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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 CurrentsHow the Cortes Foundation Dispersed $105,000 to help Reduce Poverty on Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Community Foundation recently announced that it is giving $105,000 to four of Cortes Island’s essential…
Cortes CurrentsSept 12th Zoning Bylaw Review in Mansons Hall
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Close to 60 Cortes Island residents turned out for the Zoning Bylaw Review Meeting in Manson's Hall on Thursday, September 12th…
Cortes CurrentsNic Dedeluk Running For Green Party
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Nic Dedeluk, a marine biologist with over 24 years of experience, is the BC Green Party candidate for North Island. This brings…
Cortes CurrentsTaxodermy Showcase at Wild Cortes
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There will be a special Taxidermy Showcase at Wild Cortes on Saturday, September 14. Cortes Currents interviewed Laurel Bohart…
Cortes CurrentsNorth Island: 38 Days from the Election
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - British Columbia is heading for the polls on October 19, a little more than a month from now. So far only two candidates have…
Cortes CurrentsFOCI: Continuity & Change
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) has a new President, is getting prepared to launch out in new directions and is also trying…
Cortes CurrentsFeasibility study for the Caddisfly Wetlands deferred
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Wetlands are key resources to address climate change and help maintain surface water flow during dry periods. But they are also…
Cortes CurrentsMusic & 9 Special Projects: the Care 4 Cortes Campaign
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Care 4 Cortes campaign officially ends today, but there is still a chance to donate this weekend. Manda Aufochs Gillespie…
Cortes CurrentsEster Strijbos moves on from the Tideline
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - After 14 years at the helm, Ester Strijbos is moving on from the Tideline. In one of the archived posts, from the fall of 2011…
Cortes CurrentsRising Food and housing insecurity on Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Cortes Island's most economically challenged residents appear to be facing another bleak winter this year. Filipe Figueira…
Cortes CurrentsLouis Belcourt Plays At The Village Commons
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On Friday, August 30, Louis Belcourt performed a live + live-broadcast FolkU concert in the big Village Commons tent. Hosted…
Cortes CurrentsCortes Pickleball Society establishes committee to get new courts built
Louis Belcourt/CKTZ News - The Cortes Island Pickleball Society has recently established a Pickleball committee with the South Cortes Community Association to…
Cortes CurrentsFolk U: Jemma Hicken plays at the village Commons
Louis Belcourt/ Folk U - On Friday, August 23, Jemma & the Good Thing performed a live + live-broadcast FolkU concert in the big Village Commons tent. Hosted…
Cortes CurrentsDebate on Proposed Grant in Aid Policy Continues
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Strathcona Regional District is considering a Grant in Aid policy which would funnel all applications through staff…
Cortes CurrentsSRD Wants A List Of School District Properties For Potential Housing Development
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) wants a list of School District 72’s properties on Cortes Island and Area C. As Regional…
Cortes CurrentsGenealogical Records for Klahoose, European and Asian Cortes Island Families
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Museum has a genealogical database. It was compiled by Bernice McGowan, whose interest in genealogy was…
Cortes CurrentsCortes Island Academy's Third Year starts Sept 3
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Academy’s third year starts on Tuesday September 3, 2024. Executive DIrector Manda Aufochs Gillespie explained…
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Sean Coyote performs in the Village Commons
Greg Osoba/Folk U - On Friday, August 16, Sean Coyote performed a live + live-broadcast FolkU concert in the big Village Commons tent. Hosted by Greg Osoba…
Cortes CurrentsHeather Deeth: Hollyhock's New Iterim Executive Director
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - As of this morning, Heather Deeth has been the Interim Executive Director of Hollyhock for 19 days. Cortes Currents caught up…
Cortes CurrentsDeep Breath: How Andrea Padovani Sees Cortes Island
Roy L Hales - Andrea Padovani is a professional artist who has been living on Cortes for much of the last 17 years, but there is a sense in which his show…
