Cortes Currents
1,471 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago -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
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Seeking your input to identify Cortes Island's Vital Signs
June 26, 2024 21:08 - 3 minutes - 7.94 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - It has been two days since Isabella McKnight sent the word out. The Cortes Island Community Foundation was only a third of the way to collecting the 300 signatures needed for the Vital Signs community survey! “Vital Signs is a program supported by the Community Foundations of Canada. It's more than just a survey. It's a powerful tool designed to illuminate the areas where our community thrives and also identify the aspects that need our collective attention ...
Richard Andrews Village Commons Update Story LB
June 26, 2024 19:11 - 8 minutes - 9.72 MBLouis Belcourt/CKTZ News -The Village Commons construction project aims to have its new structures operational by end of October, says General Contractor Richard Andrews. In January, the Village Commons title was transferred from CCEDA to the Cortes Island Community Foundation. The CICF set out to develop the land for community usage with a variety of grants. The current project underway is “a combined shared meeting and office space” with an operating title of “the Nook.” “It’s two small ...
Jemma Hicken & Robbie Banks tour: Coming Back To Cortes
June 26, 2024 10:34 - 12 minutes - 29.3 MBRoy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The audio version of this opens with a short clip of Jemma Hicken singiing ‘Skim Milk.’ I was hoping it would be a new version, with her and Robbie Bankes singing together, but it looks like the only place to hear that will be in Mansons Hall at 7:00 on Tuesday July 2, 2024. Jemma and Robbie are just finishing a month long tour of Alberta and BC. They were about to play at Campbell River’s Spirit Square when Cortes Currents reached them yesterday. They will be on...
HACI: Recreational Moorage and Winch usage on Cortes Island
June 25, 2024 20:52 - 3 minutes - 8.2 MBRoy L Hales. Cortes Currents - Moorage for recreational boats is even more limited on Cortes Island this year and vessels intending to stay more than 3 nights must make prior arrangements with the Harbour Authority Cortes Island. In addition, Small Craft Harbours regulations for using winches have changed. The manual winches at Mansons Landing and Whaletown have been decommissioned. The winch at the Squirrel Cove dock is available for commercial users who make prior arrangements through the H...
Twofold increase in Extreme Wildfires during past 20 years
June 25, 2024 14:11 - 1 minute - 3.98 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - So far, there have only been minor fires on Cortes, Quadra and Read Islands, but the BC government warns that the province will see more large fires in the future. “Longer, hotter summers lead to more droughts and a longer wildfire season. Dry conditions make it easier for lightning storms and strong winds to start fires. These fires can spread, combine and burn for longer.” This is not a local phonemenon. A new study published in the journal Nature Ecology ...
HACI: Parking Restrictions While Work Underway At Gorge & Whaletown Docks
June 25, 2024 12:29 - 4 minutes - 11 MBRoy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Harbour Authority Cortes Island is asking the public to not use its upper Gorge Harbour parking lot or park at the Whaletown Commercial Dockhead until further notice. There is work underway at both locations. "A few years ago the Harbour Authority entered into a lease agreement with MOTI, the Ministry of Transportation, and we actually hold the road allowance leases for the lower part of Robertson Road. We did some clearing, graveled and then developed a par...
Recent Sinking & Previous Derelict Vessels in Squirrel Cove
June 24, 2024 21:17 - 5 minutes - 12.8 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - On Sunday, June 2nd, a 50 foot vessel sank near the Squirrel Cove dock on Cortes island. "There was quite a lengthy, involved, process with the Coast Guard and Transport Canada. I am very happy to say that the vessel has now been removed and environmental remediation has taken place, but that was quite an exciting event for the Harbour Authority," explained Jenny Hartwick, Harbourmaster for the Harbour Authority Cortes Island (HACI). "I always want to stress...
Summer Markets at Hollyhock
June 20, 2024 22:54 - 4 minutes - 11.4 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The summer market season begins on Wednesday June 26th, from 12:30-3:00 PM. “We're having our first artisans market at Hollyhock, just outside the garden and the lodge in the grassy area above the hot tubs. This is our first in a series of five or six markets that are happening every second Wednesday afternoon over the summer. We have a variety of artists, fiber artists, ceramicists, lotions, potion makers, clothing makers, painters and live music,” explain...
