Cortes Currents
1,486 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 23 hours 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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Questioning the numbers: 1,500 people losing their jobs?
January 13, 2021 18:27 - 19.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - This is the second in what has turned out to be a series of interviews about the need for a plan to help the 1,500 fish farm workers who will allegebly be losing their jobs because of the decision to phase out fish farms in the Discovery Island. Stan Proboszcz, Science Advisor with the Watershed Watch Salmon Society, is questioning the numbers. Are 1,500 people actually losing their jobs? “I really do feel for the few people who are losing their jobs, but l...
There will be a plan to address fisheries and job losses in the Discovery Islands
January 12, 2021 15:51 - 12.8 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There will be a plan to help displaced fish farm workers, and threatened wild salmon stocks, in the Discovery Islands. Approximately 1,500 people, many of whom live in Campbell River or Quadra Island, will lose their jobs by June 30th, 2022. On December 17th, the Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans, announced,“no new fish of any size may be introduced into Discovery Islands.” “Fish at the sites can complete their growth-cycle and be harvested,” but “all farms be ...
Folk U Radio - Art of Community Leadership
January 09, 2021 17:54 - 272 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U Radio: Art of Community Leadership 101. In this episode Colin Funk joins to discuss with host Manda Aufochs Gillespie to look at the idea of community leadership a little deeper. What is the mix of magic and resourcefulness and entrepreneurialism that makes an effective community leader? How do we cultivate that resilient and spontaneous aspects of our selves? And how do we create organizations that will support us in being responsive and visionary to the need...
Vaccinations start in Campbell River
January 08, 2021 13:56 - 8.98 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The arrival of an additional 3,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine has allowed Island Health to vaccinate health Care Workers in North and Central Vancouver Island. Vaccinations of health care workers and volunteers started in Campbell River. “Today is important because we need to get as many shots around Canada as possible, to slow this down,” said Lynn Wurz, a volunteer for baby clinics and the hospital thrift shop. She added, “I think our grandchildren should r...
Cortes Island's #1 Industry is coming back
January 07, 2021 21:40 - 17.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - When BC’s restaurants closed their doors last march, they virtually shut down Cortes Island’s #1 industry. Though sales are still below pre-COVID levels, the shellfish sector is coming back.
Plan to Vaccinate BC
January 05, 2021 21:53 - 14.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - At the January 4th press conference, Dr Bonnie Henry unveiled the plan to immunize British Columbia.
What does the Opioid Crisis mean on Cortes Island?
January 02, 2021 16:38 - 13.6 MBRoy L Hales/Cortes Currents - According to a recent report from the BC coroners service, there have been 30 suspected illicit drug overdose deaths in the North Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery area during the first eleven months of 2020. Fentanyl was detected in 22 cases. That’s in a population of more than 122,000, which probably explains why there have been no opioid related deaths reported on Cortes Island so far this year. The number of drug overdoses is far higher. Campbell River...
Moving in to the Seniors Village
January 01, 2021 21:06 - 4.29 MBRoy L Hales /Cortes Currents - All four new units at the Cortes Island Seniors Village are now occupied. >>> Moving In Axel Nagory was the first to move in. He arrived around December 20th and chose one of the corner units, looking out into the forest. The 650 square foot cottage was more than three times the size of the camper Nagory had been living in and possessed more up to date amenities. The faint aroma of fresh paint still lingered inside his new home. “For me, this is the most perf...
A Truly Awesome Cortes Community Christmas Dinner
January 01, 2021 13:40 - 15.1 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - Cortes Island had its annual community Christmas Dinner on December 25th. As a result of the COVID shutdown, close to a third of the island’s population turned out. It was truly a gourmet delight. Cortes Currents sent Noah Davidson and Izabelle Perry a list of questions, which they chose to answer by email. Imagine this is Noah’s voice, rather than mine, reading this out. “After the cancellation of all community events, dances, Easter, and Christmas cr...