Cortes CurrentsHelp Power the Tower for CKTZ
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - CKTZ is looking for donors to help power the tower during 2024 and 2025. Cortes Currents caught up with Bryan McKinnon, station…
Cortes CurrentsDemonstration temporarily delays access to Cortes Airstrip
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Earlier this year, the Cortes Island community learned that there were renovations underway at the island's old gravel airstrip…
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Witch Pop performs in the Village Commons
Louis Belcourt/ Folk U -On Friday, August 9, WITCH POP performed a live + live-broadcast FolkU concert in the big Village Commons tent. Hosted by Louis…
Cortes CurrentsStories from Love Fest 2024
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Brenda Hansen, with her brother Dwayne and Kenny Hanuse, greeted the audience of Love Fest 2024 with the ‘Klahoose Welcome Song.’…
Cortes CurrentsWhat the Cortes/Quadra Passenger Transportation Survey Discovered
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - 283 people from Cortes, Quadra and the Outer Island’s as well as some visitors participated in CCEDA’s passenger transportation…
Cortes CurrentsCortes Community Forest receives funding for Wildfire Protection Plan
Louis Belcourt/CKTZ News - The Cortes Community Forest Cooperative has obtained funding to implement two wildfire risk reduction projects in the community…
Cortes CurrentsFinal touches before Lovefest 2024
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - A crew of seven volunteers was just starting to put up the stage, when Cortes Currents arrived at Linnaea Farm on Wednesday. The…
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Johnny Hanuse at the Village Commons
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - On Friday, August 2, Johnny Hanuse performed a live + live-broadcast FolkU concert in the big Village Commons tent. The…
Cortes CurrentsCalma Sailing Story LB
Louis Belcourt/CKTZ News - A local sailing company “Calma Sailing” is offering a free sailing course aimed at providing Indigenous and lower-income people an…
Cortes CurrentsProposed Gowland Harbour Development Defeated
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Rick and Cheryl Schellinck have been trying to obtain approval to subdivide their Quadra Island property, as the first step…
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Josie Simpson performs in Village Commons Music Series
Greg Osoba/Folk U - On Friday, July 26, Josie Simpson performed a live + live-broadcast FolkU concert in the big Village Commons tent. Hosted by Greg Osoba…
Cortes CurrentsSRD Considering A Grant in Aid Policy; Mawhinney, Whalley & Vonesch opposed
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Strathcona Regional District Board SRD is considering amending the Grant in Aid process. A proposed ‘Financial Assistance to…
Cortes CurrentsPeter Wrinch stepping down as CEO of Hollyhock
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Peter Wrinch is stepping down from his position as CEO of Hollyhock. "My last day will be July 31st this year. That will be…
Cortes CurrentsCalling For A Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program in BC
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - In 2008, the city of Berkely had a problem. They wanted to hasten the adoption of solar technology, but the $20,000 to $30,000…
Cortes CurrentsBringing her personal interpretation of Tibetan Thangka art to the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Tamara Dawn has been travelling to India for the past 15 years. On August second she brings her personal interpretation of…
Cortes CurrentsThis Summer At Wild Cortes
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There’s a lot happening at Wild Cortes this summer. “Come to Wild Cortes because it's the coolest place on the island, literally…
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Rick Bockner at the Village Commons
Manda Aufochs Gillespie: On Friday, July 19, Rick Bockner performed a live + live-broadcast FolkU concert in the big Village Commons tent. Hosted by Manda…
Cortes CurrentsGumbooting through the history of Mansons Lagoon
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Once or twice a year, visitors are given an opportunity to ‘gumboot’ into the natural and human history of Mansons Lagoon. This…
Cortes CurrentsMicrogrants 4 Neighbours 2024
Louis Belcourt/CKTZ News - The Cortes Island Community Foundation announced its funded projects for the 2024 Microgrants for Neighbors Program. There were…
Cortes Currentsbc ferries new boat interview
Louis Belcourt/ CKTZ News - Construction has officially begun on the first two of the four new battery-electric hybrid Island Class vessels at Damen Shipyards…
