Victoria This Week
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 101:32:12
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Synopsis
Talking about the important... and not so important... stories about life in Victoria, B.C.
Episodes
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2018 the election year. Plus, milk on tap - Victoria This Week
05/01/2018 Duration: 43minRyan Price and Corey Polkinghorne are joined by special guest Ceara K from 107.3 KOOL FM to discuss this week's news.
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VTW 088 2018 Clip Show #2
04/01/2018 Duration: 44minThe second episode of our first annual clip show. Revisiting some of our favourite show moments in 2018.
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VTW 040 Victoria This Year (2017) - Victoria This Week
29/12/2017 Duration: 42minRyan, Corey and James review Christmas and the year 2017.
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VTW 039 Surfboard Orcas and Sweater Dogs - Victoria This Week
15/12/2017 Duration: 44minRyan, James and Corey discuss the news in Victoria over the second week of December.
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VTW 038 Cannabis rules, bike lanes, ferry smoke, 1000ft kites, harbour ferries… Super 8 Motel waffles - Victoria This Week
07/12/2017 Duration: 43minRyan Price, James Ball and Corey Polkinghorne explore the news of the week... eventually.
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VTW 037 The Esquimalt to Colwood bridge isn’t actually a thing - Victoria This Week
01/12/2017 Duration: 45minRyan Price, Corey Polkinghorne and James Ball chat about the week's events... or in this case not really.
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VTW 036 No Trains, Black Friday, Rescue Dogs, Lodged Beavers - Victoria This Week
24/11/2017 Duration: 44minThis week's discussion twists and turns through Black Friday and Christmas holiday busyness, the lack of progress on getting something done on the E&N rail line, rescue dogs and beaver facts.
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VTW 035 The demise of outdoor music fetivals? Plus, beavers - Victoria This Week
17/11/2017 Duration: 43minRyan, James and Corey cover a lot of ground in this week's chit-chat about news and events in Victoria, B.C.
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VTW 034 To grow or not to grow the wild west coast. Plus, remembrance - Victoria This Week
10/11/2017 Duration: 43minThis week's topics include: the future of the Juan de Fuca lands past Sooke are a major point of contention, we talk about why; we use Remembrance Day and the 100th Anniversary of Passchendaele to learn about the man whose name adorns Pearkes Rec Centre; the Eagles of Death Metal are coming to town, and.... trying to get our heads around the never ending barrage of sexual misconduct stories in the news.
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VTW 033 Marijuana Gummies and Sea Lions - Victoria This Week
03/11/2017 Duration: 43minThe gang's back together for the first time in a while, riffing on the week's news. We also learn about Sea Lions with a new "nature corner" and hear the latest concert announcements.
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VTW 032 The tallest building is not as tall anymore… plus, our least favourite intersection. And coffee - Victoria This Week
27/10/2017 Duration: 44minRyan and James are joined by special guest Ceara K from 107.3 KOOL FM for a conversation that's all over the map.
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VTW 035 Goodbye Gord - Victoria This Week
18/10/2017 Duration: 44minWe recorded this show a few hours after learning that Gord Downie, singer and front man of The Tragically Hip, died of brain cancer at age 53. All of us on the show are life-long fans so we scrapped whatever was planned and dedicated this week's episode to the memory of this great Canadian.
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VTW 030 Victoria’s Ghost Stories - Victoria This Week
13/10/2017 Duration: 44minVictoria This Week theme episode on our city's ghost stories. Ian Gibbs, co-host of the "Ghost Story Guys" podcast and author of the book "Victoria's Most Haunted," joins Ryan to share stories that, yes, are spooky but that also provide a colourful look at the city's history.
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VTW 029 What is modular homeless housing? We ask because it’s coming. Plus, spiders are in your house - Victoria This Week
01/10/2017 Duration: 44minThe new B.C. Government is rolling out a plan to build modular homeless housing in any community that wants it. The Ca[ital Region is poised to jump on board. So, we think it's time to figure out what the term modular homeless housing even means and why we're doing it. Plus, we investigate why our houses are filling with spiders at this time of year, we discuss how this year's weather reduced the apple crop to the point that Sea Cider is pleading for apples, and we profile Canadian rock band "the Sadies" after their recent show in Victoria.
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VTW 028 Best Cheap Lunch in Victoria (in our personal opinion) - Victoria This Week
22/09/2017 Duration: 44minRyan Price, Corey Polkinghorne and James Ball compile a list of their favorite tricks for eating lunch for under $10.
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VTW 027 What’s wrong with Mile Zero anyways? Plus, we review “A Long Time Running” - Victoria This Week
15/09/2017 Duration: 44minThere's a pitch to change Mile Zero, where Douglas Street (technically the Trans Canada at this point), ends at Dallas Road next to Beacon Hill Park. What are the changes proposed? Why are they being proposed? Let's dive in through the big orange zero and discuss! Plus, we review "A Long Time Running," a documentary about Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip's final tour in 2016, which heavily features the Victoria show.
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VTW 026 Speaker drama in B.C. Politics. Plus, pot shop theories and killer whales - Victoria This Week
09/09/2017 Duration: 45minIs this finally the end of the B.C. election saga? The speaker of the legislature is chosen in dramatic fashion (and Ryan gets too excited about it). Plus, we have a prediction for how legalized marijuana will be sold in B.C., there's a whale quiz, and trees that decide to discard branches.
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VTW 025 What’s up with fish farms? Plus, awkward encounters at B.C. Parks - Victoria This Week
01/09/2017 Duration: 46minAfter a fish farm in the San Juan Islands releases thousands of Atlantic salmon into local waters, we go over the big picture of salmon farming. Plus, a lively discussion over bridge tolls and awkward human experiences unique to camping in B.C. Parks.
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VTW 024 The movie episode - Victoria This Week
25/08/2017 Duration: 45minA Johnny Depp movie called "Richard Says Goodbye" has been filming at Hatley Castle, and the latest "Pup Star" movie is shooting downtown. That gets us into our Victoria This Week list of best movies that feature our city. Also the McKenzie interchange project is delayed, the Commonwealth Games bid seems dead, an Island musical festival gets a new name and new acts, and much more on this week's show. Follow us at @ryanpricecfax @ballofchill @CoreyTheJam
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VTW 023 What’s the deal with the Commonwealth Games? Plus, birds - Victoria This Week
18/08/2017 Duration: 43minWe cover Victoria's attempt to bring the Commonwealth Games to Victoria in 2022, the design for (what could become) downtown's new tallest building, and... James Ball visits the raptor centre in Duncan and things get weird: .