Cortes Currents
1,471 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day 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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BC Ferries Consultation Apr 27th
May 05, 2024 14:15 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBDe Clarke/ COrtes Currents - BC Ferries intends to upgrade their Heriot Bay and Whaletown terminals to accommodate new, higher-capacity “Island Class” ferries with the potential for all-electric operation. The construction project, scheduled for 2026, will necessitate closure of these docks and ramps — a serious logistical problem for BCF and for island residents. On April 27th, 2024, BC Ferries hosted a two-hour open house at Mansons Hall from 12:30 to 2:30 pm, asking for community feedback...
Before and After: Impacts of the "Hall Tax" on Gorge Hall (finale)
April 17, 2024 22:17 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBDe Clarke/ Cortes Currents - It has now been four and a half years since the 2019 referendum in which a solid majority of Cortes Islanders voted in favour of bylaw 341. This bylaw established a property tax service that would provide basic operational support for the islands two community halls. What’s Happening Now? — what events and programmes are being offered as of 2024, and how much community engagement is there?
Audio from the Homeshare Forum
April 17, 2024 21:54 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBSadhu Johnston/ Folk U - Tune in on April 19th for the first collaborative monthly housing forum hosted by the Cortes Housing Society and Folk University. Themed “Homesharing”, this forum featured guest panelists Janey Rowland (HousingNOW) and Noelle Marcus (Nesterly), and a following community discussion. This is a recording of the first monthly housing forum in March, hosted over Zoom, with 19 people in attendance. Hear us chat about creative housing ideas related to homesharing and about h...
The Making of Sacred India
April 17, 2024 20:42 - 14 minutes - 32.1 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Local filmmaker Jennifer Pickford found more than the spiritual paradise of her expectations, when she first visited India in 2008. She subsequently embarked upon the personal pilgrimage, 2,500 kilometres down the Ganges River, chronicled in the documentary ‘Sacred India: Plastic Revolution,’ which comes to Mansons Hall on Monday, April 22nd, 2024. Jennifer Pickford: “I was involved in yoga studies and meditation, and I really had a longing in my heart to go ...
Before and After: Impacts of the "Hall Tax" on Gorge Hall (Part 3)
April 16, 2024 22:59 - 13 minutes - 12 MBDe Clarke/ Cortes Currents - It has now been four and a half years since the 2019 referendum in which a solid majority of Cortes Islanders voted in favour of bylaw 341. This bylaw established a property tax service that would provide basic operational support for the islands two community halls Part 3: What’s Been Fixed? — what maintenance and improvement has been made possible by the hall tax funding?
Round Two of the Giving Well Program
April 16, 2024 16:51 - 4 minutes - 11 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Community Foundation is running a second round of the Giving Well program that provides one-time tax free cash “gifts” of between $5,000 to $10,000 to individuals. Isabella McKnight, Executive Administrator of the Cortes Foundation explained, “The first round was extremely successful. We were able to give over $180,000 to 30 different individuals and families in need. So far, the feedback from that has been really great, it was just the righ...
The Awakeneers return to Folk U: A full length concert
April 15, 2024 20:08 - 1 hour - 238 MBSadhu Johnston/ Folk U - On April 12th, guest host Sadhu Johnston was joined by the folk band Awakeneers for a full-length live concert. Kicking off an April tour on Cortes, the Awakeneers delighted listeners with their fiddle and harmony-centric tunes and sweet stories to boot! The live-streamed radio concert on Friday afternoon was a teaser for the community contra dance they led on Saturday night at Manson’s Hall. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 and Mondays at 6...
Before and After: Impacts of the "Hall Tax" on Gorge Hall (Part 2)
April 15, 2024 19:36 - 14 minutes - 12.8 MBDe Clarke/ Cortes Currents - It has now been four and a half years since the 2019 referendum in which a solid majority of Cortes Islanders voted in favour of bylaw 341. This bylaw established a property tax service that would provide basic operational support for the islands two community halls. Part 2: What Changed? -- why were the halls in such dire financial straits by about 2015? why could Gorge Hall not just go on as it had since it was founded?
A New Season For The Whaletown Garden Centre
April 15, 2024 15:38 - 8 minutes - 19.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Noah Davidson traces his gardening itch back to the family plot in Ontario but prior to his arrival on Cortes Island, he worked in restaurants. He started out behind the cash register of his father's restaurant in Toronto and went on to work in a number of fast food establishments. This continued after his move to British Columbia. Noah worked at the Floathouse Restaurant, in Gorge Harbour Marina, during his first two years on Cortes Island. “A couple of se...