Painting With Eyes Closed: The Artwork of Filipe Figueira
June 20, 2024 15:30 - 4 minutes - 10.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - ‘Painting With Eyes Closed,’ an exhibition by Filipe Figueira opens at the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery on Friday June 21st, 6-9pm. “You always have to come up with the title for shows. Usually they're sort of pretentious and arty, but there's a reason for this one. It alludes to the process. I'm inspired by scenes on Cortes. I'll go somewhere, sketch and I'll get inspired, but a lot of my ideas come just when I'm at the point of falling asleep. The painting wi...
Phasing out Open Net Pen Fish Farming by June 30, 2029
June 20, 2024 13:40 - 7 minutes - 18.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Government of Canada issued five year licenses to the fish farms still operating in British Columbia, and announced it will ban open net-pen salmon aquaculture in British Columbia coastal waters by June 30, 2029. “After July 1, 2024, only marine or land-based closed containment systems will be considered for salmon aquaculture licences. The Government of Canada recognizes that such systems are likely to come with increased investment costs. Incentivizing th...
Screening of 'The Test' on Cortes Island Thursday
June 18, 2024 22:35 - 5 minutes - 11.7 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Screening of ‘the Test’ On Cortes Island Thursday Male voice: “I’ll vividly remember there was a very large wall of flame methodically marching towards Logan Lake and a huge column of smoke coming off of that and looking down at these cul de sacs and thinking, ‘wow, they look so small.’ And in my mind, all I could think was that this is either going to be a great day for Logan Lake, or a horrible day.” Female voice: “What inspired the first activities in Lo...
Harbour Authority Visits Folk U
June 18, 2024 17:57 - 1 hour - 162 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On June 7, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by Jenny Hartwick from the Harbour Authority of Cortes Island to chat challenges, changes, and upcoming happenings on our island’s public docks. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 and Mondays at 6:30 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. @CKTZ89.5FM or livestreamed at cortesradio.ca. Find repeats anytime at www.folku.ca/podcasts.
Harbour Authority Visits Folk U
June 18, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - On June 7, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by Jenny Hartwick from the Harbour Authority of Cortes Island to chat challenges, changes, and upcoming happenings on our island’s public docks.
Our Grey Whales Are Getting Smaller
June 18, 2024 14:05 - 2 minutes - 5.61 MBThere are several whale watching companies in our area and one of the treats they offer are Grey Whale sightings. Campbell River, Cortes and Quadra Islands are in the middle of a migration route. Thousands of Grey Whales pass through BC, en route to Alaska, during the Spring and return in the fall, while heading for the warm waters of Mexico’s Baja penninsula. Most appear to go by the West coast of Vancouver Island, but there are also sightings in our area. About 240 Grey Whales spend their ...
Cortes Virtual Housing Forum: Increasing Rentals
June 17, 2024 17:17 - 27 minutes - 63.1 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Viewers from Cortes, Salt Spring and Galiano Islands down to the cities of Victoria and Vancouver logged in to the virtual Cortes Housing Forum on Friday June 14, 2024. The topic was ‘increasing rentals’ and host Sadhu Johnston invited two high profile guests. David Hutniak has established himself as the voice of the rental housing industry in BC with the government, media, renter groups and other stakeholders that call upon him for input and advice. He is al...
Cortes Housing Society x FolkU Virtual Transportation Forum
June 14, 2024 19:53 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBSadhu Johnston. Cortes Housing Society - Tune in on June 14 for this special pre-recorded episode of FolkU Radio. This week featured the May Transportation Forum, hosted over Zoom and presented by the Cortes Housing Society, CCEDA, and representatives from Quadra and the outer islands. This forum featured guest panelists from Denman, Gabriola, Bowen and more! Join us in chatting about passenger transportation options, and about how they could be applied to Cortes and Quadra. Folk U Radio is ...
A Cortes Island Style Forum for Rental and Ownership Opportunities
June 14, 2024 19:30 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents Cortes Island’s Forum on ‘Rental and Ownership Opportunities’ came to Mansons Hall on Thursday June 13. There were breakout groups on what people were looking for in rentals, affordable ways to become an owner and renting your property out. Regional Director Mark Vonesh brought pizza. The whole board of the Cortes Community Housing Society appears to have turned out.
