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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 CurrentsSpring Gardening Tips & Museum Hours
Spring Gardening Tips & Museum Hours by Cortes Currents (https://cortescurrents.ca/)
Cortes CurrentsFolk U - Unpacking the 2025 Election
Manda AUfochs Gillespie - Folk U - On May 2, 2025, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by Ashley Zarbatany to to unpack the outcomes of the recent federal…
Cortes Currents'Won't You Be My Neighbour' Exhibit explores Community Life on Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes currents - What does it mean to be a neighbour on Cortes Island? This question is at the heart of the new Cortes Island Museum exhibition…
Cortes CurrentsEarthday & The New Exhibits at Wild Cortes
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - It was Earth Day at Wild Cortes, Cortes Island’s centre for natural history, community science and collaborative conservation…
Cortes CurrentsVisit to the Liberal Headquarters in Campbell River & Poll #3
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - I volunteered for the NDP Party during the 1968 election. Aside from that, the only campaign headquarters I’ve stepped inside…
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Folk U talks about education, the importance of play, and children’s development
Manada AUfochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On April 4, 2025, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by Dayna Davis and Christina Macwilliam to chat about education…
Cortes CurrentsTanille Johnson Coming to Gorge Hall on April 24
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - NDP candidate Tanille Johnson will coming to Gorge Hall on Cortes Island. This is the last in a series of Meet and Greets…
Cortes CurrentsJennifer Lash talks about another poll, the cancelled all candidates meetings and more
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - With only five days of campaigning left until the election, Liberal candidate Jennifer Lash says the energy on the ground in…
Cortes CurrentsPoll Shows Conservatives With Marked Lead in North Island—Powell River
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - With just six days remaining until election day, a new poll reveals the Conservatives hold a strong lead in the North…
Cortes CurrentsTight Race in North Island–Powell River_ Strategic Voters favouring Tanille Johnson
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The federal election in North Island–Powell River (NIPR) may be far closer than recent projections suggest, but the…
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Emily Bootle's presentation at the Death Care Collective AGM
Folk U -Tune in on April 18th for a special collaborative FolkU episode, featuring Emily Bootle, a funeral director and founder of DeathCare BC. This is a live…
Cortes Currents“Eco Warriors” — A Story of Resistance and Reverence
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Jennifer Pickford will be showing her documentary ECO Warriors at Mansons Hall on Tuesday April 22. “This film is telling the…
Cortes CurrentsUnedited audio from Green candidate Jessica Wegg's meeting on Cortes Island
Unedited audio from Green candidate Jessica Wegg's meeting on Cortes Island by Cortes Currents (https://cortescurrents.ca/)
Cortes CurrentsJesscia Wegg_ Why Green votes matter
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Green Party candidate Jessica Wegg came to Gorge Hall, on Wednesday, April 16th, 2025. She won’t be the next Member of Parliament…
Cortes CurrentsNew Pavilion & More Taking Shape in Manson’s Landing
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A sense of momentum is building—quite literally—in Manson’s Landing, where work is underway on a new pavilion designed to bring…
Cortes CurrentsBlue Hat Memorial Project_ 50,000 flags on Tyree Spit
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Blue Hat Memorial Project opens at 10 AM this morning, Tuesday, April 14, 2025. Campbell River artist and city councillor Ron…
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Folk U, April 11 2025 Death Care Collective
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On April 11, 2025, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by Yasmina Cartland and Emma Tius to discuss their work with the…
Cortes CurrentsCortes Island Elements In A Boat Theft Story
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There are some Cortes Island elements to the story of a boat stolen from Campbell River on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Someone…
Cortes CurrentsMark Vonesch
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - More than 400 Cortes Island residents responded to the recent survey about limiting the size of new houses. They were given a…
Cortes CurrentsUnedited audio of Jennifer Lash's April 9 meeting on Cortes Island
