. It's going to be painted in original 1971 snowbird colors uh at the beginning of June from a a very generous benefactor uh is going to do that for us. Um and then we have the uh official roll out. The museum's president formerly flew the jets and says it was a fun plane to fly, but everyone knew they needed to be replaced. And it's deeply disappointing to me is that they're doing it before 2030. U there is a project in hand where they're actually revamping the airplanes so that they will last until 2030. Uh that's what we all expected. Uh where will we be without the snowbirds? Hill says the Snowbirds were a great recruiting tool that will be missed. The replacement, the CT-157 Ciskin 2 being used here by an Australian team will take over in the 2030s once they arrive.

[01:13:23]The cost of those still unknown.

[01:13:27]>> The NRC say a man in his 40s is suspected of driving under the influence of drugs after crashing a black SUV through the front of a local sushi restaurant on Monday. It happened just before 8. Several people inside the restaurant suffered minor injuries.

[01:13:41]Police say the driver needed medical treatment for non-lifethreatening injuries. No charges have been laid. The crash caused extensive damage as you saw at the sushi restaurant has now set up a GoFundMe to help. Police on the San Peninsula say officers dealt with a spike in driving impaired incidents over the mong weekend resulting in multiple license suspensions and vehicles being impounded. Sydney Nor Sanich RCMP said seven drivers received immediate roadside suspensions for allegedly operating vehicles while impaired by drugs or alcohol. One driver was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. Charges are now pending. Well, BC Transit rolled out some new ways to pay bus fairs today using a credit or debit card. But while they celebrate the upgrade, some riders are wondering why millions of dollars in surplus funds are not being used. Here's Chhattis Leo. The next time transit riders hop onto a bus in the capital region, they might notice a new simple way to pay.

[01:14:39]>> Today, we are super super proud to announce that across 30 systems around British Columbia, riders can now tap to pay to board the bus.

[01:14:48]>> When riders board, they can now use a debit card, credit card, or mobile wallet to pay their fair, making it easier for people to choose public transit. It's really important for us that we provide and continue to modernize our service and provide um options for our customers to make transit easier, more accessible, and convenient to use. Funded by the province and the federal government, the price tag for the new pay system comes in just under $25 million.

[01:15:13]The UMO TAP announcement comes on the heels of BC Transit's fiscal year-end report. It shows the Greater Victoria Transit Fund had a $12.6 million surplus. BC Transit says the surplus is partly due to fair increases and lower fuel cost. Yet, despite more money in the bank, it can't actually spend it to improve service.

[01:15:33]>> It is frustrating to see that we have a surplus from last year, and we can't turn around and use that money for this year.

[01:15:39]>> Holland says he'd like to see the extra money used to provide more frequent bus service or to expand routes.

[01:15:44]>> The system we have hasn't been changed basically since 1977. Uh, and that's a really long time and the city has grown a lot. So, I think it's about time that we take a look at how we fund transit and how we govern transit.

[01:15:56]>> But transit says its hands are tied due to the BC Transit Act. That legislation requires that any surplus money must be saved in reserves to be used only for unexpected future expenses, not for expanding service.

[01:16:11]For now though, advocates like Holland say the new tapto pay system is a step in the right direction for accessibility. Until legislation is changed, the bus system can't use its own excess funds like last year's $12.6 million bounty to improve the transit experience for those who rely on it.

[01:16:29]Well, travelers heading between the Lower Mainland and Naimo faced delays this morning after a mechanical issue briefly sidelined a BC fairies vessel.

[01:16:37]The 745 sailing from Toasan to Duke Point was held in dock because of a steering system issue on the coastal celebration. The Vary was eventually able to depart about 2 hours late. Well, you see it all over the city, but a Victoria counselor is taking aim at graffiti. Steven Hammond's motion would restrict the sale of spray paint, hoping to cut down on tagging and vandalism.

[01:17:00]Here's Mary Griffin.