The Uncertain Future of BC's Fish Farms
June 13, 2024 16:50 - 9 minutes - 20.8 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The future of fish farms in British Columbia is uncertain. On June 7, Judge Paul Favel supported the Ministry of Fisheries decision to not renew the licenses of 15 fish farms in the Discovery Islands, and denied a joint application by industry and the Laich-kwil-tach Nation for a judicial review. At the end of this month the licenses of the remaining 66 fish farms still operating in this province will expire. It has been a month since the current Fisheries Mi...
Will Rendall: Keep On Smiling
June 13, 2024 15:22 - 16 minutes - 38.6 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Will Rendall released a CD called Keep on Smiling on May 22, 2024. Some Cortes Island residents will remember him as Julia Rendall’s son. He was 7 when he moved to Squirrel Cove in 1976. He emailed, “I had always liked music but it wasn't until I heard Billy Joel in 1978 that i became a rock and roll fan. I always thought his lyrics were amazing. I think it would have been around 1981 when I started writing songs. To me lyrics were the most important part of ...
The 2024 Creative Spaces Garden and Studio Tour on Cortes Island
June 12, 2024 13:19 - 5 minutes - 12 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Creative Spaces Garden and Studio Tour is Saturday June 22, from 10 am to 4 pm. This is an annual fundraiser for the Cortes Island Museum, as well as a showcase of some of the island’s hidden gems. “It's a great opportunity to feature creative talents of people on the island, and it's a self guided tour of studios and gardens that takes you all the way around from Whaletown, down to Smelt Bay, and Cortes Bay. We've got painters, textile artists, weavers,...
Cortes 2024 Island-wide Beach Clean-up
June 11, 2024 15:00 - 6 minutes - 15.1 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The first truckload was filled over the roofline with beach debris. Sam Gibb drove into the Klahoose village shortly after 10:30 AM on Saturday. Alex Bernier, followed with a smaller load. Helen Hall and Autumn Barrett Morgan, two other members of the Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI), were there to help them unload. Stephanie Valdal, Services Coordinator for the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service, had come from Courtenay. The debris collected by Klahoose A...
Opening Night of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery’s 2024 Season
June 10, 2024 13:10 - 9 minutes - 22.1 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Eighty-three people turned out on Friday June 7, for the gala opening night of the Old School Art Gallery’s 2024 season. This was a group show, with 28 contributing artists, that will be open to the public on Fridays (6-9 PM) and on weekends (2-6 PM) until June 16th. Bianca Lee, Manager of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery, was delighted by the large turnout, “I wasn't sure how it was going to work out having the member show at the beginning of the season, but i...
FireSmart is coming to Cortes, June 11 to 13
June 07, 2024 11:03 - 8 minutes - 18.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Strathcona Regional District will be carrying out FireSmart assessments on Cortes Island between Tuesday, June 11, and Thursday June 13. This is a free evaluation of the exterior of your home and surrounding yard, which usually takes about an hour. “I started doing home assessments across the Strathcona Regional District in January. I have come to Cortes a few times to do public education and have tagged on some home assessments. I was just there in M...
Discovery Island Organizations Receiving $215,000 From The Community Prosperity Fund
June 06, 2024 12:47 - 14 minutes - 34.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Vancouver Foundation, in partnership with the Government of BC, Community Foundations of Canada and over 50 local community foundations, is distributing $25 million to programs that advance poverty reduction and social inclusion. $105,000 of that will be channeled through the Cortes Island Community Foundation and another $110,000 the Quadra Island Foundation. The deadline for organizations to apply for funding is June 24th. “This fund is part of BC's Pove...
Town Hall Meeting: The Cortes Airstrip
June 04, 2024 22:54 - 10 minutes - 23.4 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - About 125 people turned up for the town hall meeting in Mansons Hall, on Monday June 3, 2024. Noticeably absent were the air strip’s owner, Michael Ching, his manager, Judy Kemchand, or Martene Rothblatt, who is financing the air strip’s renovations. This did not come as a surprise. One of the three speakers at the meeting read out an email he sent Rothblatt in February: “I am writing to see if there is a chance I (we) can persuade you from paving the airs...
