Christine van Reeuwyk
Christine van Reeuwyk covers business and local commerce for Victoria News, with a focus on how restaurants, shops and other enterprises shape everyday life. Her stories sit at the intersection of commerce and lifestyle, showing readers what local businesses offer in practical, concrete terms.
Local dining and hospitality
Her business coverage includes detailed pieces on the restaurant and hospitality sector, such as a feature on five Victoria restaurant patios named among the best 100 in Canada. In that kind of story she uses a clear, list-driven format to walk readers through each venue, highlighting what sets the patios apart and why the recognition matters. She focuses on specific amenities and experiences — outdoor seating, atmosphere, and dog-friendly features — so the business angle is grounded in how people actually use the space.
Business news with a community lens
Van Reeuwyk reports as a journalist within the Victoria News and Saanich News network, bringing a community lens to business stories. Her work connects commercial success to local pride, framing national or regional accolades as wins for the wider community rather than just individual operators. When a business is recognized beyond the region, she ties that achievement back to what residents see on the street — busy patios, popular gathering places and the small details that make a neighbourhood feel active and welcoming.
Service-focused storytelling
Across her business beat, she leans toward service-focused coverage that helps readers decide where to spend their time and money. Rather than treating business as abstract financial news, she treats it as a set of choices for consumers, using accessible language and straightforward structure. Rankings, curated lists and focused features give her audience quick ways to compare options, while still conveying the underlying story of how local enterprises compete and thrive.
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Aarjavee Raaj
Aarjavee Raaj focuses on how corporate decisions, government warnings and economic trends affect everyday Canadians, using clear, data-driven business and related news coverage. She is a CTVNews.ca journalist with experience reporting on arts, culture, business and more, and her name is pronounced Aar-Za-Vee. Her work links institutional and corporate developments to practical consequences for workers, consumers and families, including corporate losses, retail restructuring, tax schemes and compliance warnings. She reports on workplace trends, economic strain, consumer recalls and health impacts, using survey data, charity reports, regulatory notices and clinical stories to show how macroeconomic and policy issues touch daily life. A digital journalist, she keeps to tight headlines, clear summaries of official statements or data, and a steady focus on what developments mean for people who work, shop and rely on public services.
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams reports human interest stories that follow how sudden conflict, loss and long-running mysteries reshape the lives of ordinary people in everyday settings. She is a writer-reporter on PEOPLE’s Human Interest team, a role she has held since joining the brand in June 2021. Her work centers on routine days that turn into major events, giving equal weight to what happened and the human cost. She covers minor disputes and errands that end in tragedy, sudden accidents, law enforcement and public safety incidents, and missing-person cases with new developments after years of uncertainty. Her reporting is concise, event-led and built around individual lives, often framed with clear emotional cues while staying grounded in verified facts. Business and workplace contexts appear as backdrops, but the person and their circle remain at the heart of the story.
Akshay Kulkarni
Akshay Kulkarni is a data-led reporter who explains how economic, policy and social forces play out in British Columbia through concrete numbers, records and local case histories. He has worked as a journalist at CBC British Columbia since 2021, focusing on business, labour and resource developments, including tariffs, trade rules, corporate strategies and regulatory decisions. His coverage of critical minerals, Amazon’s impact on jobs and wages, and responsible investment links market shifts to the lived experience of workers, consumers and small businesses. He also reports on infrastructure, energy and land use, such as the Site C project and high-value property disputes, and on policy and social systems, including Indigenous deaths in custody, social media use in harm reduction, and mandatory inquests. His stories are built around original interviews and quantitative detail that show how systems affect communities on the ground.
Allison Stephen
Allison Stephen stands out for connecting everyday life with money, work, and the built environment through vivid local examples instead of abstract business coverage. She is a staff writer at Daily Hive, where she covers how jobs, housing, major projects, and consumer experiences shape economic reality on the ground. Housing and real estate are central to her work, including detailed, accessible stories on distinctive homes, high-end rentals, and monthly shifts in home prices and cost of living. She regularly covers employment, especially public-sector and institutional hiring, highlighting well-paid roles and urging readers to act on new opportunities. Her reporting on major civic and recreational projects explains what is being built, how much it costs, and where it stands in approvals. She also writes about local businesses, food, and attractions, using concrete numbers, specific locations, and direct calls to action.