[01:17:02]>> This is not the right stuff, and it adds up to a big price tag for the city of Victoria. When I look into our budget alone for the city, we spend well over half a million dollars every year on graffiti, removing of graffiti.

[01:17:18]>> On Thursday, Hammond is going to introduce a motion to council to try to cut down on access to spray paint, including having it locked up in retail stores and restricting miners from buying it with the goal of reducing the amount of graffiti in the city.

[01:17:32]>> It's illegal. And so this is just to help out the process, to see if we can help out the process, um to make it easier so it doesn't happen in the first place.

[01:17:41]>> In 2007, Winnipeg introduced a bylaw requiring retailers to keep spray paint in lock storage and it prohibits sales to anyone under 18. Hammond says the Downtown Victoria Business Association removed 15,000 tags from members properties in 2025.

[01:17:59]Some have come up with other creative ways to try to cut down the graffiti.

[01:18:04]The employees in this Victoria business say once they hired a graffiti artist to paint murals, the number of tags actually decreased. They're still happening, but not at the same rate it used to. And they sold spray paint at one point under lock and key. It arrived from the manufacturer in a locked cabinet that had to be unlocked when it was sold to customers.

[01:18:27]At the Cook Street Castle Building Center, locking up the spray paint makes sense.

[01:18:32]>> We started seeing a increase in theft and have lo had lost approximately $2,000 worth of sales in about 2 months.

[01:18:41]Yeah. So, we just had it up and started locking it up.

[01:18:44]>> Even the exterior of the castle building has itself been a target. So, they're on board with an anti-graffiti bylaw.

[01:18:52]>> I completely agree myself. Um, I understand the money that goes into the cleanup and removal of it in the city. I mean, you see it all over.

[01:19:02]>> Hammond says putting restrictions on spray paint could be the solution to reducing the graffiti and the high cost of cleaning it up.

[01:19:10]>> It is upside time and the upside guys are hitting the hardcore tonight at my former school, Bayside.

[01:19:18]Yeah, Bayside. I didn't realize that.

[01:19:19]Bayside Middle School.

[01:19:20]>> That huge picture they have up Paul out front when we've been playing it up.

[01:19:26]>> Sometimes you got to put up your own statues to get some respect in this town. But >> Coastal Wave, these are the Coastal Wave athletes in behind us. Kim Graves is the founder of the program and the coach.

[01:19:36]And you know, tell us why and what your program's all about, Kim.

[01:19:40]>> Yeah. So, I grew up playing basketball.

[01:19:41]Um, and I think when I became the vice principal here at Bayside, I realized there was a lot of systemic barriers for indigenous athletes to participate in sport. For me, basketball was my first love. So, that was the sport that I was kind of drawn to. Um, and I think I I really wanted to open some doors and create some opportunity to to to allow the learning that comes from taking part on a sports team. Well, you talked about that, you know, the the learning of the game, the community it creates with all the friendships that are built with this and the fun stuff like travel, which a lot of these kids have never had a chance to get out of here on a sports trip.

[01:20:16]>> Yeah, I we have had some amazing trips.

[01:20:18]We went to the junior allnative tournament. We were the first youth team to attend in history. Um, so the girls were really excited about that and it was wild. I'm not going to lie. They had they had a lot of fun.

[01:20:29]>> It should be. Yeah, I think it should be. It was so much fun. They played their hearts out. It was their first ever tournament. Um, and actually they were incredibly successful. So, I think they're really happy with themselves.

[01:20:39]>> Well, they said they came in third and there's a a big tournament coming up here. Uh, fifth, 6th, and 7th at UIC.

[01:20:45]Uh, you can just, um, Google the Coastal Wave program, uh, looking for donations to help fund that or volunteers as well.

[01:20:52]But, I mean, we're talking about teams, 40 teams like how's it, you clue it.

[01:20:56]There's going to be teams coming down here and opportunities for these athletes to play against each other that maybe have never done that before.

[01:21:03]>> Well, and I think it's it's an a really exciting area of sport. I think a lot of people aren't familiar with the all indigenous tournaments. They're incredibly competitive. They're incredibly skilled. Communities like a house that live breathe basketball. Um the environment is alive. It's electric.

