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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 CurrentsPossible SRD Breakdown_ Campbell River Vows To Cut Admin Payments
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - While most of the Strathcona Regional District’s costs can be directly allocated to specific areas, others are labelled…
Cortes CurrentsShould there be a Maximum Size for Houses on Cortes?
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A quick question just came up in regard to Cortes Island’s ongoing Zoning Bylaw Review. Cortes Island residents have up until…
Cortes CurrentsDe Clark: A Deep Dive into Neoliberalism
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - On February 21, 2025, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by De Clarke for a deep dive into neoliberalism—its history…
Cortes CurrentsScientific Methodology, 'Activist Science' and Corporate Spin
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Brian Kingzett, the Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association, recently informed the city of Campbell River that: “…
Cortes CurrentsAll things love on Folk U
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2025, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by three beloved Cortes couples to chat about…
Cortes CurrentsMinimizing the impact Trump's tarrifs could on the $130 million REC-reate Strathcona Garden project
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - It is only two weeks until President Donald Trump decides whether to impose 25% tarrifs on Canada and Mexico. There is some…
Cortes CurrentsCumberland Gold for Frank Mottl
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Frank Mottl’s latest novel, Cumberland Gold, takes us to the quaint village of Cumberland BC. This is the same setting as his…
Cortes CurrentsBusting Myths about BC's coming electrification
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -According to some estimates, BC would have to double its electrical output if everyone switched to electric vehicles by 2035…
Cortes CurrentsConstruction starts at Rainbow Ridge
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - After years of anticipation, construction has finally begun on the Rainbow Ridge affordable housing project in downtown Mansons…
Cortes CurrentsFree Ecotrust Canada Workshops On Energy Retrofits
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The energy team of Ecotrust Canada will be visiting Quadra and Cortes Islands next week. They are part of a registered charity…
Cortes CurrentsDonald Trump, Canada's Conservatives and uncertainties of the 2025 election
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - If there were an election today, the polls show that Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party would probably form the next…
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Concussions, Brain Health, and Nervous System Regulation
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On February 7, 2025, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by Elizabeth Burr to chat about concussions, brain health, and…
Cortes CurrentsThe (Almost) Secret Budget for REC-Reate Strathcona Gardens
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) may have a nasty surprise for property owners in Campbell River and Area D. They may soon…
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Folk U Vital Signs Round Table
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On January 30th, Kate Maddigan, Rose Fitcyk, and Sadhu Aufochs Johnston joined host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie, to talk about…
Cortes CurrentsFood Prices And Food Security From Local, Provincial And Global Persepectives
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Around the time President Donald Trump started threatening to start a trade war, Cortes Currents reached out to Dr Kushank Bajaj…
Cortes CurrentsCortes Island's new Makerspace
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Cortes Island’s dream of having a makerspace has become a reality. The Cortes Wood Makerspace is being set up in the Orchard…
Cortes CurrentsAnna KIndy Waiting for the Legislature, the Health Critic and MLA for North Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Anna Kindy was sitting in her Campbell River office. Her assistant stood almost out of the frame long enough to wave, before…
Cortes CurrentsConstruction coming to the Common Areas of Mansons Landin
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Close to 50 people turned up at Mansons Hall on January 24, for an update on the construction coming or already underway in the…
Cortes CurrentsCortes Island’s Community Meal Pogram
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - There is a community meal somewhere on Cortes Island every week. “A warm bowl of soup, or a stew, that’s at the heart of it. Then…
Cortes CurrentsPetition Against Making Quadra Residents Pay For REC-CREATE Strathcona Gardens
