Victoria Walton

P.E.I.

Associate Producer at CBCT-TV (Charlottetown, PE)

Journalist🎙️Maritimer ⚓ Plant mom 🌱 Living on unceded Mi'kmaq land 🇨🇦she/her 🌈

Articles

Why these 16- and 17-year-olds want to cast their vote in N.B. elections

1 month ago | cbc.ca | Victoria Walton

New Brunswick·NewFrom the economy to the environment, important issues are impacting the next generation — and they want a say at the polls. Some young people are pushing to have the voting age in the province lowered to 16Victoria Walton · CBC News · Posted: Mar 30, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoGrade 11 student Léo Babineau says he's been working and paying taxes for the past two years, and wants to be able to vote on policies that will affect him.
New Chaleur Lightning hockey team to replace Acadie-Bathurst Titan

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Victoria Walton

New Brunswick·NewThe Lightning will be a part of the Maritime Junior Hockey League’s northern division. The team will begin playing at the K.C. Irving Regional Centre in fall 2025Victoria Walton · CBC News · Posted: Mar 07, 2025 2:24 PM EST | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoThe logo of the Chaleur Lightning is a wave and a lightning bolt, inspired by the weather that communities along the Bay of Chaleur often experience.
Handling with care: Learning how to help loved ones as they age

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Victoria Walton

New Brunswick·NewThe senior care navigation workshops began back in 2022, a collaboration between the Allied Health Programs at NBCC and the Department of Social Development.
Parts of 249 private properties needed to improve transmission link to Nova Scotia, says N.B. Power

Feb 8, 2025 | cbc.ca | Victoria Walton

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are set to begin construction of the first phase of a large joint project they say will help them keep their commitment to phase out coal by 2030. The interprovincial electricity transmission line will span 160 kilometres, from Salisbury, new Moncton, to a substation in Onslow, near Truro. Murielle Belliveau's Memramcook home will be in the shadow of the new transmission tower.
Despite cost increases, work on track for new Miramichi rec complex

Jan 25, 2025 | cbc.ca | Victoria Walton

New Brunswick·NewThe total cost of the project, which is set to be complete in fall 2026, has now increased to $98 million. Arbec Forest Products has made a $4-M donation in exchange for naming rights to the buildingVictoria Walton · CBC News · Posted: Jan 25, 2025 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 3 minutes agoThe multiplex will include an 1,800-seat arena as well as an indoor walking track, pool and gym.
Community comes together to light Port Elgin walking bridge for the holidays

Dec 6, 2024 | cbc.ca | Victoria Walton

New Brunswick·NewA century-old wooden bridge in a rural New Brunswick town has gotten a makeover for the holidays. Bridge now has more than 3,000 colourful bulbs plugged in each eveningVictoria Walton · CBC News · Posted: Dec 07, 2024 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 3 minutes agoKeith Giles was one of a group of people people who spent an entire Saturday installing the lights on this Port Elgin bridge, using hundreds of zip ties and some long extension cords.
Parks Canada unveils memorial to honour Acadian resistance leader Beausoleil

Nov 16, 2024 | cbc.ca | Victoria Walton

New Brunswick·NewPeople walking along Moncton's waterfront trails will be able to take in a new plaque that honours a piece of Acadian history.
Island family drawing attention to Acadian involvement in Second World War

Nov 8, 2024 | cbc.ca | Victoria Walton

PEI·NewKarine Gallant says she and her musical family learned much more about Acadian participation in the war, and how much it is still remembered in Normandy, on a trip to France this summer.
Man dies after garbage truck flips on its side in Scotchfort

Nov 1, 2024 | cbc.ca | Victoria Walton

PEI·NewA 62-year-old Charlottetown man was declared dead at the scene after a garbage truck left the road and ended up on its side. Police say it appears garbage truck left road and ended up on its side on Afton RoadVictoria Walton · CBC News · Posted: Nov 01, 2024 1:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 minute agoPolice, Island EMS and the East River Fire Department responded to calls about the accident, and the man was declared deceased at the scene.
Province offers help as some PEI theatres struggle to fill seats

Nov 1, 2024 | cbc.ca | Victoria Walton

PEI·NewSome theatres have as little as 20 per cent of their seats filled at shows Innovation P.E.I. held 2-day symposium with experts from across country Victoria Walton · CBC News · Posted: Nov 01, 2024 8:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes agoTheatres are seeing more and more empty seats these days. (Laura Meader/CBC)Theatres across the country are trying to figure out how to get back to pre-COVID numbers, and P.E.I. is no different.