To ensure future Cortes Island Chum runs
December 31, 2020 17:17 - 24.3 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - When the Chum salmon returned to Cortes Island four years ago, they entered every creek. Approximately 1,050 swam up Basil Creek this year, but the numbers were far lower everywhere else. Some Whaletown residents saw Chum in their creek, these did not make it to the official tally - which is zero. Despite the disappointing returns, Streamkeeper Cec Robinson describes 2020 as a year in which steps were taken to ensure future Chum runs. Some experts within the D...
China wants more oysters
December 30, 2020 14:05 - 20.5 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - China wants more oysters than are grown in BC. “No discussion about seafood markets can go anywhere without talking about China. It is just the number one driver of seafood consumption. It is their market,” said Erik Lyon, owner operator of Rising Tide Shellfish on Cortes Island. He added, “I haven’t been there, but from what I hear China has a rising middle class with disposable income and culturally they really value seafood, especially shellfish. Fresh and...
New COVID variant reached Vancouver Island
December 28, 2020 17:54 - 3.47 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - The new COVID 19 variant reached Vancouver Island. According to a Ministry of Health statement released Sunday, “The individual, who resides in the Island Health region, returned to B.C. from the U.K. on flight AC855 on Dec. 15, 2020.” CTV news suggests this may be the person that a flight exposure warning from the BCCDC suggests it may have landed at the Vancouver International Airport. An infected person was on a Dec. 15 Air Canada flight 855 from London to V...
Central Park Tent City washed out
December 27, 2020 16:31 - 14.6 MBRoy L hales / Cortes Currents - Picture a homeless encampment in a public park. The rains and recent snow have transformed most of the lawn into a massive puddle. The number of tents in Victoria’s Central Park has decreased since last fall, but there were still 45 of them on December 15th. One was sitting on a pallet, which raised the floor above the water, but the neighbouring tents are all in water. That’s the scene that greets your eyes in Krista Loughton’s video “This is Canada” which wa...
BC Recovery Benefit application virtually inaccessible to people who need it most
December 24, 2020 17:39 - 23.1 MBDavid P Ball/ Vancouver Coop Radio - The newly launched BC Recovery Benefit opened for applications last week — a key NDP promise in last fall's controversial election — but already it's turning into an insurmountable barrier for some low-income people and seniors faced with an unexpected barrage of paperwork and documentation. If the prerequisite to have filed taxes this year wasn't already a barrier for many people who earn too little to even pay taxes, or afford an accountant, many indivi...
Bute Inlet landslide: Scientists just grasping the environmental consequences
December 24, 2020 15:39 - 6.59 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Scientists are just grasping the extent of the environmental devastation. According to the Hakai Institute, which operates an ecological observatory on Quadra Island,10 million cubic metres of rock and earth plunged into Eliot Creek on November 28th. Andrew Schaeffer, a Pacific division seismologist with the Geological Survey of Canada, said the landslide “sent out low-frequency surface waves resembling those of a quake with an equivalent magnitude of 4.9.” The ...
New Revelations about proposed Bliss Landing wood waste landfill
December 23, 2020 14:30 - 31.9 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - There have been a number of new revelations about Jeff Levine and the proposed Bliss Landing wood waste landfill. Levine withdrew his proposal on December 15th and a Ministry of Environment spokesperson informed the quathet Regional District the same day. "People have threatened me, verbally abused me, threatened my family. It's not worth it, it's absolutely not worth it. And it's all because this person called it toxic waste — and it's not," he told CBC new...
Number of illicit drug overdose deaths continue to rise
December 22, 2020 14:00 - 9.42 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - A new report from the BC coroners service states that as of the end of November, there were 153 suspected illicit drug overdose deaths. 30 of these were in the North Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery area, which stretches north from Courtenay and includes rural locations like Cortes and Quadra Islands, as well as urban centres like Campbell River. This brings the total of deaths in North Vancouver Island since 2016, the year BC declared the number of...
