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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2 weeks ago |
cheknews.ca | Skye Ryan
A couple that had nearly 200 animals seized on their Ladysmith farm has been sentenced to Canada-wide bans on owning farm animals and $10,000 in fines each. Tanisha Lynn Kendall and Rhees William Kendall were sentenced in Duncan court on April 4 after being convicted of willfully causing pain, suffering or injury to animals in their care. “In this case, because the charges were under the criminal code, this is right across Canada.
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2 weeks ago |
cheknews.ca | Skye Ryan
An injured Duncan RCMP officer shared how “shattered” an attack outside the RCMP detachment has left him, at a sentencing hearing Monday for the man convicted of the assault. Sgt. Kiel Pharis told the court: “If he had just spoken to me in the morning, I would have helped him. I would have ensured we were both safe.”Pharis’ was one of nearly a dozen victim impact statements read in court Monday, describing the events of May 12, 2023. Court heard that Sgt.
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2 weeks ago |
cheknews.ca | Skye Ryan
Calling out bingo numbers at Lake Cowichan’s 55-plus centre Wednesday, Spencer Janes wished his own town’s lucky number would come up soon. “Yeah, you gotta flip the coin and hope it ends up in your favour,” Janes told CHEK News. The senior’s remote and aging Island community of Lake Cowichan is losing both of its doctors at the same time, and so far, no replacements have been found. “I have MS.
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3 weeks ago |
cheknews.ca | Skye Ryan
A special donation of bikes was loaded onto a truck and trailer in Nanaimo Friday, headed for a remote Island First Nation that captured hearts around the world. “Yeah they’re going to have some fun with them for sure and it’s nice to see them to a group that could really use them,” said Steve Cooper, a volunteer with Nanaimo-based Bikes for Kids. The 17 bikes were donated by Bikes for Kids, to the tiny community of Ehattesaht in Zeballos.
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3 weeks ago |
cheknews.ca | Skye Ryan
Linda Derksen took a deep breath of fresh air outside Nanaimo’s hospital on Tuesday, grateful to the Nanaimo firefighters and her apartment’s manager for saving her life. “Everybody was super calm, but I’d been traumatized. The roof of that carport is the floor of my bedroom. So he (a firefighter who helped her) said he thinks five minutes more and it would have been awful,” Derkson told CHEK News.
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