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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Sew Much More: Sewing room opens for Cortes community
November 07, 2023 12:37 - 7 minutes - 16.6 MBKim Paulley/CKTZ News - This fall, Mansons Hall opened its doors to Sew Much More, a place to sew and learn, according to organizers. The idea for Sew Much More had its beginnings at the Cortes Island Free Store, where Marnie Andrews offered up her sewing skills this past summer. The fair weather allowed her to set up in the area just outside the front doors. It was there that she repaired items for the store that were just too good to throw away. She also taught interested patrons DIY sewin...
Klahoose Wilderness Resort Supports Indigenous Tourism Destination Fund
November 07, 2023 12:07 - 3 minutes - 8.66 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Klahoose Wilderness Resort has partnered with the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) to support the newly launched Indigenous Tourism Destination Fund. “There's 800 new Indigenous tourism businesses that this strategy is going to support. Those are new ones. I think there's 300 now that are like Klahoose Wilderness Resort across the country. Most of them are small businesses like ours,” explained Chris Tait, Tourism manager for the Klahoose...
MYCOblitz 2023 on Cortes Island
November 05, 2023 21:57 - 16 minutes - 36.7 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Close to 70 people of all ages took part in Cortes Island’s community fungal forest walk on November 1, 2023. The students of the Cortes Island Academy were among them. We were greeted outside the Linnaea Education Centre by one of the islands better known scientists, who declared: “Good afternoon. Good afternoon. ‘Truncocolumella citrina‘ you can call me, the Latin name for Lemon truffle. On any day other than MYCOblitz, my name is Sabina Leader Mense. I’m a f...
BC Ferries Cancellations in Our Area
November 03, 2023 14:04 - 1 minute - 3.72 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There was a marked decrease in the number of BC Ferries cancellations on the Campbell River run this past quarter, but little change on the Cortes Island Ferry. According to the corporations newly released report of cancellations statistics from July to September 2023, the new hybrid e-ferries only missed 24 sailings as opposed to 161 the previous quarter. There were no cancellations due to weather or mechanical failures. However 22 sailings had to be cancel...
QXMC's New Manager, Marco Bedetti
November 02, 2023 22:13 - 8 minutes - 20.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Klahoose First Nation Development Corporation, QXMC, has a new General Manager. “In mid August I was approached by a member of the board I work closely with, who asked me if I was interested in applying for the position as General Manager. I gave it some thought and went ahead. It was a long process including several interviews, skill assessments and psychological evaluations. Thereafter the board took time to review all candidates, reflect and just at the...
Folk U welcomes gardener extraordinaire - Billie Taylor
November 02, 2023 20:29 - 1 hour - 261 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On Friday, October 27, host Manda Aufochs Gillespie was joined in the studio by gardener extraordinaire - Billie Taylor. Billie shares about her experience gardening on Cortes, the ways her garden has changed in the past few years, and her love of composting. Join in for a spontaneous conversation on adaptive gardening, climate crisis, and resilience. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 and Mondays at 6:30 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. @CKTZ...
'On The Brink' of success, Cortes Housing Changes Leadership
November 02, 2023 10:45 - 16 minutes - 36.8 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - After five years at the helm of the Cortes Community Housing Society, Sandra Wood has stepped down. She continues to be involved with the society as a grant writer, a service which she has provided Cortes Island for more than a decade. "The exciting news is We have a wonderful replacement who's going to be stepping in to take over the leadership of the housing society and that person is Sadhu Johnston. I couldn't have found a better qualified person than Sadhu ...
The Blues Barn comes to Cortes Island
November 01, 2023 19:19 - 4 minutes - 10.6 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - A new music venue is coming to Cortes Island. The Blues Barn will open its doors, beside the store in Squirrel Cove, on Tuesday, October 31. "We notice there's a lack of opportunity for community involvement on Cortes. We figured that since the last event we hosted, volleyball, is starting to die down, we need something new to bring to the community and to bring entertainment back to this side of the island. We figured that for the colder season, the Blues Bar...