[01:21:18]Like it's incredibly fun to come out and watch. And it's the first tournament of its kind at the University of Victoria.

[01:21:23]I have a personal uh love for that because I think these athletes being on the campus, seeing the university, my hope is that creates an opportunity for those students to potentially come and attend the University of Victoria one day.

[01:21:34]>> All right.

[01:21:35]>> What about somebody watching that maybe has a young person that has never heard of this program before, would like to get in on it? How do they do that?

[01:21:40]>> Yeah, I think we're open to indigenous athletes. Our our our hope is that this creates opportunity for them. Please reach out to us. Go to our web page, Coastal Away Basketball. My email's on there and fire me an email.

[01:21:51]>> Two-time national champion with the Vikes. just saying uh we're going to interview some of the athletes and talk to Kim a little bit more. Uh coastal wave uh Paul me you and Ed I don't know that sort of the height barrier we didn't really >> excel in the sport. Yeah, >> I used to be much maybe me.

[01:22:10]>> Yeah, >> sorry.

[01:22:12]>> I was much taller years ago. I've shrunk watch at one point.

[01:22:18]>> Me, too.

[01:22:18]>> Yeah, that watch.

[01:22:20]>> At least on the UIC roster, I was 63.

[01:22:22]>> Yeah. Well, channel inner Steve Nash, right? We'll see you guys in a couple minutes. Sounds good. Coming up, how farmers are dealing with early crops on Vancouver Island. Plus, >> the tariffs have been huge uh in a bad way.

[01:22:37]>> Tariff troubles the Washington state stores that are desperate for Canadians.

[01:22:41]We're back in 90 seconds.

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[01:25:22]>> Health experts sounding the alarm about a rare type of Ebola that's spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ottawa advising Canadians not to travel to the region, which has already seen more than 500 suspected cases. So far, more than 130 people have died. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, saying a global response is needed.

[01:25:46]>> We thought it was just a tray smacking the ground, but it was actually gunshots. So, we ran inside the closet and then more gunshots came.

[01:25:55]>> We're learning more tonight about the deadly moss shooting in San Diego on Monday. The FBI says the two suspects met online and shared a hatred towards different religions and races. Three people were killed in the attack. A security guard who was killed as being held a hero for stopping the shooters from taking more lives. The two teen suspects died by self-inflicted gunshot wounds. It has now been one year since US President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs, but several businesses in Washington state say they've lost almost all their Canadian customers, including a popular shop in Bellingham.

[01:26:29]Here's Eric Wilkinson.

[01:26:32]For the past decade, the philosophy at Northwest Yarns and Merkantile has been community before profit. But these days, profits are a problem.

[01:26:41]>> The tariffs have been huge uh in a bad way. businesses down at least 20% from a year ago. Owner Echo May blames Trump administration tariffs that have raised prices and anti-Canadian rhetoric that is keeping tourists away.

[01:26:54]>> We've had Canadian customers actually contact us and say that they would love to come down, but they just they don't feel comfortable doing so.

[01:27:01]>> The Supreme Court recently ruled the Trump tariffs illegal and ordered refunds to those who've paid them, but that process is proving slow and cumbersome. Tariffs passed on by wholesalers will likely never be refunded because they've just been blended into product prices. The only refund Echko might see would come from direct imports from impacted countries.

[01:27:19]>> To be honest, there doesn't seem seem to be an entirely clear path on how to get tariffs back. Um, and there's certainly no way to get back the harm uh that they've already done to us.

[01:27:30]>> After struggling to keep up with rising costs and falling profits for the past year, things came to a head this month when it came time to write paychecks.

[01:27:38]Ekko had to take out a loan to pay her employees. She was mere days from going under. No business owner wants to admit that their business is failing.

[01:27:46]>> In order to save her business, Ekko had to do just that and launch an online fundraiser to help keep her doors open until the American economy is spinning more reliably once again.