A Cortes Island goose hunt
December 19, 2020 15:30 - 23.2 MBMax Thaysen /Cortes Currents - Today we hear a first-hand account of a concerning hunting episode On October 24 in Smelt Bay, Cortes Island. We'll hear from Conservation Officer Brad Adams, a local authority on the laws around hunting. And then we'll take a deeper dive with Sabina Leader Mense into the some ecological considerations of hunting around Cortes. Cortes Currents learned of the reports on a local facebook page, We Heart Cortes Island, that described a scary situation. Kim ...
Closure of Salmon farms in the Discovery Islands
December 18, 2020 15:38 - 19.3 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - The licenses for 19 salmon farms in the Discovery lslands expired today. Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is reissuing licenses for 18 months, during which time “no new fish of any size may be introduced into Discovery Islands.” “fish at the sites can complete their growth-cycle and be harvested,” but “all farms be free of fish by June 30th, 2022.” interview with Stan Proboszcz, Science Advisor with the Watershed Watch Salmon S...
Campbell River – Quadra Island’s second e-Ferry launched
December 18, 2020 14:18 - 4.29 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - The fourth of BC Ferries Island Class ferry was launched early Thursday morning, at Damen Shipyards Galati, in Romania. The yet-to-be named ship is the second e-Ferry destined for the Campbell River – Quadra Island route. As BC Ferries spokesperson Deborah Marshall explained, “We’ve got two vessels right now. One is sailing between Texada and Powell River. The other one is on the Port McNeill-Alert Bay-Sointula run. The third and fourth vessels will sail the ...
This past week: COVID in North Vancouver Island
December 17, 2020 15:45 - 9.72 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - This past week was the deadliest British Columbia has seen since the pandemic began. Dr Bonnie Henry reported 24 new deaths yesterday, which brings the total number of fatalities since last Friday to 105. The number of active cases in the province is close to 10,000. However there is also good news. British Columbia's first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were given to front line health care workers on Tuesday. A small shipment, possibly consisting of two tray...
Folk U - Natural burials and community led deathcare
December 16, 2020 00:48 - 270 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - Folk U December 11th Natural Burial & Community-Led Deathcare: FolkU [email protected] Folk U Radio 101 Show. Where we ask our neighbours: What do you know? It’s that time of year when the light is short and the natural world around is in its big rest, preparing for transformation. I feel particularly appreciate to be spending this season in this strange and tumultuous time, here on this island, surrounded by the natural world and by this commu...
Pulse 2020 - 12 - 14 Pod
December 15, 2020 23:49 - 26.1 MBDavid P Ball / Vancouver Coop Radio - The Vancouver Police Department has warned of public safety consequences of City Council refusing their requests to boost budget by millions. Instead, last week councillors froze police spending at last year's levels. On Sunday, a group of community organizers in Vancouver hosted a virtual teach-in event to strategize their next steps for the local "defund the police" movement. "All across Turtle Island, Black, Indigenous and communities of colour are a...
Wood waste landfill proposal withdrawn
December 15, 2020 14:33 - 9.53 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - When Jeff Levine purchased the155 acre property 14445 Sarah Point Road in Bliss Landing, he planned to use a tiny portion of it for a business venture. Ministry of the Environment staff helped him develop the proposal. They told him that the ideal sit for a wood waste landfill was land that had previously been clearcut or was a forest industry site. Levine had a four acre parcel that fit both categories. It had been clearcut three years ago. A sawmill had once ...
Proposed Wood Waste landfill at Bliss Landing
December 14, 2020 17:41 - 7.74 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - A numbered company called 1265209 B.C. Ltd. intends to a develop a wood waste landfill at Bliss Landing, just across from Cortes Island on the Malaspina Peninsula. According to their environmental protection application, filed by Strategic management Consultant Jeff Levine on November 17th, “The maximum rate of industrial wood waste residue discharged from this facility will be 375,000 m3 over a 15-month period. The operating period for this facility will be 8...