Before and After: Impacts of the "Hall Tax" on Gorge Hall (Part 1)
April 14, 2024 21:56 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBDe Clarke/ Cortes Currents - It has now been four and a half years since the 2019 referendum in which a solid majority of Cortes Islanders voted in favour of bylaw 341. This bylaw established a property tax service that would provide basic operational support for the islands two community halls. An interview with WCC President Izabelle Perry. Part I of 4 - Before & After — the Hall’s financial situation pre-2019 vs today Image credit: A Christmas Market In Gorge Hall - Roy L Hales photo
Virtual Forum on Water Quality and Quantity
April 14, 2024 21:35 - 3 minutes - 8.8 MBRoy 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 water Quality and Quantity. Host Sadhu Johnstone will be joined by three expert panelists: Darren Bond from Hornby Water Stewardship, Nick Sargent from the Quadra Island Climate Action Network and David Bethune of Groundwater Solutions. There will also be breakout sessions to discuss how these issues apply to Cortes Island. “In December...
New Initiatives at the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery
April 12, 2024 12:38 - 8 minutes - 20.2 MBRoy 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 classes and special events than ever, and some of them will be in new locations. The gallery has reversed the order of its exhibitions, expanded its social media reach and now has a website at schoolhouseertgallery.ca “The website is big news, and we really hope people will check it out. David Ellingson has helped put it together. There...
Cortes and Quadra Island to receive more paramedics
April 11, 2024 12:51 - 2 minutes - 5.77 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - On April 1, BC Emergency Health Services improved the staffing models for 60 rural and remote ambulance stations. Cortes and Quadra Islands are among the 6 communities within the Strathcona Regional District that will benefit. “We recognize that one staffing model doesn’t work for all parts of the province, and these three models will help us improve our services to better meet the needs of the community and patients and enable more of our paramedics to live a...
On the Origins of the Cortes Community Wolf Project
April 10, 2024 18:03 - 12 minutes - 27.8 MBRoy 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 posts in the Tideline over the course of the next two years mention 'an awful lot of them on the island, in an awfully short time.' There were mixed reactions. A Squirrel Cove resident wrote that 15 ran through one of their neighbours yards at 4 AM. Someone had a 'magical encounter' with a large black wolf, standing on the foot bridge ...
Connecting the Dots: Forestry Management and Some Implications for Wildlife
April 09, 2024 19:46 - 16 minutes - 38 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - In the first of a series of articles from Cortes Islands recent Wildlife Coexistence Gathering, Cortes Currents looked at Vancouver Island’s first wildlife coexistence program in the Pacific Rim National Park. The problem at that time was human/bear conflicts. By the time Sabina Leader Mense reached out from Cortes Island, about 2010, WildSafeBC had been dealing with wolves and cougars for more than a decade. Bob Hansen, Pacific Rim Coordinator for WildSafeBC...
Food Security from the Perspective of Farmers, Food Thinkers, and the Cortes Food Bank
April 09, 2024 19:26 - 1 hour - 206 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On April 5th, Max Thaysen, Sara Stewart, and Filipe Figueira joined host Manda Aufochs Gillespie for a FolkU Friday group discussion on food security and food systems. They chat about successes and challenges in food systems, both locally and globally, from the perspective of farmers, food thinkers, and one of the main coordinators of the Cortes Food Bank. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 and Mondays at 6:30 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. ...
Back to the Beginning: The First Wildlife Coexistence Program On Vancouver Island
April 08, 2024 18:27 - 19 minutes - 43.7 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Around 40 people turned out for the Wildlife Coexistence Gathering on Cortes Island. This was an opportunity for Cortesians to meet some of the extended community of advisors to the local program and learn more about our three top predators: grey wolf, black bear and cougar. The gathering was organized and hosted by Sabina Leader Mense and Georgina Silby from the Cortes Community Wolf Project. It began with a welcoming ceremony in the Klahoose All Purpose Build...
Beyond personal carbon footprints, seeking a more sustainable planet
April 05, 2024 14:58 - 11 minutes - 26.3 MBRoy 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 not doing well in terms of global temperatures at all. We're on a dangerous trajectory. We are not going to keep below the 1.5°C on average limit, that seems really clear. We're actually over 1.5°C in terms of individual years already, but the target was stated in terms of multi-year averages. It's clear, with the inertia and the c...
