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So you think you're a good speller? It's time to find out. In this episode six contestants join the podcast to put their spelling skills to the test. Listen and join along as Joe hosts the first ever MicCHEK Spelling Bee with a selection of skill-testing Vancouver Island words. Who will come out on top and take home bragging rights (and a coveted MicCHEK hat) as the first MicCHEK Spelling Bee Cham...

You've heard KC Kyle and Joe make their picks for months now so we figured it was time to give them a rest. In this episode, we invited four municipal Councillors to sit down and make their picks for the best of the best in their municipality. Listen as they pick 1 restaurant, 1 activity, 1 park, 1 hidden gem, and 1 miscellaneous from their hometown.

Kenny Warren thought the Queen of Victoria was going down. He was one of the passengers on board the BC Ferry heading for Swartz Bay in August of 1970 when it was hit by a Russian freighter in Active Pass and nearly sliced in two. There was mass panic, screaming, confusion, and in the end three people died including an Esquimalt mother and her baby. In this episode we sit down with Kenny to ask hi...

In this Friday Roundtable the MicCHEK team turns its focus to camping. We've brought in two camping experts to join us as we make our picks for the best (and worst) things about camping.

In this episode we sit down with a man who spends his life travelling the world seeking out the juiciest and tastiest fruit on the planet. Alex Campbell's family created Thrifty Food's and in the process sparked Alex's love-affair with delicious fruit. In this episode we learn about Alex's fruit adventures and what to look for when buying great tasting fruit. We also learn who makes the best fruit...

Dummies may be a strong word but after the record-breaking heat on Vancouver Island, we figured it was time for a crash course on climate change. Is climate change to blame for the record-breaking temperatures in Victoria and if it is, what can be done about it? In this episode, we invited back a former MicCHEK guest who also happens to be a climate scientist to learn a bit more about climate chan...

Get ready to take notes as our panel dishes out some of their favourite spots and hidden gems for delicious Asian cuisine in the Capital City. The MicCHEK ROUNDTABLE is brought to you by Camosun College.

In this episode two city planners join the podcast to discuss population growth in the capital city. According to one guest, Victoria’s population is exploding faster than projections in the official community plan. We ask why that’s a problem and discuss major projects like the multiple towers proposed for the Harris Green neighbourhood. Should citizens be concerned with 30-storey towers in Victo...

It's an experience every Vancouver Islander can relate to. Two-sailing waits, White Spot burgers, crossing your fingers for a spot on the upper deck. These are things that, for better or worse, unite islanders. In this episode, our panel of BC Ferries experts (and Kyle) discuss four things they like about BC Ferries and in a twist, one thing they think could be improved.

She's one of Victoria's most well-known ghosts and she calls the Victoria Golf Course home. For decades people have been going to the shores of Oak Bay, searching out the ghost of Doris Gravlin. In this episode, Joe and Kyle speak to a ghost expert about Doris' life and learn how and where to go to find her. Listen as the two set out on their first MicCHEK road trip and a journey they'll never for...

Where are you going for that perfect coffee shop experience? In the latest MicCHEK Roundtable brought to you by Camosun , our panel discusses their top coffee shops in the capital region.

He's been on the job for six months now so we figured it was time to check-in with Victoria's newest Councillor, Stephen Andrew. In this episode we discuss the future of the Burnside Gorge and Harris Green neighbourhoods, council procedure and accessibility, as well as whether or not our elected officials are being paid enough. Plus, what's on Stephen's wish-list for the city and will he run for m...

You're hosting a dinner party and can invite any five people you want. The only catch? They have to have a Vancouver Island connection. Welcome to another edition of the Friday ROUNDTABLE.

He's the man behind Victoria's Pagliacci's restaurant but there is so much more to the life of this colourful capital city character. In this episode we learn about Howie's journey from Brooklyn to Lasqueti Island, the forged resume that landed him his first radio gig, and the Roxy Movie Theatre that opened the door to some of the most memorable film reviews ever delivered on local television.

We love Victoria. It has its issues but we think it's one of the greatest cities in the world. That said, there are some things missing in capital city. In this Friday ROUNDTABLE we ask our panel what 5 things are missing in Victoria.

About 19,000 people in the capital city live with a disability. That means about one in five people over the age of 15 within the City of Victoria are impacted by the level of accessibility when they move about the city. In this episode we talk to a father with a disabled son about what life is like when access to places most people take for granted is denied.

The MicCHEK Roundtable is heading to the park. In this episode, we ask a panel of outdoor enthusiasts to pick their top five parks on the south island.

From selling stereos at the old A&B Sound on Yates Street in downtown Victoria to smoking cigars with Arnold on the set of Terminator. Peter Kent grew up on Vancouver Island but put it all behind him for Hollywood's bright lights. If it wasn't for Academy Award winning Director James Cameron it might not have worked out, but it did. Now Peter Kent calls Qualicum Beach home and as we find out he ha...

The ROUNDTABLE heads to the outdoor market as our panelists make their picks for the best vendors on the south island. From local craft jewellers to sauce makers and from bakers to beef jerky, this episode covers a wide selection of local entrepreneurs all making their mark at the market.

It's been studied, debated and then studied some more but will anything ever happen to Vancouver Island's dormant E&N rail line. In this episode we chat with two people who both previously sat on the Island Corridor Foundation board, which owns the rail corridor. One wants the line to be turned into a multi-use trail, the other wants to see rail service return and hopefully electrified. What plan...

It's Friday and from now on MicCHEK, Friday means it's ROUNDTABLE time. MicCHEK's most popular discussion will now be a weekly segment released every Friday. In this edition, we welcome Chelsey from Sidney Scones to the panel as we pick our top spots for all things sweet.

Is a massive concrete parking lot really the best use for Ship Point? Should Chinatown have more green space? Is it time to build a new museum on Wharf Street? In this episode Joe and KC Kyle talk to an urban design planner who has spent years re-imagining some of downtown Victoria's most popular public spaces. It's like the Victoria version of Sim City only this is real life, and the guy at the c...

If you're a fan of Red Barn Market wraps and sandwiches, this is the episode for you. In extreme detail, Joe and KC Kyle sit down with two Red Barn Market sandwich artists to dissect one of Greater Victoria's most popular quick meals. From wildly specific orders to die-hard customers, this episode offers an inside look into the world of south island sandwich and wrap making. Episode also includes...

If you live on Vancouver Island and don't know the name Tara Moss, you should. Tara is an internationally best-selling author, model, TV host, human rights and disability advocate, and a proud Vancouver Islander who recently returned home to Victoria after spending two decades in Australia. In this episode, Joe and KC Kyle chat with Tara about how a Lambrick Park Secondary grad became one of Austr...

It's a story MicCHEK has been pursuing for months. How did a Vancouver Island market get goats on its roof? In this episode, Joe and KC Kyle finally get the chance to sit down with the man who runs the Old Country Market in Coombs to hear the story behind one of Vancouver Island's biggest attractions.