[01:27:58]>> And hopefully after that, uh, we will continue to stay open for decades to come.

[01:28:04]>> Here at home, this warmer than average spring is already creating an early harvest for island farmers. That's good news for sales, but comes with concerns about the hot, dry summer ahead. Here's Ollie Herrera.

[01:28:18]>> The shelves might be bare now.

[01:28:19]>> Uh, beets are being picked now.

[01:28:21]Strawberries are also pretty much the earliest they've ever been, but they are not at a full uh production yet, >> but the work harvesting this year's crop at Silverill Farm is already underway, a little earlier than normal.

[01:28:34]>> We see the corn ahead of schedule, and we are picking the earliest carrots we've ever had, too. The early yields due to a dry April with a warmer than normal stretch of weather. It's good news for Clayton Fox.

[01:28:46]>> We picked carrots uh this year on uh May 8th, so that's the first time we've ever picked that early. Uh beets we started a couple days ago.

[01:28:54]>> While this means his food can get to the dinner table earlier, he's keeping an eye out on what the summer could bring.

[01:29:00]With an early start to wildfire season on Vancouver Island, snowpack levels still dangerously low and the possibility of a super El Nino, all signs are pointing to a tough summer for farmers.

[01:29:11]>> We don't want a week straight of a heat dome or something like that. Again, that doesn't really help because it's too much. That was when you get 40° weather.

[01:29:19]We don't want that high.

[01:29:20]>> The changing climate is something Fox is largely able to withstand because he sources his water from the CRD.

[01:29:26]>> So, what you're looking at here is a drip system. Dan's farm is also connected to the CRD system. From berries to cucumbers, many of the crops here are set up on a drip tape irrigation system.

[01:29:36]>> So, this is also an effective way to fertilize your crops if you're using a liquid fertilizer mixed in with the water. But, as you can see, we're really focusing the water as much as we can where the actual plant is. So, the idea is to use as little water as possible.

[01:29:49]>> The drip tape system lets Simon Fowler conserve as much water as he can, which will become a crucial resource in the coming weeks. But both farmers are feeling optimistic for the season to come and say one upside of the drier conditions is a larger than usual yield of berries that should be ripe for the picking in about two weeks.

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[01:33:30]You heard a lot of bad things about teenagers. Well, here's the good things about them.

[01:33:35]>> Just ahead of weather, here's a cute story from Illinois over the weekend.

[01:33:38]100-year-old Ray Spenovas, a veteran of the Second World War, but he never got to go to his high school prom. Well, a group of students who volunteer at his care home wanted to change that. They invited Ray to their prom. He decided to get his finest suit and take him up on the offer. They even got some special songs from the 50s to play so Ray could dance the night away, which you can see he did. Gotta love that one. As we turn things over to Mr. Ed Bane, Ed, that was a lot. He he had his prom or grad a lot lot earlier before you. Did you go to yours? Do you remember?

[01:34:13]>> Well, I did. You know what? We had a pretty small I'm from a pretty small town, Caster, Alberta. I think I've mentioned that before. So, it was only 23 people in our class. So, you know, bit of a bit of a smaller event, but my older sister, her class, uh her graduating class had six.

[01:34:29]>> Six. Did they all go?

[01:34:31]>> Yeah. Yeah. I think the grad party was in our kitchen. Come to the >> different, you know, different time, smaller school. But I'm glad for Ray.

[01:34:41]That's good that he got to live that uh the magic of your high school grad at 100. Good for him for doing that. Well, lots of activity going on behind us here. This is the west coast of the coastal basketball uh practice night here tonight at Bayside Middle School.