Cortes CurrentsWhale Blitz teaches locals how to report entangled humpbacks
Louis Belcourt/ CKTZ News - July 18, 2024 - Cortes Island was included in the third annual Oceanwise Conservation Association’s 2024 Whale Blitz, which…
Cortes CurrentsElevenses: Creative Writing At the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Elevenses is coming to the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery. “A lot of people are like, ‘Elevenses? What is Elevenses?’ Well…
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Michael Keith: The Village Commons Music Series
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On Friday, July 12, Michael Keith performed a live + live-broadcast FolkU concert in the big Village Commons tent. Hosted by…
Cortes CurrentsDedication of the Tsakwa'luten Wellness Centre
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - It began with sacred songs, drumming and dancers. Executive Director Kristie Lamirande would later tell Cortes Currents that…
Cortes CurrentsMLA Michelle Babchuk Visits Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - MLA Michelle Babchuk was on Cortes Island for a few days last week. She spoke to Cortes Currents after meeting with some of the…
Cortes CurrentsChanges Coming To Downtown Mansons
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The audio version of this story starts with Michael Keith’s impromptu response to a car horn sounding off during his Friday…
Cortes CurrentsLove Fest 2024: A Sampling Of Musicians
Lovefest 2024 is coming to Cortes Island on Saturday, August 10. The full slatep of performers has now been confirmed and today’s program is going to be a…
Cortes CurrentsSquirrel Cove QXMC Project: The next Phase
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - As anyone passing through Squirrel Cove in recent months knows, there has been a great clearing in the upper part of the new…
Cortes CurrentsJon Cooksey Interview
Maureen Williams/Cortes Currents - Last week, I sat down on zoom with television showrunner and independent film maker Jon Cooksey to talk about his 2010 film…
Cortes CurrentsGorge Harbour Marina Renovations Completed
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The renovations at Gorge Harbour Marina are finished. This has been much more than a facelift. It includes a new water system…
Cortes CurrentsBringing “Six Strings and Beyond” To The Radio
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Michael Keith has been a professional musician for over 35 years, and lately people have been asking him to share some of his…
Cortes CurrentsSummer 2024 activities with FOCI
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) have just published their summer activities program for 2024. “We're really delighted to be…
Cortes CurrentsSimon Kempston Coming To Campbell River, Quadra and Cortes
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents- Alan Morrison of the Sunday Herald described Simon Kempston as ‘One of Scotland's very best singer-songwriters.’ Scottish…
Cortes CurrentsCan A Universal Basic Income work in the SRD?
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - One of the most controversial ideas being considered in the SRD’s Poverty Reduction Plan is advocating for a Universal Basic…
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Folk U: Cortes Foundation’s Care for Cortes fundraising campaign
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - On Friday, June 28, host Manda Aufochs Gillespie was joined by community leaders Sadhu Johnston, Michael Datura, Bryan…
Cortes CurrentsSam Tudor Story CKTZ LB
LOuis Belcourt/CKTZ News - Sam Tudor, a recording artist based in Vancouver, is currently touring across BC to showcase their newly released EP and recently…
Cortes CurrentsFirst Draft of the SRD's Poverty Reduction Plan
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Strathcona Regional District is considering what could be an extremely innovative and societal changing plan. As CAO David…
Cortes CurrentsRoots Round-up Interview CKTZ LB
Louis Belcourt/CKTZ News - The Gorge Harbour Marina and the Gorge Hall have both booked Roots Round Up this weekend for two shows. The prolific Vancouver based…
Cortes CurrentsIris Steigeman: Adrift Among The Arctic Circle
Roy L Hales/ CO\ortes Currents - Iris Steigemann was an artist before she came to Cortes island in 1980, but for the last five or six years her work has taken…
Cortes CurrentsFeasibility Study for On-Island Composting Treatment Of Cortes Island Septic Wastes
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The SRD will be carrying out the second step of a feasibility study to determine whether on-island compost treatment of Cortes…