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A timeline on the REC-REATE – Strathcona Gardens Revitalization Project website traces the origins of this project back to an…
Cortes CurrentsArea C Taxpayers Resistant to paying for Strathcona Gardens Re-Development
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Campbell River’s Strathcona Gardens is in the midst of re-development. Following a successful Alternative Approval Process (APP)…
Cortes CurrentsPaul Watson: Activist, Pirate, Friend (Part 5 of 5)
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - The grand finale of a series of interviews in which Rex Weyler offers his personal memories of the early Greenpeace campaigns and…
Cortes CurrentsPaul Watson: Activiest, Pirate, Friend (Part 3 of 5)
De Clarke/CityWest - In the third of a series of five programs, Rex Weyler talks about Captain Paul Watson, some of the personality dynamics onboard the…
Cortes CurrentsPaul Watson: Activist, Pirate, Friend (Part 2 of 5)
De Clarke/Cortes Currents - The second in a series of five broadcasts in which Rex Weyler offers his personal memories of the early Greenpeace campaigns and of…
Cortes CurrentsPaul Watson: Activist, Pirate, Friend (Part 4 of 5)
De Clarke/Cortes Currents - The fourth in a series of interviews in which Rex Weyler offers his personal memories of the early Greenpeace campaigns and of Paul…
Cortes CurrentsCortes Island Residents Waiting for CityWest To Connect Them
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - This is Roy Hales with Cortes Currents and as the data for the following report was almost exclusively collected by email or…
Cortes CurrentsShort Term Rentals must be registered by May 1, 2025
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - There are approximately 100 short term rentals, collectively earning between $1million and $5 million a year, on Cortes Island…
Cortes CurrentsPaul Watson: Activist, Pirate, Friend (Podcast 1 of 5)
De Clarke/Cortes Currents - In December 2024, the environmental activist Paul Watson was freed by Danish authorities from detention in Greenland. He had been…
Cortes CurrentsTime Travelling To 2040 With The Cortes island Academy
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Academy’s third semester is wrapping up and in this year’s end showcase the students are taking the audience on…
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MaxShellfishRecording_Jan9_Edited
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - On January 9, 2025, Max Thaysen and Erik Lyon hosted a hands-on workshop on all things shellfish! This fantastic teaching team…
Cortes CurrentsThe Cortes Housing Society looks back to things accomplished in 2024 and what's ahead in 2025
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Cortes Community Housing Society will soon break ground on Rainbow Ridge. They are also renting out two houses, are about to…
Cortes CurrentsProposed Campbell River Bylaw for Nusance Lighting
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - On January 9, 2025, Campbell River’s City Council gave first and second readings to a public nuisance amendment bylaw intended to…
Cortes CurrentsGreen Party Candidate Jessica Wegg talks about the coming election
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Election fever seems to be in the air again and in the first of a series of interviews with the candidates, Cortes Currents…
Cortes CurrentsFrom Shore to Table Workshop on Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Max Thaysen and Erik Lyon led a shellfish harvesting workshop in Mansons Lagoon on Thursday January 9, 2024. This was a free…
Cortes CurrentsOn the Threshold of a 1.5°C World
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -While there is some disagreement as to whether we have passed the 1.5°C threshhold set at COP 21 in Paris, scientists agree that…
Cortes CurrentsDance Temple Cortes
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Starting on Saturday, January 11th, Dance Temple Cortes will be held every two weeks in Manson's hole. "Everyone has an excuse…
Cortes CurrentsThe Documentary Salmon Secrets Comes To Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - French filmmaker Jérémy Mathieu’s award winning documentary ‘Salmon Secrets,’ will be coming to Gorge Hall at 1 PM on Sunday…
Cortes CurrentsTurning Down the Heat Part 2: It's Time to Kick Some Ass
Max Thaysen/Climate Action Network - When filmmaker Jon Cooksey talks about kicking ass in his frog-boiling film, he's referring to the application of…
Cortes CurrentsBiggest Christmas BIrd Count Ever
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Audobin Society has been holding Christmas Bird Counts across North America for the past 125 years. On Cortes Island it is…
Cortes CurrentsDFO Confirms No Problems With Raw Oysters From Cortes Island
De Clarke/Cortes Currents - There has been a flurry of media stories about the dangers of eating raw oysters lately, but Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)…
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Folk U- All things snow on Cortes Island