Rachel Blaney will not seek reelection in 2025
April 04, 2024 20:56 - 6 minutes - 14.6 MBRoy 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 in the next Federal Election. “It was a very hard decision to make but, sadly, I have family issues that have come to the forefront. I recognize that time is precious and this is a long commute back and forth, so I'm happy to be able to continue until 2025 and stay till the next election . Going past that would have meant missing pre...
The #1 Outdoor Adventure Show in North Vancouver Island
April 04, 2024 12:13 - 5 minutes - 12.2 MBRoy 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 River. A good portion from Parksville, Nanaimo and then it got pretty slim, but Quadra, Gold River, Victoria, Qualicum. There was one that really blew my mind: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia,” explained Joel Wheeldon, Program Coordinator with the Strathcona Regional District. Google ‘what is the #1 outdoor recreation show in North Vancou...
Vancouver Island Regional Library explains 15% Budget Increase
April 02, 2024 16:59 - 4 minutes - 11.3 MBRoy 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 year. Executive Director Brent Hyman explained that this increase is necessary because the library’s previous management did not budget properly and more money is needed for wages, benefits and leases. He has been giving presentations to the library’s funding partners. He has already spoken in Victoria, Nanaimo, and some of the other re...
SRD Update: March 27th meeting and more
April 01, 2024 11:52 - 5 minutes - 5.49 MBDe Clarke/ Cortes Currents - At the March 27th meeting of the Strathcona Regional District Board, a couple of items affecting Cortes were on the agenda. Decisions were taken with regard to funding for our community halls, and equipment for our volunteer fire department.
Part 5: 25 Years of Good Libations
March 29, 2024 01:07 - 10 minutes - 9.17 MBDe Clarke/ Cortes Currents - Part 5 of 5 of 25 Years of Good Libations
CityWest's Cables Cut In Whaletown
March 28, 2024 22:02 - 4 minutes - 10.8 MBRoy 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 noticed that a line had been cut. They immediately informed the RCMP, whose press release states they were initially informed of three cuts to the cable. Scott Simpson, Senior Marketing Manager at CityWest explained: “On the evening or night of Thursday, March 21st, there was some vandalism done to the fibre optic network that was be...
CAI at ZFolk U: The Wild Island
March 28, 2024 17:55 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBCortes 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 cover Cortes from different angles; Ro explores the island’s history with forestry, Finley unpacks the mystery of the abandoned cars in Carrington Bay, Sophie looks at the realities of coexisting with wild animals, and Seren and Sonia profile the Children’s Forest. What really matters most in the world? How will we help inspire the n...
Part 4: 25 Years of Good Libations
March 28, 2024 12:14 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBDe Clarke/ Cortes Currents - part 4 of 5 of the interview with Doug Brown of Good Libations
Area C Opts In; More Details On The Short Term Residential Act
March 28, 2024 12:08 - 10 minutes - 24.9 MBRoy 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 in which the Director from Area D and two of his Campbell River colleagues discussed their reservations. Regional Director Mark Vonesch showed everyone an exception that would allow some absentee landlords to continue operating their short term rentals. When the final vote was taken Area C’s motion to opt-in was approved with only two ...
Short Term Rental Decisions for Electoral Areas B, C and D
March 27, 2024 14:58 - 2 minutes - 5.99 MBRoy 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 Housing responded to Cortes Island’s decision to opt in. 58% of the respondents of Area C’s survey on whether to opt in replied ‘Yes’ and Area D will not opt in. On February 28, the SRD approved Cortes Island’s decision to opt in to BC’s Short Term Rental Act. The Ministry of Housing responded to this in an email last week. “The ...
Part 3: 25 Years Of Good Libations
March 27, 2024 14:15 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBDe Clarke/ Cortes Currents - part 3 of 5 of the interview with Doug Brown of Good Libations
Island Alchemy: 25 years of Good Libations - Part 2 of 5
March 26, 2024 20:09 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBDe Clarke/ Cortes Currents - The story of Good Libations Part 2 of 5
the Pacific Herring Spawn and Nurseries Project
March 26, 2024 16:45 - 12 minutes - 27.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - A citizen scientist project to photograph pacific herring spawn along the West Coast, from Alaska down to California, has been underway for two months. It is based in the Comox Courtenay area, and one of its many partners is the Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI). According to project lead Jacqueline Huard, a scientist with Project Watershed, “I work with the Coastal Forage Fish Network. We are very community scientist based and so working on a herring project i...