Getting Ready for Love Fest 2024
June 04, 2024 12:29 - 5 minutes - 13 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Ben Coey is co-producing this year’s Lovefest, which returns to Linnaea Farm on Saturday August 19th. “Rex, Amy and Rick have been running and producing the festival for a number of years. They've decided that they need to have a bit of a break from doing it. I've worked with Rex on a number of projects previously. He asked me if I liked to get involved and help out with co-producing and I said, ‘yeah, sure,’” Coey explained. “I'm good friends with Rex I'v...
Folk U looks at Community Land Trusts
June 03, 2024 14:55 - 1 hour - 158 MBSadhu Johnston/ Folk U - Tune in on May 31st for the third collaborative monthly housing forum presented by the Cortes Housing Society and Folk University. Themed “Community Land Trusts”, this forum featured guest panelists John Davis, Sandy Bishop, and Lisa Byers and a following community discussion. This is a recording of the third monthly housing forum in mid-May, hosted over Zoom, with 28 people in attendance. Hear us chat about community land trust initiatives on islands in the US, Canad...
Folk U talks about Grief
June 03, 2024 11:01 - 1 hour - 265 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On Friday May 24, host Manda Aufochs Gillespie was joined by songwriter Jemma Hicken and founder of the DeathCaring Collective, Margaret Verschuur, in a program about grief.
Tales from Land Conservancies on Cortes, Quadra &15 Other Islands
June 02, 2024 22:40 - 11 minutes - 27.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - In 2021 Sheila Harrington embarked upon a three-year journey to explore the creation of local nature conservancies on 17 islands. Cortes and Quadra Islands were among them. She conducted more than 50 interviews, and wove together a chronicle of land conservancies and the people behind them since the 1990s. The resulting book, ‘Voices for the Islands, 30 Years Of Nature Conservation On The Salish Sea’ is just being released by Heritage House. There is a chapter ...
Transport Canada Responds To Questions About Renovations Underway on Cortes Airstrip
May 29, 2024 00:08 - 2 minutes - 5.56 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Given the amount of neighbourhood concern about the renovations underway at the Cortes Island airstrip, Cortes Currents asked Transport Canada: Do the owners of private airstrips have a duty to consult with their communities before undertaking extensive expansions? What will Transport Canada do when, as appears to be the case on Cortes Island, this does not occur? Sau Sau Liu, Senior Communications Advisor at Transport Canada, replied, “All aerodromes on...
Three Development Proposals On Quadra Island
May 28, 2024 21:59 - 4 minutes - 9.79 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - At the May 22 meeting, Director Mawhinney informed the board, “the Area C Advisory Planning Commission met and discussed this Kanish Bay application and the following Upshur Road application. They also heard a delegation from one of the applicants. The Advisory Planning Commission did not support either covenant discharge application. The Advisory Planning Commission provided an additional motion, which supports maintaining the covenants for 520 Upshur Road and ...
The need more electricity in an expanding EV market
May 28, 2024 12:42 - 2 minutes - 5.14 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - British Columbia is feeling the strain of a rapidly expanding EV market. On January 11, 2024, BC Hydro stated there are more than 150,000 EVs on the province’’s roads. While It is more difficult to access local data, ICBC figures show that in 2022 there were 11 EVS registered on Cortes Island, 19 in Quathiaski Cove, 172 in Powell River, 190 in Campbell River, 228 in Comox, and 370 in Courtenay. In addition to being hailed as a partial solution to the climat...
Dave Blinzinger: The Art, The Islands And Making A Living
May 27, 2024 22:36 - 18 minutes - 43.4 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Dave Blinzinger has toured Canada, the United States and Europe but, by choice, primarily plays his saxophone at local venues. “I'm from St. Louis, Missouri. My father had moved up to Cortes Island in the 70s. I lived there from 88 to 1990. At that time, well, there wasn't very much happening on Cortes. You could go up to the Cortes Cafe on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday, hang out with the fishermen and that was about it. So I moved to Quadra in 1990, basically ...
The Expanding Local Market For Solar Power
May 27, 2024 11:22 - 17 minutes - 39 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - A Cortes Island based solar company has been installing more systems that tie into the grid. There is a lot of potential for solar energy production in British Columbia. It has been largely untouched because of the province’s reliance on hydro-power and natural gas. As of October 2023, BC Hydro had 8,500 net metering customers with a combined solar capacity of 71 MW. This was only a fraction of the 4,609.5 MW of solar capacity tied to Canada’s grid that year. ...
