
Skye Ryan
Host and Reporter at CHEK-TV (Victoria, BC)
Skye Ryan is a Jack Webster Award winning reporter based on Mid Vancouver Island for CHEK News. A runner, horseback rider & most of all proud mama of two.
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6 days ago |
cheknews.ca | Skye Ryan
Remote west coast communities that have struggled for decades to access healthcare, can now see doctors, nurses and healers right at home. The First Nations-led primary care service, blends modern medicine with traditional healers, and was officially opened on Saturday in Tofino. “I never ever thought I’d see it in my lifetime that we work together,” said Dave Frank, a traditional Uut Uustukyuu Society healer and Ahousaht Elder.
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1 week ago |
cheknews.ca | Skye Ryan
Two new wildfires sparked on Vancouver Island over the weekend after a round of lightning swept through late Saturday. According to BC Wildfire, one small fire started outside Port Alberni, the other near Courtenay, and both were listed under control as of Sunday. “It tells me we need to be prepared, our community needs to be prepared,” said Dashwood Fire Chief Nick Acciavatti. He says there could be more fire starts from the weekend lightning that haven’t yet been found.
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1 week ago |
cheknews.ca | Skye Ryan
A Nanaimo Filipino restaurant is donating all that it earns on Saturday, to support the victims of the Lapu Lapu Festival attack. “Everything that we receive today will be going to the people in Vancouver,” said Maribel Bay, owner of Nanay Mo’s Filipino Cuisine at 2025 Bowen Road. “When it comes to people in need, we all need to stand for them.
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2 weeks ago |
cheknews.ca | Skye Ryan
Nanaimo car salesman Adam Iverson, is worried that cuts to EV rebate programs will hurt B.C. families who were really starting to buy into electric vehicles for the environment and cost savings. “People were very considerate of that. Not only for the environment standpoint, but saving money to the bottom-line of their budget,” said Iverson, sales manager at Steve Marshall Ford in Nanaimo. “We had a PST exemption on pre-owned vehicles in Canada.
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2 weeks ago |
treefrogcreative.ca | Skye Ryan |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey
‘None of us expected this’: Coombs’ Kingsley Trucking seized in bankruptcy By Skye Ryan Chek News April 25, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, Canada West Glen Clarke carried a heavy load on his shoulders Friday, as he hitched up his semi for one of the last times.
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A cavalry of @bchydro crews is heading over to Gabriola Island this morning, after another round of power outages hit overnight. Thousands on Quadra Island losing power for a second time this week, after crews had restored power hours earlier @CHEK_News #bcstorm https://t.co/nPPP2JzCWX

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