Missing Middle Housing
December 12, 2020 14:07 - 18.8 MBTan Mei Xi/Vancouver Coop Radio - A single-family home may be our current vision of ideal housing but that picture is no longer realistic, says housing advocate Bruce Haden. The non-profit organisation Urbanarium, of which Haden is a board member, recently released a report promoting 'Missing Middle' housing as one of the solutions to Vancouver's housing crisis. The report uses the term 'Missing Middle' to refer to multi-family housing types denser than duplexes and smaller in scale than con...
How COVID impacted afterschool programming
December 12, 2020 00:35 - 67.2 MBOdette Auger / Cortes Currents - During the last week of November, a health officer stopped Teen Szene as it was a hang out, not a sports program. We spoke about the need these programs fill, and Jodi’s thoughts on the process of adapting to COVID 19 reality. Photo credit: Smelt Bay on Cortes Island via Flickr (CC BY SA, 2.0 License)
Pulse 2020 - 12 - 20 Int
December 10, 2020 14:28 - 25.4 MBDavid P Ball/ Vancouver Coop Radio - Author of the memoir 'Outside In' and upcoming fiction book talks about the 40th anniversary of saving the Carnegie Centre as a DTES "community hub" The Downtown Eastside has for decades been a site not only of poverty and struggle, but also "resilience" and successful community organizing, says Libby Davies. And the former Member of Parliament hopes the community can remember to celebrate and honour the successes and victories over the years as the strug...
DFO Bust: Over 1,000 oysters harvested illegally on Cortes Island
December 10, 2020 12:52 - 3.23 MBMax Thaysen / Cortes Currents - The DFO has recovered over 1000 oysters that were harvested illegally on Cortes. On October 29th, based on information received from the public on Cortes Island, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (also known as Fisheries and Oceans Canada, or DFO) stopped and inspected two vehicles as they disembarked from the BC Ferry in Campbell River. The DFO enforcement officers found more than 1000 oysters in one of the vehicles. The person in possession of the oy...
A 60 day window to respond to renewal of fish farm licenses
December 09, 2020 17:54 - 11.4 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The licenses for all 18 salmon farms in the Discovery Islands are due to be renewed by December 18th, 2020.As these sites are within the traditional territories of the Holmalco, Klahoose, K’omoks Tla’amin, We Wai Kai (Cape Mudge), Wei Wai Kum (Campbell River) and Kwiakah First Nations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) sent them letters stating they have a 60 day window to respond before a final decision is made. Newly elected Hegus (Chief) John Hackett, of t...
Coexisting in Black Bear Country
December 08, 2020 20:37 - 24.8 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - “This is black bear country. It has always been black bear country. North Cortes Island is likely the most populated with bears. They can travel very far in one day and swim up to five miles, especially in salt water. They do travel from island to island and there are likely year round bears here. In the fall of 2019, there was a bear sighted at Blue Jay Lake. Then in April 2020, there was a black bear around Green Mountain. Since then, we’ve had these conflict...
All Things Firewood on Folk U
December 06, 2020 22:14 - 219 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - Worried about staying warm this winter? What will it take for Cortes to have sustainable fire wood for all? Corry Dow discussed all things firewood, the Cortes Community Community Firewood Program and how you can take part in staying warm @ Folk U Radio on CKTZ 89.5 FM Friday November 27th from 1 to 3 p.m.
Increasing your resistance to COVID: Diet and lifestyle
December 06, 2020 16:53 - 24.8 MBMax Thaysen/ Cortes Currents - Around the globe, people are dealing as best they can with the novel coronavirus outbreak, SARS-CoV-2, also known as Covid-19. After we wash our hands, don a facemask and avoid non-essential travel and socialization – many of us are looking for ways to maximize our immune function. A quick internet search will reveal an assortment of advice on what foods, lifestyle and supplements may increase your resistance to contracting the virus, and your resilience to...
the Canadian Government has until December 18th
December 05, 2020 17:25 - 15.9 MBRoy L Hales / Cortes Currents - Two months have passed since Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) announced that “nine peer-reviewed, scientific risk assessments” find that salmon farms pose a ‘minimal risk’ to salmon migrating through the Discovery Islands. This finding is important because the Canadian Government has until December 18th to decide whether to renew the licenses of the 18 salmon farms operating in that region.