Raising Waste Collection Fees, Funding Opportunities and a 5 Year Contract
May 24, 2024 14:27 - 2 minutes - 4.98 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - At their May 22 Board meeting, the Strathcona Regional Distrct (SRD) passed 3 important monetary decisions for Cortes Island. Firstly, the SRD will be increasing the annual fee for waste collection by $10 a year. This will be paid through our property taxes. Regional Director Mark Vonesch explained, “we're basically being forced to do this because Recycling BC changed their support for the solid waste collection fees so that we're having to make up that loss t...
Carrie Saxifrage's Cimate Mitigation Presentation to the SRD Board
May 24, 2024 12:56 - 14 minutes - 33.8 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Cortes Island author Carrie Saxifrage made a climate mitigation presentation at the May 22 SRD Board meeting. This is an abridged version of that talk. She began with a simple admission, “This is my first time. Thank you so much for having me. If I were to do it again, I'd do it a little differently, but here we are. We're going to whisk through some slides, and I'm going to emphasize what I think is most important.”
SRD Asking Transport Canada About The Cortes Island Landing Strip
May 23, 2024 14:12 - 8 minutes - 19.6 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents -There were questions about what can be accomplished, but the SRD will be asking Transport Canada about the safety requirements, noise levels and frequency of planes using the Cortes Island Airstrip. At their May 22 meeting, Cortes Island Director Mark Vonesch told the SRD Board: “There is an airstrip on Cortes Island that's been there for a long time. A new buyer bought the land and has been upgrading the runway significantly. I've heard numbers: allegedly a...
The SImon Fraser Field School Visits Folk U
May 22, 2024 15:09 - 1 hour - 257 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On Friday, May 17, Manda Aufochs Gillespie was joined by the Simon Fraser University field school that visited Cortes in the week of May 13-17 to chat about how ecosystem approaches to health can help us understand the implications and impact of climate change through the perspective of rural and remote island communities. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 and Mondays at 6:30 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. @CKTZ89.5FM or livestreamed at cor...
From The Ground Up: Cortes Island Dwellings
May 22, 2024 13:32 - 11 minutes - 27 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - A new exhibition in the Cortes Island Museum looks at the island’s housing from pre-colonial times up until the present. ‘From the Ground Up: Cortes Island Dwellings And Their Histories’ combines photographs and artifacts from the museum’s collections, stories and images from the community and a display from the Cortes Housing Society. Melanie Boyle, Managing Director of the Museum, took Cortes Currents on a tour of the exhibit. “Welcome to the Cortes Museum ...
Chief Darren Blaney: First Nations need to take over stewardship of Natural Resouces
May 20, 2024 19:07 - 7 minutes - 17.3 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - More than 25 people turned out for the ‘Polycrisis Townhall-Party’ in the Klahoose Multi-purpose building on Friday, May 17. Chief Darren Blaney of the Homalco FIrst Nation, his wife, MP Rachel Blaney, and Cortes Island Regional Director Mark Vonesch were among them. The event was put together by Cortes Island’s Alternate Director, Max Thaysen. Norm Harry, of the Klahoose FIrst Nation, welcomed everyone to the building. The most newsworthy portion was Chief Bla...
Another 'Excellent' Seafest
May 20, 2024 01:01 - 10 minutes - 23.1 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The official count isn’t in yet, but more than 300 people turned out for this year’s Seafest. This is the annual celebration and fund raiser of the Cortes Island Seafood Association, which was held in Squirrel Cove again this year. “We come back every year. This is our 10th time. We love it every year. It's awesome. There's amazing food and amazing people and weather's gorgeous,” exclaimed Jason Thompson. “One thing that stuck out for us was there was only a l...
Cortes Fire Department Preparing For The Worst Case Scenario
May 19, 2024 14:45 - 13 minutes - 30.1 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Fire Department is preparing for what could be the driest summer on record. They have purchased more equipment, a new pumper truck, and are about to start recruiting for a much larger wildfire brigade. After a year and a half as the interim Fire Chief, Eli McKenty may be staying on. This was not the story Cortes Currents expected to cover. An open fire prohibition came into effect at noon on Friday, May 17. They were flushing water through one...