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - On Friday December 27th Manda Aufochs Gillespie from Folk U and Jane Newman from the Cortes Island Museum teamed up to present…
Cortes CurrentsStonehenge_ Exhibition from a Sacred Place for All Britons
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Modern geneticists have shown us that the past is much closer than most of us realize. We carry the genetic coding from previous…
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Folk U-Michael Keith and Greg Osoba Chat About All Things Guitar
Greg Osoba/Folk U - On December 20, 2024, host Greg Osoba was joined by guitarist Michael Keith to chat about all things guitar: theory, terminology, sounds…
Cortes CurrentsBulk Water Regulations for the Outer Islands
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - At their December 11 meeting, the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) Board passed a bylaw to regulate bulk water processing…
Cortes CurrentsTiber Bay Residents Being Asked If They Want To Be Included In Cortes Fire Protection Area
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The 32 properties in Tiber Bay are one step closer to being included in the South Cortes Island fire protection area. They are…
Cortes CurrentsCortes Island Food Bank Drive To Meet Rising Local Need
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - he Cortes Island Food Bank recently launched a food drive to meet unprecedented needs. Cortes Currents met with two of the…
Cortes CurrentsNew Major Vessels For A 21st Century Ferry Service
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -BC Ferries currently deploys 11 vessels on its major routes that connect Vancouver Island with the Lower Mainland. Six of these…
Cortes CurrentsPolitical maneuvers_ SRD proposal to meet with the province about the allowable cut and other forestry matters
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - It has been 85 years since the Truck Loggers Association was founded to give independent loggers a collective voice in society…
Cortes CurrentsPoll Finds 54% of Canadians Support prioritizing Renewable Energy
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - 54% of the respondents to a new poll from Abacus Data stated they think Canada should prioritize the development of renewable…
Cortes CurrentsFinal count for Cortes island's 2024 Chum run
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -The final numbers for Cortes Island's 2024 Chum run are in. Local streamkeepers Cec and Christine Robinson gave a rundown…
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Folk U: All things circular economy and waste
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U -On December 6, 2024, Tina Willard-Stepan from Comox Strathcona Waste Management joined us to talk all things circular economy…
Cortes CurrentsJanie Wray_ Listening to the whales
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Over 100 people came to the Quadra Community Centre on December 7, to learn about the acoustic dialects and social connections of…
Cortes CurrentsBC’s Productivity Emergency vs Rising GHG Emissions
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - With the rise of global emissions already at 1.4°C, we are currently on track to reach 2.8°C by the end of this century. The…
Cortes CurrentsFresh Homemade Pasta- Lunch with Trever Bass
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - “ Lunch is duck tortellini, which is one of the smaller ravioli. It'll be floating in a broth of vegetable and parmesan rind…
Cortes CurrentsIntroducing Anna Kindy, MLA for North Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - t has been three weeks since Anna Kindy was sworn in as the Conservative Party MLA for North Island riding. We actually had a…
Cortes CurrentsWildfire Mitigation in Squirrel Cove
Roy L Hales/COrtes Currents - There's a wildfire mitigation operation underway in the Community Forest near Squirrel Cove. "This is something that we've been…
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Johnny Hanuse- Indigenous Governance, Decolonization & more
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On November 29, 2024, host Manda Aufoch’s Gillespie was joined by Klahoose council member and political science major Johnny…
Cortes CurrentsSRD Motion Fails; Rural Areas Retain Sole Use of Gas Tax Funding
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A Strathcona Regional District (SRD) motion that might have taken Gas Tax funding away from its rural areas was narrowly defeated…
Cortes CurrentsMark Baker reelected Chair of SRD, Matthew Jack Vice Chair
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - By law, the Strathcona Regional District is required to elect a Chair and Vice Chair every year. The SRD Board met on Wendesday…
Cortes CurrentsChanges coming to BC Ferries
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - As some of you may have already heard, BC Ferries is going through some changes. They range from a total revamp of the way they…