Unedited recording of Liberal candidate Jennifer Lash's Wednesday April 9 meeting in the Pioneer room at Mansons Hall. The event was co-sponsored by the Cortes…
Cortes CurrentsLiberal Candidate Jennifer Lash Comes To Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - More island residents turned out to hear Liberal candidate Jennifer Lash than could fit into the Pioneer Room at Mansons Hall…
Cortes CurrentsMichael Keith and Iris Gildea are leaving Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Michael Keith and his wife Iris Gildea are leaving Cortes Island. “This was a decision we made a while ago. My wife teaches at…
Cortes CurrentsSummer Moorage Spots On Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Harbour Authority Cortes Island started taking applications for summer moorage spots at 9 AM on April 1st. Harbour Master Jenny…
Cortes Currents2025 Forest Trust For the Children of Cortes Island Society AGM
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - This broadcast opened with the Klahoose Singers chanting a blessing to the forest and the land in general, at the Forest Trust…
Cortes CurrentsThree Reasons 338Canada’s Riding Projections Don’t apply to North Island Powell River
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Depending on which election poll you are looking at, the Liberals are leading by anywhere from 5 to 10 points nationally. The…
Cortes CurrentsAaron Gunn, Residential Schools and the Meanings of Genocide
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - In a series of tweets between 2019 and 2021, the Conservative candidate for North Island Powell River, Aaron Gunn, argued against…
Cortes CurrentsAaron Gunn Respond- About Residential Schools
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Aaron Gunn, the Conservative candidate for North Island Powell River, has responded to some of the allegations made about his…
Cortes CurrentsAaron Gunn Responds- About Vladimir Putin
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The following statement was taken from Aaron Gunn's Twitter feed - I am firmly opposed to Putin’s heinous and illegal actions in…
Cortes CurrentsElected and Former Politicians Calling For Aaron Gunn To Step Down
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A growing number of elected and former politicians in the North Island Powell River riding are calling upon the Conservative…
Cortes CurrentsChief Bob Chamberlain endorses Tanille Johnson
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Bob Chamberlain, former Vice President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and former elected chief of the Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis…
Cortes CurrentsFirst Nation Leaders Call Upon Conservative Party To Drop Aaron Gunn As A Candidate
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -First Nations leaders are calling upon the Conservative Party of Canada to drop Aaron Gunn, candidate for North Island-Powell…
Cortes CurrentsCampaign Stories From North Island Powell River
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - All of the recent polls report the Liberals ahead in this election. If the election were held today, 338Canada and CBC’s Poll…
Cortes CurrentsCortes Island Museum AGM
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Museum had their AGM on March 30th. “We had 52 people come out despite a really nice gardening day. You could…
Cortes CurrentsAnna Kindy explains why she does not endorse part of DRIPA and more
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - While she recognizes DRIPA as a valuable document, MLA Anna Kindy recently informed the SRD Board that she does not support…
Cortes CurrentsAre Oil and Gas emissions holding Canada back from reaching its climate goals_
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - On March 21, Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a press release stating that in 2023 Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions…
Cortes CurrentsFOCI 2025 Broom Bash At Mansons Lagoon
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) has been helping maintain Mansons Landing Provincial Park since 2016. They’ve been putting up…
Cortes CurrentsFiresmarting Rainbow Ridge
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There hasn't been a major wildfire on Cortes Island for decades, but this could change as our summer’s grow hotter and drier…
Cortes CurrentsShout Out From Tanille Johnston
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The election writ was dropped Sunday and the following day Cortes Currents published responses from the candidates in our riding…
Cortes CurrentsPhase 1 At Rainbow Ridge_ Logs, Branches and Other Wood Debris
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A four acre clearing was carved out of the forest in downtown Mansons Landing to make way for the Rainbow Ridge Affordable…
Cortes CurrentsPhase One At Rainbow Ridge_ Boundaries With The Senior's Village And Firehall