Bronwyn Claire Asha's one-woman theatre, Celtic folk music and storytelling
May 17, 2024 10:28 - 21 minutes - 48.3 MBRoy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Bronwyn Claire Asha is bringing her one woman theatre, Celtic folk music and storytelling show to Cortes and Quadra Islands this weekend. She’ll be playing in Mansons Hall at 7 PM on Friday, and 7:30 in the Quadra Community Centre on Saturday. “I am very excited to come to Cortes. I feel like Cortes and Quadra are both small communities that have a real heart to them and a real community connection,” she explained. Cortes Currents: You’ve also brought some song...
Study finds Bear meat is #4 in a wolf's diet
May 17, 2024 10:04 - 2 minutes - 5.42 MBRoy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Over the past few years there have been increasing reports of wolves preying on black bears. There have been no reports of this on Cortes Island, and a lot of residents first heard about it at the 2024 Wildlife Coexistence Gathering, at Linnaea Farm. Todd Windle of Wild About Wolves explained that the evidences of wolves preying upon bears in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve go back to the reappearance of wolf population in the area. “We were finding b...
Supporting Cortes Island's Small Businesses
May 16, 2024 12:57 - 7 minutes - 16.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - In January, the Cortes Community Economic Development Association, or CCEDA, hired a Business Mentorship Coordinator. In the four months since then Tamlyn Collingwood has worked with a number of Cortes Island’s small businesses, developed procedures to help them and is about to unveil a series of new market opportunities in conjunction with Hollyhock. “I was contracted to support small businesses in any areas needed. There’s so many different aspects to busi...
Seafest Returning to Squirrel Cove Saturday, May 18
May 14, 2024 23:51 - 6 minutes - 13.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Seafest will be returning to Squirrel Cove this Saturday, May 18, with delicious platefuls of locally grown and prepared seafood. with live music. “ I think the first one was back in 1990 or 92. It was down in Smelt Bay with Redonda Sea Farms and the rest of the community and it was a huge event. I think they had walk-on overloads on the ferry. That was really when the Seafood Association was formed. Its primary mandate being water quality and it was forme...
Cortes Foundation update: more grant opportunities; the shared social workplace & more
May 14, 2024 16:40 - 12 minutes - 27.8 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Manda Aufochs Gillespie announced two new grant offerings, the new shared workplace in the Village Commons and much more, in a Cortes Island Community Foundation update yesterday. “It has been a really busy year, and I am so excited about where we are, and this community that we get to serve. I'd love to tell you about some of the things that maybe you've been hearing about that are happening right now and some of the things that you and everyone can look fo...
Water Housing Forum FolkUxCHS
May 09, 2024 23:16 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBSadhu Johnston/ Cortes Community Housing - Tune in on May 10th for the second collaborative monthly housing forum hosted by the Cortes Housing Society and Folk University. Themed “Water Quality and Quantity”, this forum featured guest panelists Darren Bond, Nick Sargent, and David Bethune and a following community discussion. This is a recording of the second monthly housing forum in April, hosted over Zoom, with 24 people in attendance. Hear us chat about water, it’s relation to housing, and...
A Property For Cortes Island's New Land Trust & Other Housing Alternatives
May 09, 2024 22:18 - 8 minutes - 20 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Cortes Community Housing purchased a property with two houses at 671 Sutil Point Road. This will be the first property to go into the island's new land trust, formed in response to Cortes Island's housing forum last December. The housing society has been active on Cortes for 6 or 7 years and made a lot of progress in buying Rainbow Ridge. Having that acreage for housing and community needs is a really great opportunity and sets us apart in many ways from some ...
Transportation Solutions for Cortes, Quadra and the Outer Islands
May 08, 2024 17:54 - 13 minutes - 30.5 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - A new passenger transportation solutions project was launched for Cortes, Quadra and some of the Outer Islands. Kate Maddigan, of the Cortes Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA), obtained a grant to fund the project and will oversee developments on Cortes. Quadra Island facilitator Jennifer Banks-Doll will be overseeing the project on Quadra and the Outer Islands. Their first step is fact gathering but unlike past initiatives, they intend to implem...