BC's First COVID vaccine
December 04, 2020 15:34 - 7.53 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Dr Bonnie Henry announced that British Columbia’s first COVID 19 vaccine should roll out in January. BC’s first COVID 19 vaccine “As vaccines become available, they will become our first step to protect people who are most at risk from severe illness and from death. And to protect our health care system,” she said in yesterday’s daily statement. “We know that we will have limited amounts at first. So we won’t be able to broadly achieve what we’ve been calling ...
Michele Babchuk: Becoming our MLA
December 03, 2020 17:03 - 29.4 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - On October 24th, more than 50% of North Island’s electorate chose Michele Babchuk to represent them in the Provincial Legislature. Though more than a month has passed, she has only just stepped down from her previous roles as a Campbell River councillor and Chair of the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) Board. Though yet to sit in parliament, she has been made the Deputy Government Whip and a member of the Appointment Orders Committee. I recently asked Michele ...
Update on the COVID 19 outbreak
December 02, 2020 16:10 - 4.98 MBMax Thaysen/Cortes Currents - The Klahoose First Nation continues to deal with a Covid-19 outbreak in the community. Chief Kevin Peacey posted an update to cortesisland.com yesterday, December 1, explaining that the nation has declared a state of emergency. The Toq village has a staffed checkpoint at the Whaletown Rd entry, to prevent any unauthorized comings and goings. They are only permitting “supplies, essential deliveries, emergency services and front line workers” in order to conta...
26 Active COVID cases
November 30, 2020 15:05 - 6.8 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Another one of North Vancouver Island’s 26 Active COVID cases identified himself over Facebook last week. Lawrence O'Connor is a stock car driver who contracted the disease while participating in a benefit race for Amnesty International in the Arizona Desert. “There’s nothing pleasant about this painful illness; I feel like I’ve been eaten by wolves, and s**t off a cliff,” he wrote. He arranged for friends to drop off groceries at his door, in Port Hardy, an...
The Pulse Interview Podcast
November 29, 2020 14:46 - 23.1 MBTan Mei Xi/Vancouver Coop Radio - Last week, Vancouver City Council approved the five-year Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP), which contains 19 actions and sets Vancouver on a path to reduce Vancouver’s carbon pollution by 50 per cent by 2030. According to the City, 54 per cent of Vancouver's carbon pollution comes from burning natural gas used to heat space and water in buildings, and 39 per cent of the city's emissions come from burning gasoline and diesel in vehicles. The "game-change...
New Daily Record of COVID cases
November 28, 2020 16:51 - 8.62 MBRoy L Hales /Cortes Currents - British Columbia saw a new daily record for COVID-19 cases yesterday, with an additional 911 people testing positive. According to the British Columbia COVID 18 Dashboard there are now 8,472 active cases in the province. The number of active cases is smaller in North Vancouver Island: 26, but a week ago, on Friday Nov 20th, there were 12. A little more than a month before that, on Friday October 16th, there were none. The BC Centre for Disease Control did not...
UBC study: mental impacts of COVID-19 isolation worse on marginalized people
November 27, 2020 21:48 - 22 MBDavid P Ball/ Vancouver Coop Radio - Isolation and quarantine saved thousands of lives during the pandemic, but UBC Nursing assistant professor says her research is a warning to governments to better consider mental health as well. A University of British Columbia nursing professor's new study should cause governments alarm as they battle to protect citizens from the worst impacts of COVID-19 — that they boost resources to also protect people's mental health. Dr. Emily Jenkins is author of ...
Campbell River RCMP remind you to wear a mask
November 27, 2020 20:46 - 1.62 MBCst Maury Tyre/ RCMP - Campbell River RCMP have already responded to several calls from local businesses and customers regarding individuals who refuse to follow new provincial mask protocols. As of 6am on November 27th, 2020, the Campbell River RCMP had yet to hand out any of the new Covid face covering fines advised Cst Maury Tyre. Fines and arrests are absolutely the last action we want to be taking, but if people continue to push boundaries it's going to happen. Police are reminding the...