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - There were a couple of changes in the plan for the Rainbow Ridge Affordable Housing Development as the site was cleared. A small…
Cortes Currents2025 MicroGrants 4 Neighbours Program on Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - mmanuel McKenty is the new face of the Cortes Island Microgrants 4 Neighbours Program. When this ZOOM interview began, he was…
Cortes CurrentsMascon By TELUS Cuts Off Some Cortes Island customers, CityWest Update
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Mascon by TELUS informed at least 10 Cortes Island residents that their internet service will be terminated on June 2, 2025. A…
Cortes CurrentsPembina Institute Explains Need For Emissions Cap On Oil And Gas Sectors
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, the oil and gas sector is a major contributor to Canada’s economy, employing…
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Land Sharing on Folk U
Sadhu Johnston/Cortes Housing Society - Tune in on March 14th for another collaborative monthly housing forum presented by the Cortes Housing Society, and…
Cortes CurrentsPolls suggest Liberals may be on their way to forming a majority government
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - As Canada prepares for an election, which may be called sometime before parliament is recalled on March 24, polls show the…
Cortes CurrentsWave and Range Cortes Island Broadening Out Into The Community
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Wave and Range Cortes Island has decided it's time to go public. “This year we're going to be putting on the Cortes adventure…
Cortes CurrentsRIEP Presentation_ Affordable Housing Across The Islands
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - One of the 2025 RIEP Virtual Forum presentations was a panel discussion of how the affordable housing societies were faring on…
Cortes CurrentsRIEP Presentation_ Identifying Ways To Further Support The Success Of BC’s Indigenous economy_
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - One of the most popular presentations at RIEP’s 2025 Virtual forum was Former Green Party MLA Adam Olsen’s identification of ways…
Cortes CurrentsRIEP Presentation: Us tariffs & How Island Economies Can Respond
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Around 100 people signed up for the Rural Islands Economic Partnership 2025 Virtual Forum. At least 10 were from Cortes Island…
Cortes CurrentsDisruptions of CityWest’s Services on Cortes and Quadra Islands
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - CityWest’s internet service for Cortes Island was cut off again, sometime after 10:44 on Saturday, March 8, and not restored…
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Unexpected Detours, Chance Encounters, & Other Travel Adventures
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On March 7, 2025, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by a group of Cortesians as they swapped stories of unexpected…
Cortes CurrentsJennifer Lash on Mark Carney's Election As The Liberal Party's New Leader
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - On Sunday, March 9th, the Liberal Party chose Mark Carney as their new leader. While there have been no polls taken since his…
Cortes CurrentsJennifer Lash, the Liberal Candiate for North Island-Powell River
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Jennifer Lash has been working at the intersection of the economy, ocean conservation, climate change and reconciliation for the…
Cortes CurrentsA Peek into Big Oils Lobbying Playbook with Environmental Defence
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Environmental Defence just released a report showing that last year oil and gas company lobbyists were targeting the Conservative…
Cortes CurrentsCold Water Swimming on Folk U
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - On February 28, 2025, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by Carrie Saxifrage, Jane Newman, and Karen McDiarmid, to chat…
Cortes CurrentsComing This Week _The Rural Islands Economic Partnership Virtual Forum
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The 2025 Rural Islands Economic Partnership (RIEP) Virtual Forum is coming up Thursday and Friday, March 6th and 7th. Two of the…
Cortes CurrentsPolls Suggest Gap Narrowing Nationally, And In Our Riding
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - After trailing far behind in the polls for the better part of two years, the Liberal party’s propects appear to be on the rise…
Cortes CurrentsNDP Candidate Tanille Johnson visits Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Island - NDP candidate Tanille Johnson recently visited Cortes Island, where 20 people were waiting to see her in the Pioneer Room at…
Cortes CurrentsBehind The Campbell River Premiere Of Yintah
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - 21 people attended the Premier of the feature documentary Yintah at the Campbell River Community Center on February 20th, 2025…