[01:34:56]And look at them just dropping these buckets in bucket after bucket. Lots of swishes I've seen. There's one. Well, just about. Anyway, it's a great program. We'll tell you more about that as we carry on on the upside here tonight. But this is all for uh indigenous young girls that want to get into basketball and and uh meet other friends and enjoy themselves with a couple of practices a week and then get to play in the big tournament which is coming up at UIC here on the 5th of June. So, details on that on the way here shortly. But, let's get to the details on the weather here as we speak because things are going to get quite good tomorrow particularly. So high pressure is really going to start to bump in and clear things out. So we're headed for the low 20s here under sunshine. That bridge will flatten out a little bit on Thursday. So we'll see a little bit more cloud cover coming in by then. Uh but then it rekicks again. So by the end of the week, we're back into full sunshine and mild temperatures in the uh in the low 20s. So looks like a beauty shaping up for everybody tomorrow particularly. All right, to the north autumn, here's the next 24 hours going to six tonight. Just a couple of clouds here and there. Uh more of a mix tomorrow with 14 for Port Hardy, Port McGill, and Port Alice. 22 for Seward tomorrow in full sunshine. Onto the west side now. Just a few clouds and eight.

[01:36:07]And then tomorrow's day looks to be uh mostly sunny to start. More of a mix by the afternoon. Should get 18 tomorrow for Tofino, about 26 for Lake Cowan, and about the same there for Port Alurnie.

[01:36:17]Now the east section, the Komox Valley, Courtney Komox, and Campbell River. Just a couple of clouds tonight. Dropped down to nine tonight. Sunny and 22 on the way for tomorrow. So, it's a good clear day there for the east section. Nimo, Lady Smith, Duncan, all about the same pattern here. Should top out at 24 tomorrow and just be a mostly sun-filled day for you. One or two clouds. That's about it. Down to greater Victoria. The rest of the southern tip, we got a 10°ree drop here tonight. A little bit of southwest wind across the straight of Wuca, but a beautiful day tomorrow, 21, uh, which is, you know, well over the seasonal mark of 17. And it's a completely sun-filled day for the most part with just a couple of clouds here and there. onto the map in BC. A little bit of fog to start the day for Vancouver tomorrow. Eventually 17 and a 23°ree day out in the valley and again full sunshine on the way for the Lower Mainland. Nice and sunny and 23 for Cam Loops. Mostly sunny for Colona at 22. 18 up in PG in the sun and then thunder showers rolling through Cranberry tomorrow with a high of 15. Now to the coast to coast picture into Evan and Calgary. Some thunder showers popping up into Calgary tomorrow with a 12°ree high. Thunder showers into Saskatoon, Regina as well tomorrow at the mid teen mark. And in Winnipeg getting a 16 degree day and mostly sunshine. Thunder Bay gets a mix on the way tomorrow. Full sun and 18 for Toronto. Coming off a pretty hot day today that a heat warning up. It felt uh well 30 felt like 36 with the humidity in Toronto today. Mid 20s for Montreal and a few showers and a few breaks of sunshine. Halifax hits 30 in mostly sun and St. John's only around 8 for tomorrow with a couple of showers.

[01:37:51]All right, to the northern tip we go.

[01:37:53]So, here's the uh next seven days and things look very good up until about Saturday, Sunday. That's when the change is on. The next system will get in here.

[01:38:00]So, mixes of sun and cloud Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Mid- teens right down the mark there. And then that next system starts to bump in. It's going to be a couple of rainy days there by the end of the weekend at the start of next week. Central Island, full sunshine tomorrow at 22. And then that ridge, as we said, is going to flatten off a little bit. So, a little more cloud cover comes in on Thursday. A 21°ree high. Full sunshine Friday, Saturday, and uh Sunday. We're back into cloud cover. And then the cooler air starts to move in here. 14 by Monday with a 60% shower chance into the southern tip.

[01:38:33]Mostly sunshine for us tomorrow. We'll be in the low 20s Wednesday. Going to see that cloud thicken up a little bit for us on Thursday before that ridge rebuilds. And we get back in the clear sunshine for Friday and Saturday. a gradual cool down to the seasonal mark by Sunday at 17 and then a slight shower chance at 40% for Monday. So, for the most part, next couple of days look outstanding and outstanding is a good word here for the Coastal uh basketball team here. They are Coastal Wave basketball team uh doing a great job here at their practice tonight at Bayside Middle School. Paul, lots of great future athletes here and I think this program is just so important. So, I'm glad we're here able to showcase it a bit for you tonight. It sounds like they were cheering on your forecast as you were giving it there at >> Yeah, I I highly doubt that. I think somebody somebody sunk a three.