CIA on Folk U - Cosmic Confidential
March 25, 2024 18:22 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBCIA 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 deep into Cortes Island’s infamous coffeehouse drugging incident with their piece Psychedelic Soup. Kiana and Igor explore the possibilities and pitfalls of using psychedelics as medicine in their piece, The Psychedelics Journey. What really matters most in the world? How will we help inspire the next generation of truth-seekers and tr...
Island Alchemy: Twenty-Five Years of Good Libations
March 25, 2024 13:05 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBDe 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. Founder and sole proprietor Doug Brown started the business 25 years ago after moving to Cortes from the Fraser Valley. Currents interviewed Doug in mid-March 2024. Our extensive interview covers many topics including: how Doug got started in wine-making, what inspired him to start a U-Brew on Cortes, how wine is made, why wine is n...
The Cortes Island Food Bank at a Critical Crossroad
March 22, 2024 11:27 - 12 minutes - 29.5 MBRoy 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 federal governments stepped up to the plate. Only 110 food hampers were given out in 2022, but since August they have seen at least a threefold increase of demand every month. There were 86 clients in January and 70 in February. Prior to this, the highs for both months was 12. “We really knew that the numbers that we were seeing in pr...
A lifetime of experience in 4 classes: Linnaea's Homegrown Series
March 20, 2024 21:24 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBRoy 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 23rd, April 20th, May 11th and June 8th, 2024. “I want to teach. I've had a lot of seasons under my belt now. 1995 was my first growing season, I was in Pemberton. Then I did a garden program at Linnaea Farm in 1998. I just really like sharing what I have spent a lifetime doing. I can share all these secrets. I've run a CSA (Communit...
New subpopulation of Deep Ocean Orcas Identified
March 19, 2024 14:50 - 7 minutes - 18.2 MBRoy 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 identified 49 individual killer whales in photographs taken between 1997 and 2021. According to Josh McInnes, a masters student in the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and lead author of a new paper in Aquatic Animals, they may also be off the coast of British Columbia. “I would not be surprised. Transient killer whales ...
Salmon Update: CAFO Conditions, Mass Die-Offs, Manufactured Risks and License Renewals
March 18, 2024 10:42 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBDe Clarke/ Cortes Currents - Scientists at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden recently concluded that some farmed salmon die from depression. This may not be too surprising, given the conditions in which they are kept. In other recent research, a team of US and Canadian scientists has charted an ominous trend: mass die-offs of farmed salmon are increasing in both frequency and scale. Some observers question whether the industry, after decades of growth, may be past its peak and about to d...
Herring Roe on the beach at Smelt Bay
March 14, 2024 12:25 - 4 minutes - 4.07 MBDe 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 herring roe ashore at Smelt Bay. On Tuesday the 12th of March, the roe in some places was piled 6-8 inches deep on the beach. From a distance it resembled lighter coloured sand piled on top of the familiar gray sand and shingle of Smelt Bay.
CIA on Folk U - Episode 5
March 14, 2024 12:12 - 1 hour - 62 MBCIA 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 Island Academy we believe in the passion and skills of the people and wild places of this place and are proud of our youth who learned along side our community and shared their growing skills through journalistic podcasts, Elder Documentaries, Field Guides and unsung hero posters. This week on Folk U Radio CKTZ 89.5 FM (1 p.m. Fridays, re...
Cortes Food Bank releases annual report
March 14, 2024 11:59 - 10 minutes - 13.3 MBLouis Belcourt/ CKTZ News - The Cortes Food Bank has released their annual report for 2023 over the weekend, which shows that it was a very successful year for the Cortes Island Food Bank, but also a highly challenging one. Over the final months of 2023, the Cortes Food Bank served an average of 80 clients per month, which is almost as many clients as in the whole of 2022: a 616 per cent increase year over year, according to the report. “We really ramped up promoting the food bank, and imme...
Cortes Island Virtual Homeshare Forum
March 13, 2024 15:33 - 6 minutes - 14.3 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Housing Society’s Virtual Forum kicks off this Saturday with a program on home sharing. This is a monthly event, co-sponsored by Folk-U. At 10 AM this Saturday host Sadhu Johnston will be joined by Noelle Marcus, from the US homeshare program Nesterly, and Janey Rowland, from the SGI (Southern Gulf Island) Housing Now Project. “We all know that there are a lot of homes that are underutilized or empty, and there are also a lot of homes that are just...
