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Cortes Currents
Cortes Currents is a news platform that asks what's current in Cortes and the Discovery Islands. Web articles & radio podcasts: Cortes Island, Quadra Island, Discovery Islands, Campbell River: news, lifestyle, local politics, affordable housing, economy, food security, health, ferries, tourism, history, culture, environmental issues, sustainable forestry, oyster farming, the arts, First Nations, energy, climate change, overshoot
Episodes
Cortes CurrentsVirtual Forum on Water Quality and Quantity
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents: The Cortes Housing Society’s Virtual Forum will be returning to the airwaves at 10 AM on Saturday, April 20, with a program on…
Cortes CurrentsNew Initiatives at the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery is trying out some new initiatives this year. Their season is starting earlier, there are more…
Cortes CurrentsCortes and Quadra Island to receive more paramedics
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - On April 1, BC Emergency Health Services improved the staffing models for 60 rural and remote ambulance stations. Cortes and…
Cortes CurrentsOn the Origins of the Cortes Community Wolf Project
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There was an increasing number of wolf sightings and encounters on Cortes Island during the closing months of 2008. A number of…
Cortes CurrentsConnecting the Dots: Forestry Management and Some Implications for Wildlife
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - In the first of a series of articles from Cortes Islands recent Wildlife Coexistence Gathering, Cortes Currents looked at…
Cortes CurrentsFood Security from the Perspective of Farmers, Food Thinkers, and the Cortes Food Bank
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On April 5th, Max Thaysen, Sara Stewart, and Filipe Figueira joined host Manda Aufochs Gillespie for a FolkU Friday group…
Cortes CurrentsBack to the Beginning: The First Wildlife Coexistence Program On Vancouver Island
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Around 40 people turned out for the Wildlife Coexistence Gathering on Cortes Island. This was an opportunity for Cortesians to…
Cortes CurrentsBeyond personal carbon footprints, seeking a more sustainable planet
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - How should we live on a planet where the rate of extreme weather events seem to be increasing, and humanity is the cause? “We're…
Cortes CurrentsRachel Blaney will not seek reelection in 2025
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - After close to a decade as the Member of Parliament for North Island-Powell River, Rachel Blaney announced that she will not run…
Cortes CurrentsThe #1 Outdoor Adventure Show in North Vancouver Island
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - More than 2,600 people went to the North Island Outdoor Adventure Show last year. “Most of them were from Courtney and Campbell…
Cortes CurrentsVancouver Island Regional Library explains 15% Budget Increase
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Vancouver Island Regional Library increased its operating budget for 2024 to $38 million. That is 15% more money than last…
Cortes CurrentsSRD Update: March 27th meeting and more
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - At the March 27th meeting of the Strathcona Regional District Board, a couple of items affecting Cortes were on the agenda…
Cortes CurrentsPart 5: 25 Years of Good Libations
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - Part 5 of 5 of 25 Years of Good Libations
Cortes CurrentsCityWest's Cables Cut In Whaletown
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - he West Connect Infrastructure (WCI) crew had just finished laying CityWest’s main cable in Whaletown, when one of the workers…
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CAI at ZFolk U: The Wild Island
Cortes Island Academy at Folk U - On the March 29th replay episode of The Wild Island, created by the 2022-2023 Cortes Island Academy cohort, young journalists…
Cortes CurrentsPart 4: 25 Years of Good Libations
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - part 4 of 5 of the interview with Doug Brown of Good Libations
Cortes CurrentsArea C Opts In; More Details On The Short Term Residential Act
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Area C ‘opted-in’ to the Short Term Rental Accommodation Act at the SRD Board meeting yesterday. There was a spirited discussion…
Cortes CurrentsShort Term Rental Decisions for Electoral Areas B, C and D
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The SRD Board will be meeting again today and three items about BC’s Short Term Rental Act are on the agenda. The Ministry of…
Cortes CurrentsPart 3: 25 Years Of Good Libations
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - part 3 of 5 of the interview with Doug Brown of Good Libations
Cortes CurrentsIsland Alchemy: 25 years of Good Libations - Part 2 of 5
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - The story of Good Libations Part 2 of 5
Cortes Currentsthe Pacific Herring Spawn and Nurseries Project
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - A citizen scientist project to photograph pacific herring spawn along the West Coast, from Alaska down to California, has been…
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CIA on Folk U - Cosmic Confidential
CIA on Folk U - On the March 22nd replay episode of Cosmic Confidential, created by the 2022-2023 Cortes Island Academy cohort, journalists Rose and Zella dig…
Cortes CurrentsIsland Alchemy: Twenty-Five Years of Good Libations
De Clarke/ Good Libations - One of Cortes Island's best loved businesses is a U-Brew tucked away in an old seafood plant, off the beaten track on Hansen Road…
Cortes CurrentsThe Cortes Island Food Bank at a Critical Crossroad
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Food Bank has met the rapidly expanding need for its services, but says it is time the local, provincial and…
Cortes CurrentsA lifetime of experience in 4 classes: Linnaea's Homegrown Series
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Linnaea Farm's Homegrown Series kicks off at 10:00 AM this Saturday. This is a monthly series, which will be offered on March…
Cortes CurrentsNew subpopulation of Deep Ocean Orcas Identified
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - A new subpopulation of Orcas has been identified in the open ocean off the coasts of Oregon and California. UBC researchers have…
Cortes CurrentsSalmon Update: CAFO Conditions, Mass Die-Offs, Manufactured Risks and License Renewals
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - Scientists at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden recently concluded that some farmed salmon die from depression. This may not…
Cortes CurrentsHerring Roe on the beach at Smelt Bay
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - Early in the week of March 11th, during the annual herring run, a combination of weather and tides swept an unusual quantity of…
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CIA on Folk U - Episode 5
CIA on Folk U Radio - What really matters most in the world? How will we help inspire the next generation of truth-seekers and truth-tellers? At the Cortes…