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[01:43:05]Upside Time as we head things over to Bayside Middle School. Jeff King and an awesome program out there, Jeff.

[01:43:12]>> Yeah, it's the it's the Coastal Wave.

[01:43:14]It's a program been going about the last 18 months. Kim Graves, former U Vic Vik two national championships. The last name then with Johnson, right?

[01:43:24]>> Originally Kim Johnson. Yeah, >> exactly. And your husband played with Steve Nash down at Santa Clara.

[01:43:30]>> Yeah, Brendan Graves. He played at Lambert Park and then down at Kell Berkeley in Santa Clara.

[01:43:34]>> I love the connections there. Let's talk about this great program because uh Ed and I have enjoyed every second of hanging out with these young athletes.

[01:43:42]>> Yeah. So, these girls are the Hussein Palakin. Um, they're an indigenous girls, actually a Hussein girls basketball team. Uh, we've been together for about 18 months now, and they competed in their first ever tournament, the Junior All Native, uh, in March, and they were incredibly successful.

[01:43:56]>> Yeah. Why Why did we start this program?

[01:43:58]>> I think we started this program because I love basketball and I recognized that there were some systemic barriers to indigenous athletes accessing the game.

[01:44:06]I think it's become incredibly difficult financially and for other reasons. And so this crew kind of came together.

[01:44:12]We've been doing a ton of fundraising.

[01:44:14]They've been incredibly supported by the Husseinage community. Um, and I really just feel like sport can be medicine and it's incredible medicine for young women.

[01:44:22]>> Yeah, it sure is. Now, open program. I mean, if you can't make it to any practice and if there's young athletes out there, uh, you're you're look the door's open.

[01:44:31]>> The door is always open. And I think that's something that's really worked for us. Uh when you're here, we ask you to commit, work hard, but we know that sometimes life takes you away from the game and you're always welcome back.

[01:44:41]>> But uh new uh new athletes is what I'm getting at.

[01:44:44]>> New athletes at any time. Absolutely.

[01:44:46]>> Exactly. So, a big tournament. We're going to talk about the Vancouver tournament uh in a few minutes. Everyone smiles when we think about the Vancouver tournament. Uh but a big one coming up.

[01:44:55]Fifth, 7th uh 5th, 6th, 7th at UIC. And if you want to donate to help these athletes or if you want to volunteer, uh there's over 40 teams coming. It's it's a first of its kind at UIC.

[01:45:07]>> It's the first of its kind and I think it's taking a lot of work and a lot of effort by Coastal Wave, which is the not for-p profofit that's that's creating this opportunity. It's going to be incredibly exciting basketball. I think if you've never watched all native or indigenous basketball, come on out. The crowds are amazing. The athletes are incredible. They're coming from all over a house it Vancouver. They're traveling a long way to be here at the University of Victoria and we're incredibly excited.

[01:45:30]>> All right, let's meet some of these athletes. I'm going to run over here first. And you are >> Quail with Thompson.

[01:45:35]>> Nice to meet you. Let's talk about the Vancouver tournament you were at a couple weeks ago. How much fun was it?

[01:45:40]What was the highlight for you?

[01:45:42]>> It was really fun.

[01:45:43]>> Yeah.

[01:45:43]>> Just being there with my friends was the highlight.

[01:45:45]>> Yeah. But what about the hair? We talk about the hair. Tell everyone at home what went on with the hairstyles.

[01:45:51]>> I think we looked awesome while we played.

[01:45:53]>> Yeah. Well, you did for sure. But you had your own hair stylist, right?

[01:45:56]>> Mhm.

[01:45:57]>> So before every game, >> we'd get our hairstyles done.