Noba Anderson vs SRD not heard last week
November 27, 2020 17:41 - 9.67 MBRoy L Hales /Cortes Currents - Noba Anderson vs the SRD was not heard last week. Though the suit was scheduled for the assize week starting November 23, 2020, the courts are dealing with a heavy backlog of cases and it now seems possible the hearing will not take place until next January. The origins of this suit go back to a legal petition that fourteen Cortes residents filed a legal petition against Regional Director Anderson for an alleged conflict of interest in the manner she carried o...
Sailboat Sinks at Gorge Harbour
November 27, 2020 12:13 - 12.8 MBDe Clarke/ Cortes Currents - On or around November 22nd, the 30-ish foot wooden sloop Hoy Hoy sank while tied to the Gorge Harbour Public Dock. Hoy Hoy has made more than one ocean crossing, but most recently belonged to an American who seems to be known locally only as “Earle.” He visited Cortes in 2019 for an extended period, living aboard with his young son on the Gorge Harbour Marina dock. He left the country in the Fall, prepaying four months’ moorage and intending to return in February...
First Known COVID case on Cortes Island
November 26, 2020 16:54 - 10.8 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The first known active case of COVID on Cortes Island was announced this morning. Chief Kevin Peacey posted the following notice on the Tideline, “I received the call today that no chief wants to hear that one of our elders here at Klahoose tested positive for COVID-19. We have a COVID team in place that is already working on our response to this. We are asking all reserve residents to stay at home “shelter in place” especially as contact tracing is still happ...
Cortes Community Forest Co-operative AGM
November 26, 2020 12:59 - 11.4 MBMax Thaysen/Cortes Currents - A report from the meeting: presentations and questions.
Number of bear raids decreasing in Squirrel Cove
November 25, 2020 17:53 - 13.8 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - After two intensive weeks, the frequency of bear raids along Squirrel Cove road, on Cortes Island, appears to be decreasing. According to Sandy Hoffman, who has been keeping tabs on developments, “Thursday night around 11 PM the bear went through on Graham [Blake’s] property by the trail cam, which is kind of between our properties, but on his side. It was coming out from [Basil] Creek. So I would guess that it goes down my driveway. That’s all connected to th...
Squirrel Cove Bear Song
November 24, 2020 15:04 - 9.79 MBRoy L Hales/Cortes Currents - In Saturday’s half hour Cortes Currents magazine, which will repeat at 9 AM on Wednesday, we described a human/bear situation developing in Squirrel Cove. There has been a bear in the Squirrel Cove vicinity for a year or more. At this point, there are believed to be two bears. Earlier this month, one of started breaking into fenced yards to the steal fruit. Returning from Campbell River, around lunchtime on Monday Nov 16th, Leslie Perdisa found the door to her...
Squirrel Cove Bear Song: "Bear in my Bubble"
November 24, 2020 15:04 - 9.68 MBRoy L Hales/Cortes Currents - In Saturday’s half hour Cortes Currents magazine, which will repeat at 9 AM on Wednesday, we described a human/bear situation developing in Squirrel Cove, on Cortes Island. There has been a bear in the Squirrel Cove vicinity for a year or more. At this point, there are believed to be two bears. Earlier this month, one of them started breaking into fenced yards to the steal fruit. Manuel Perdisa wrote the song "Bear in my Bubble" about one of these incidents. Re...
Board Reality 101
November 24, 2020 12:48 - 275 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U Radio - Today’s Folk U Radio is called Board Reality 101. And by board I am referring to a piece of wood. What is a tree? What are our forests to us? On today’s Folk University we look deeper into this question and the incredible partnership between the Klahoose First Nations and non-nation members in creating a forest managed by a community. INterviews with Mark Lombard & Nick Gagnon