Greater Victoria
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Oct 8, 2026
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Several local leaders offered words of welcome and support while acknowledging the ongoing impacts of residential schools on families and communities.
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The WildWise Society is asking people living around Greater Victoria to take some extra steps to protect both themselves and local wildlife.
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As winter approaches, bears are working hard to eat as much as possible, and that's sometimes bringing them into residential areas.
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While recent sightings aren't unusual given where we live, bears are a natural part of this ecosystem.
Rebecca JehnGUEST
And it no longer exists.
Rebecca JehnGUEST
But at one time in the local community here in Greater Victoria, it connected farmers with land that wasn't being used.
Rebecca JehnGUEST
Now, Young Agrarians is an organization that does it all over Canada, I believe.
Rebecca JehnGUEST
So LAFF is not an organization in existence anymore.
Alan PerryHOST
And I'm your retired tech enthusiast, Ron Fraser, along with a special guest.
Alan PerryHOST
We're live on Saturday morning, October 3rd, on CFAX 1070 in the sunshine in Victoria, also on Kelowna's AM 1150 up and down the beautiful Okanagan Valley.
Alan PerryHOST
And across Canada and the USA on the iHeartRadio
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network and app.
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Alan PerryHOST
And then if you text, Ron and I will do that.
Alan PerryHOST
Plus one, 250-386-1161 works for both.
Alan PerryHOST
Welcome back to Tech Talk 19 After the Hour and our first show of October 2026, Luxton Fall Fair weekend here in Victoria.
Alan PerryHOST
Glad to have you along wherever you're listening, whether you're listening here in Canada or where Brita is from in Deutschland.
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Still provincially, a campaign promise aimed at the pumps.
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Victoria Buzz's Mike Kelly reports that with gas around $2.04 a litre in Greater Victoria New Democrat leader David Eby says a re-elected government would temporarily suspend $0.10 a litre of the provincial motor fuel tax on both gasoline and diesel.
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That's half of a two-part plan the party says could take as much as $0.30 off.
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The second half is what they're calling a price guard, giving the British Columbia Utilities Commission power to set a maximum retailers may charge, updated weekly against benchmark crude prices, so pump prices can't run well ahead of the oil price.
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Still provincially, a promise aimed at the pumps.
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Victoria Buzz's Mike Kelly reports that with gas around two dollars and four cents a liter in Greater Victoria, New Democrat leader David Eby says a reelected government would temporarily suspend ten cents a liter of the provincial motor fuel tax on gasoline and diesel.
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That is half of a plan the party says could take as much as thirty cents off.
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The other half is what they call a price guard, giving the British Columbia Utilities Commission power to cap what retailers may charge, updated weekly against benchmark crude prices, so the pump can't run well ahead of the oil price.
Peter MansbridgeHOST
Christine Guite in Langford, BC.
Peter MansbridgeHOST
That's a part of, uh, Greater Victoria.
Peter MansbridgeHOST
I'm worried, and I don't want Quebec or Alberta to leave.
Peter MansbridgeHOST
Both make Canada stronger, more complicated, and more interesting.
Rob ShawHOST
So that may be tossed back in his face a little bit.
Rob ShawHOST
And the Greens, the announcement on childcare was actually made with Emily Lowen and Carolyn Howe, who's the president of the Greater Victoria Teachers Association, who was running for the Greens in Victoria's Swan Lake.
Rob ShawHOST
I thought that was interesting.
Rob ShawHOST
Teachers unions typically have swung towards the NDP in the past.
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Thank you.
Adam StirlingHOST
You're listening to clips from last night's meeting of the District 61 Greater Victoria Board of Education.
Adam StirlingHOST
That's the Greater Victoria School District.
Adam StirlingHOST
As they received a report and a delegation from the Greater Victoria Teachers Association discussing a report that was issued earlier in September, as well as criticizing the published response of the school district regarding that report, also pointing out there's a difference between what the elected trustees are saying about this report And what the school district is saying about this report, which is not the first time that the elected trustees in the District 61 Board of Education have seemingly been at odds with their unelected staff in terms of the bureaucracy.
Adam StirlingHOST
A significant portion of the leadership team of District 61 is currently on leave, or at least was on leave the last time that I've checked.
Adam StirlingHOST
There's a number of very unfortunate sagas have been unfolding.
Adam StirlingHOST
to us and on average
Tara UrquhartSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
there are 21 violent incidents per day happening towards staff so that would be
Emily LowenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Early childhood education is the foundation of a healthy society, yet it has been...
Adam StirlingHOST
Now the candidate that she was flanked by, Carolyn Howe, president of Greater Victoria Teachers Association, is running for the BC Greens in the riding of Victoria Swan Lake, as we discussed.
Adam StirlingHOST
It's one of the core NDP ridings, one of their fortress ridings, unlikely to be toppled, not to be disparaging to the Greens.
Adam StirlingHOST
Although, if they were going to make inroads there...
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Adam StirlingHOST
Sorry, Cool Kit Community Climate Initiative.
Adam StirlingHOST
Almost automatopia there without the initiative on the end.
Adam StirlingHOST
It says Andrew is deeply rooted in his community, it says, from being a coach with Bays United, it says, to being on the board of the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network.
Adam StirlingHOST
He is committed to serving his neighbours.
Ryan BerlinHOST
on the docket today.
Ryan BerlinHOST
So we will review MLS data, the latest MLS data for August for Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria, as we sort of exit the summer lull.
Ryan BerlinHOST
Although, Chris, you said that you have been very busy, so we'll talk a bit about that.
Ryan BerlinHOST
And then we'll parse what is or what has been a very
Ryan BerlinHOST
Like there is just a built in stability into that local economy.
Ryan BerlinHOST
to a greater degree than we have here.
Ryan BerlinHOST
But it's interesting that sales are below average here in Metro Vancouver and also in greater Victoria, but less so there, but then so much more inventory.
Ryan BerlinHOST
Like that's surprising to me.
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