[01:46:00]>> Really? Well, I love that. And these are the Cooper sisters. All three right here. I didn't uh get your name.

[01:46:07]>> Lily. Lily Cooper. Big.

[01:46:09]>> Hi, Lily. Where do you go to school?

[01:46:10]>> Um, Stelly's.

[01:46:11]>> Yeah. And you are?

[01:46:13]>> Uh, I'm Ella Cooper. And >> we already met >> U Maya Cooper.

[01:46:18]>> Yes. Right. So, youngest sister who's not really Does she qualify for the tournament?

[01:46:24]>> Yes.

[01:46:24]>> Oh, really? So, she's going to play. The Cooper sisters are going to do some damage at you, Vic. Uh, talk about how excited you are to play at the University of Victoria for this tournament coming up.

[01:46:36]>> Um, I'm going to be really excited to be able to play against different teams all over the world.

[01:46:41]>> Yeah. What do you like about uh about the Coastal Wave program? What do you like about basketball?

[01:46:46]>> Uh, that I get to play with my friends.

[01:46:48]>> Yeah.

[01:46:48]>> And my sisters.

[01:46:50]>> Oh, really?

[01:46:50]>> Yeah.

[01:46:51]>> Any any uh you know, any bad blood bad words between the sisters when you're out here practicing?

[01:46:57]>> Yeah.

[01:47:00]Uh, and how about you? What do you like about the basketball team?

[01:47:04]>> Uh, >> playing with your sisters.

[01:47:09]>> Yeah, being with being able to see other people and uh and and socialize with other people.

[01:47:18]>> Yeah, I like it. So, you all stayed in the the the Vancouver tournament. You all stayed in one house together. How much screaming and yelling was going on in that house?

[01:47:27]a lot. And there was like lots of games happening like hide-and-seek.

[01:47:31]>> Okay. Yeah.

[01:47:31]>> And tag.

[01:47:32]>> Good. Any stories anyone wants to share?

[01:47:36]>> Maya.

[01:47:36]>> Yeah. Maya.

[01:47:37]>> Okay. Now, Maya, >> we were playing uh hide and seek and I got locked in the garage.

[01:47:42]>> They got locked in the garage.

[01:47:43]>> Yeah. So, there was two doors and they made a plan and they locked this door and then locked the other door.

[01:47:49]>> Sisters.

[01:47:50]>> Yeah. Sisters. Did your sisters lock you in?

[01:47:52]>> No, it was my friends.

[01:47:53]>> Oh, it wasn't your friends. Well, nice meeting you athletes. Uh, stick around for a while because uh, right now it is time for >> the SMILE OF THE DAY.

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[01:48:29]I HATE YOU. YOU I HAD TO CUT MY HAIR OUT BECAUSE OF YOU.

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[01:48:59]>> Yeah, I think you're absolutely right.

[01:49:01]That's a long time. That guy carried that guilt for a long time, but I'm glad he made it right. Good for him. Guming the hair is not funny.

[01:49:07]>> So, uh, Coastal Wave of the big tournament coming up with you, Vic. Is this our uh Kim? Is this our pregame or our postgame chant or cheer?

[01:49:15]>> This is our postgame and we're really loud, so cover your ears. Cover your ears.

[01:49:19]>> All right. Who's counting it in?

[01:49:22]Glacking on three.

[01:49:25]>> Yes.

[01:49:26]>> All right.

[01:49:27]>> Nice hanging out with these athletes.

[01:49:28]Kim, thanks for having us here tonight.

[01:49:30]It was so much fun. What a great program. Paul, you know what uh what sport means to young people and this is such a great program and get out and cheer them on at UIC.

[01:49:40]>> Let me know if Swish, would you?

[01:49:42]>> Yeah, let's see.

[01:49:43]>> In >> Swish.

[01:49:45]>> Yeah.

[01:49:46]>> Yeah. Thank you.

[01:49:47]>> Swish. Second it would have been. Yeah.

[01:49:49]>> Okay.