Quadra Island considering opting-in to Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act
March 12, 2024 16:34 - 6 minutes - 14 MBQuadra Island considering opting-in to Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act by Cortes Currents (https://cortescurrents.ca/)
Medical detox coming to Campbell River
March 12, 2024 13:28 - 4 minutes - 10.4 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The first community-based medical detox north of Nanaimo will be opening in Campbell River this fall. Island Health secured a location at 731 Nicholas Road near the North Island Hospital – Campbell River campus. “This is a really exciting addition to Campbell River. When people living with addiction reach out and make that brave choice of getting the services that they need, we'd need to be able to meet them where they are and with the services that they need...
Folk U: Desolation Sound #4
March 09, 2024 14:49 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBJemma Hicken/ Folk U - What really matters most in the world? How will we help inspire the next generation of truth-seekers and truth-tellers? At the Cortes Island Academy we believe in the passion and skills of the people and wild places of this place and are proud of our youth who learned along side our community and shared their growing skills through journalistic podcasts, Elder Documentaries, Field Guides and unsung hero posters (the one here is by artist Zella Aufochs). This week on ...
Community Meeting for Cortes Zoning Bylaw update
March 08, 2024 14:08 - 10 minutes - 22.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Around 60 people turned out for the Strathcona Regional District’s (SRD( zoning bylaw meeting in Mansons Hall at 1 PM on Wednesday, March 6. The meeting went very differently from how the SRD planned it. There was to have been a short presentation, after which participants were to have gathered around two maps and put sticky dots on the properties where the bylaws should be changed to allow for greater densification. Instead, this was a community conversation....
What Moon Dance Productions Wants for Cortes Island
March 06, 2024 00:29 - 4 minutes - 10.1 MBRoy L Hales/ COrtes Currents - Cortes Island has a new volunteer production company. According to their recent press release, Moon Dance Productions will pay travelling expenses, accommodation etc for bands coming to Cortes Island. They have already booked the Awakeneers for an Earth Day Contra Dance in Mansons Hall on Saturday, April 13th. A dance troupe will be coming on Tuesday, April 16th, and Elise LeBlanc with Sahara Jane on Saturday, April 27th. “Music is soul food. Music is like air...
Cortes Island Opts in to BC Short Term Rental Act; Quadra Considering
March 05, 2024 14:48 - 9 minutes - 20.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Effective May 1, 2024, all BC communities with a population over 10,000 have to limit short term rentals to the host’s principle residence plus one secondary suite or accessory dwelling unit. Campbell River, Comox, Courtenay and Powell River are all on the list of 64 communities where this applies. Cortes Island is too small to be on that list, but has chosen to opt in, and Quadra Island is considering the idea. “With that legislation came the option for sma...
Seeking Electoral Consent for a Dog Control Service
March 04, 2024 13:01 - 3 minutes - 7.55 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - It has been 9 months since 106 Cortes Island residents petitioned the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) to set up a Dog control service bylaw. At their February 28th meeting, the SRD Board passed a motion to seek electoral consent through the alternate approval process. According to Regional Director Mark Vonesch, if the service is apporved the average homeowner would probably see an increase of somewhere between $4 and $20 to their property taxes, depending on...
FolkU-CIA Episode 3
March 01, 2024 17:18 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - What really matters most in the world? How will we help inspire the next generation of truth-seekers and truth-tellers? At the Cortes Island Academy we believe in the passion and skills of the people and wild places of this place and are proud of our youth who learned along side our community and shared their growing skills through journalistic podcasts, Elder Documentaries, Field Guides and unsung hero posters. This week on Folk U Radio CKTZ 89.5 FM (1 p.m...
Birds are smarker than you think
March 01, 2024 15:06 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Sandra Milligan has been teaching biology at North Island College, in Campbell River, for more than 20 years. She is an avid birder with deep roots in her local community. Someone from Sierra Quadra came to lecture she gave on bird intelligence, at ElderCollege in Campbell River, last fall. This led to Sierra Quadra inviting Milligan to speak at the Quadra Community Centre at 7:30 PM in Saturday, March 2. “Birds are incredibly intelligent, contrary to what sc...