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City of Victoria pledges over $10M for public safety following violent long weekend
The City of Victoria says it will address 'public disorder' in the city's downtown core through a multi-step reallocation of $10.35 million in city funds, with the largest budget item to be spent on police and bylaw enforcement. "There's no doubt in my mind that this is the single most important decision that council has dealt with," said Mayor Marianne Alto at a Wednesday news conference. "We must do this. We must." The funds are the first steps for the Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan — part of the city's 2023-2026 strategic plan, which was endorsed by city councillors in June. The announcement comes on the heels of a number of violent incidents across the city within a 12-hour period on Sunday. Police said in a statement on Monday that a business owner was assaulted by a man unknown to him around 6 p.m. on Yates Street. That man is bike shop owner Tyson Schley, who said in a written statement to CBC News that local politicians need federal and provincial help to address crime in Victoria. "These guys know they can do whatever they want, and I have been a victim of it," Schley said. The man was arrested shortly after the attack and taken into custody by Victoria police but was later released on conditions, police said in the statement. On Sunday morning, a man with a weapon threatened the Victoria Fire Department building on Queens Avenue, preventing the firefighters from entering the building to attend to a potential fire. He was subsequently arrested, police said. Another "stranger-on-stranger attack" on Yates Street Sunday involved a man who assaulted a victim with an "edged weapon," Manek said. The victim "ran into London Drugs to seek refuge for their safety," Manek said, and the attacker was subsequently arrested and was held in custody pending a court hearing. The city will spend $1.9 million of the plan's budget to hire a dozen bylaw staff, with a focus on deploying to Pandora, Princess and the downtown area and working to complement police officers in the area, it said Wednesday in a statement. The Victoria Police Department will receive $1.35 million to hire nine new police officers, as well as a one-time payment of $220,000 by the City of Victoria to match the Province of British Columbia's Community Safety and Targeted Enforcement Program (C-STEP). The city says it will be investing $1.35 million more annually into Victoria's police budget The plan also includes more temporary housing solutions, with funds redirected from other areas of the budget. While the city is fast-tracking parts of the safety and wellness plan following several police incidents over the Canada Day weekend, Alto says the plan is not reactionary. "What you're hearing and seeing today is a very intentional and thoughtful plan that has been percolating for months," Alto said. Victoria resident Sasha Santana says she's glad there's a plan in place to address violence in the city. Santana says she's lived in the city for the past five years and believes unsafe situations have been on the rise. "Doesn't matter if it's 12 p.m. in the afternoon or at night, I have been in situations that do feel unsafe," Santana said. "I think there's a lot of different aspects, mental health, substance use, those communities not getting the right support and also people not knowing how to navigate it … just escalating situations," Santana said. 'I have been a victim of it' Victoria Police Chief Del Manak says it's a welcome announcement, and the Victoria Police Department has been under-resourced for many years. "The Victoria Police Department is 44 officers short, given the population growth that we have seen over the last number of years," Manak said. Manak says he will be coming up with an aggressive recruitment and hiring plan to fill the vacancies as quickly as possible. The new officers will be concentrated in areas around Pandora, Princess and the downtown. Victoria mayor provides update on community safety plan 6 hours ago Duration 0:35 The city of Victoria held a press conference earlier this morning to address public safety concerns, and the city's plan to tackle them. Mayor Marianne Alto addressed a series of violent incidents that the city has seen in recent days and gave an update on the city's community safety plan. Alto says funding for the Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan includes dollars to be poured into upstream services in hopes of mitigating the need for policing, including investments in temporary housing. The plan includes $624,000 in additional support for existing housing non-profits to expand existing relocation services, but doesn't specify which non-profits will receive funding. In addition, the city will investigate and establish new short-term shelter options, including $1.95 million for up to two managed, secure, and short-term emergency shelter spaces, $850,000 for operations and $300,000 for property rentals. "If we don't step in on a temporary basis at least for a couple of years … they're [unhoused persons] just going to languish where they are," said Alto. Other funds will be allocated to rehabilitate public infrastructure in focus areas and create a transport plan to assess and transport unhoused persons to services outside of downtown. Victoria resident Priyanka Singh says while she agrees there has been a rise in safety issues in the city, she sees it as more of a holistic problem. "I'm not seeing it as a safety issue," said Singh.
CTV News
14 minutes ago
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Man charged in Sudbury fatal IPV stabbing
A 36-year-old man faces first-degree murder and other charges after a woman was fatally stabbed in what police called an intimate partner violence incident early Wednesday morning. Police found the 63-year-old victim dead and a 32-year-old woman injured at a home near downtown. The accused fled but was arrested hours later with suspected self-inflicted wounds. Madison Marier has the latest.
CTV News
16 minutes ago
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Dr. Phil's year-old cable network files for bankruptcy, accusing broadcast partner of reneging on obligations
Dr. Phil is seen at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California, in September CNN Newsource Dr. Phil's TV network, Merit Street Media, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday and sued Christian television giants Trinity Broadcasting Network and TCT Ministries for allegedly harming its business and contributing to its financial woes. The lawsuit, filed by Fort Worth-based Merit Street with the US Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Texas, claims that TBN, the network's broadcast partner, backed out of its obligations and instead 'abused its position as the controlling shareholder.' As a result, Merit Street claims it was forced to 'pay or incur obligations to third parties in excess of $100 million.' 'These failures by TBN were neither unintended nor inadvertent,' Merit Street argued in the lawsuit. 'They were a conscious, intentional pattern of choices made with full awareness that the consequence of which was to sabotage and seal the fate of a new but already nationally acclaimed network.' In a statement, a Merit Street spokesperson said the network is suing TBN for 'failing to provide clearly agreed-upon national distribution and other significant foundational commitments critical to the network's continuing success and viability.' 'The suit is part of a restructuring proceeding also initiated by MSM,' the spokesperson said. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy declaration and lawsuit come just over a year after the joint cable venture's official launch. Phil McGraw, known as Dr. Phil, launched the cable network despite the precarious state of the cable industry, which has seen customers cut the cord in favor of streaming entertainment and digital news platforms. The venture followed the conclusion of Dr. Phil's 21-season show on CBS in May 2023. However, according to the lawsuit, Merit Street's troubles began almost immediately after it was established in January 2023, when Dr. Phil's Peteski Productions first partnered with TBN, which puts out faith- and worship-based content as the world's largest Christian network. Under the venture, the Christian television company was expected to cover distribution and production services at no cost to Merit Street, according to the suit. TBN was also expected to make 'certain payments' to Peteski, while the Dr. Phil-owned company would provide new programming, including original episodes of the 'Dr. Phil' show and prime-time specials, the suit stated. Instead, the lawsuit alleges that TBN 'reneged' on its responsibilities, allegedly abusing its power as the controlling shareholder to 'advance its own interests,' as well as those of its chief executive, Matthew Crouch. TBN also allegedly caused CrossSeed — a company with which TBN is closely connected, and whose directors include Crouch and TBN's chief business officer, Frank Amedia — to loan $25 million to Merit Street. The network then assigned a promissory note to TCT. TBN and TCT did not respond to a request for comment at the time of publication. Merit Street's programming has included Dr. Phil's embed with ICE during immigration crackdowns by officers in Chicago in January and Los Angeles in June. The network also carried Dr. Phil's August 2024 interview with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Just after launching Merit Street, Dr. Phil told the New York Post he wanted the network to be 'a destination network that you can turn on in the morning and leave on.' Merit Street is now seeking damages and the cost of its legal fees and costs.