[01:49:49]>> That's what you do. The secret is to throw it out of frame. But yeah, swish all the same. Good stuff.

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[01:54:31]>> Well, after splitting the weekend series in Alberta, the Nimo Clippers will host game three of the BCHL final tonight at Frank Crane Arena. The Clippers are facing the Brooks Bandits in the final and won game one by a 3-1 final on Friday before losing game two in doubleot on Saturday. The team hoping for a big crowd tonight. Andy's going to have the result at 10. Well, tourism experts in BC are questioning the economic impact of the upcoming FIFA World Cup, which is now less than one month away. As Amelia Johns reports, hotel bookings are down for June with many travelers looking outside Vancouver.

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[01:55:07]>> Will it be a tourism boom or bust?

[01:55:10]That's what some business owners are now asking themselves a month out from the FIFA men's World Cup in Vancouver.

[01:55:15]>> In some cases, we're we're still waiting, I think, for for people to understand, you know, where they want to go, which city they want to pick.

[01:55:24]>> Vancouver and Toronto are Canada's two host cities. Destination Vancouver says hotel bookings for June are down 20% from the same time last year. One reason, prices. Last time I looked, the increase right now is looking at 113% increase in pricing from this time last year.

[01:55:40]>> With some hotel rooms going for more than $500 a night, visitors may be waiting for prices to drop or looking for cheaper accommodation outside the city.

[01:55:49]>> Smart travelers will be looking for a deal. And here south of the Fraser, I think that's what we can offer. A little bit more affordability.

[01:55:57]>> Another factor, crowds. Not everyone visiting Vancouver this summer will be here for soccer. We will see more visitors coming to the the province.

[01:56:05]We're also going to be crowding out some though. I think there's there's the people who are coming in, but there's also conferences that aren't happening.

[01:56:11]>> The men's World Cup was buil by the city and province as big business. But with the final hosting cost still unknown, some are questioning the economic impact.

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[01:56:26]>> You're going to have incremental tourism gains and there's nothing wrong with that. It's a good thing, but you know, if this was happening in November, it would be a lot better for Vancouver.

[01:56:37]>> The province says an update on costs, including security, revenues, and economic benefits, is expected by the end of May. The first game at BC Place is set for June 13th.

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[02:02:04]>> I get that question a lot.

[02:02:05]>> Bullet says the department responds to about 300 calls a year. Some of those naturally are fires, but fanning the flames online are fans. Legions of them.

[02:02:16]The main driver is Facebook with around 100,000 followers and about 80,000 followers on Instagram, boosted by a recent series. We reenacted some scenes from the Twilight movie and those videos went ballistic.

[02:02:31]>> Viral immortality and believe it or not, the safety message is in there.

[02:02:35]>> Change a smoke detector every 10 years, >> albeit veiled and vampiric. The UK Daily Mail and even a Chicago morning show came calling. But the biggest surprise was getting called up to the big leagues.

[02:02:49]>> We had the Vancouver Conucks reach out.

[02:02:52]All of this for cranking out fire safety videos. As for what's coming next, it's sure to wow.

[02:02:58]>> We're going to do a parody of the Sham Wow infomercial.

[02:03:02]>> Oh, wow.

[02:03:03]>> In the meantime, they'll sound their alarm and hope that message hits.

[02:03:15]>> I love it. Today, actually, not just today, but it is National Doughut Week, and the most popular doughnut in Canada is actually the apple fritter. I'm more of a sour cream glaze guy, but to each their own. Andy Neil's got your next newscast at 10. Wheel of Fortune is up next. Good night.

[02:03:50]Are you ready, team?

[02:03:51]>> Ready to outrun your trivia competition?

[02:03:54]>> That is a huge number.

[02:03:56]>> Where knowledge isn't power.

[02:03:57]>> Are you ready to catch her?

[02:03:58]>> It's survival.

[02:03:59]>> Don't stop me now. Let's get to it.

[02:04:01]>> The chase is on. Wednesdays at nine on back with it.