Changes Coming To The Cortes Medical Clinic
October 31, 2023 15:40 - 9 minutes - 21.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - British Columbia’s health care crisis has reached Cortes Island. A number of complex factors led to the resignation of all three doctors working out of the Cortes Island Medical Clinic. Their contract ends on Sunday, March 31, 2024. “The physicians that we've had in our physicians group are moving on to do things in their own lives. They're starting practices elsewhere and it no longer fits for them to come here,” explained Bernice McGowan, on behalf of the C...
Cortes Island's first two Tourism Cafes
October 29, 2023 20:47 - 9 minutes - 22.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Close to 40 residents turned out to the first two Tourism Cafes on Cortes Island. The Cortes Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA) brought in Lesley Anderson and Nancy Arsenault to facilitate meetings at Mansons and Gorge Halls last week. The pair will host a virtual Tourism Cafe on Wednesday, November 1st from 10 am to 12 pm, and return in January to present their findings. “ People came out of the meeting feeling a lot more informed about this ...
Ann Mortifee:Coming home to Cortes Island
October 27, 2023 17:31 - 23 minutes - 53 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Hollyhock brought Ann Mortifee to Cortes Island. She was one of Vancouver’s leading singers, but had no previous teaching experience when they invited her to do a workshop. That was 40 years ago. “Martha Abelson convinced me to give it a go. I remember the first workshop I did. I went into a wild panic because I'm not a teacher, I'm a singer. I went to the library to find out how I could teach,” she explained. “At the end of the first session in the morning, ...
Ann Mortifee: A South African Pilgrimage
October 26, 2023 10:13 - 29 minutes - 66.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Ann Mortifee was born in Zululand. While she's been in Canada most of her life, the first 10 years were spent on a sugarcane farm where she was surrounded by the Zulu and Xhosa peoples. "My grandfather had been in Africa during the Boer War. He had stayed on and had become a farmer. It was in KwaZulu, then called Zululand and I felt I owed a debt on behalf of our family," she explained. "Apartheid was a terrible thing. In fact that’s why my father left Sout...
The number 1 cause of homelessness
October 21, 2023 21:45 - 4 minutes - 10.4 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - (An opinion)“Scapegoating: the act of blaming a person or group for something bad that has happened or that someone else has done. Example: the scapegoating of immigrants for the country’s economic problems.” – Cambridge Dictionary While it is easy to blame the unhoused population for their predicament, ‘Point In Time’ (PIT) counts, throughout the surrounding area, all point to low wages. When asked why they were homeless, the #1 response in Campbell River, t...
Robert Bringhurst on science, poetry, the ridge where he lives and much more
October 19, 2023 14:11 - 15 minutes - 36.4 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - On Saturday Robert Bringhurst (RB) brings his own brand of literature, local history, science and humour to the stage of the Quadra Community Centre. He just gave Cortes Currents a taste in a rambling conversation that at one point went off topic to include remarks about Cortes Island, Campbell River and Whistler. Bringhurst started out by describing his intentions in the epic description of ‘the Ridge’ on Quadra Island where he lives. RB: “I wanted to make...
Recent Sightings: Co-existing with wolves on Cortes Island
October 18, 2023 13:37 - 11 minutes - 26.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There've been reports of Wolf sightings on Cortes island, which actually isn't too surprising. “We're incredibly lucky to have wolves on Cortes. They've disappeared on a lot of the other islands. This is one of the last islands in the Salish Sea with wolves on it. Obviously we want to do everything we can to make sure that they can carry on living here, and that we can coexist alongside them,” explained Helen Hall, Executive Director of the Friends of Cortes Is...
Solving Campbell River's homeless crisis
October 17, 2023 16:54 - 11 minutes - 25.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Campbell River’s latest ‘Point in Time’ (PIT) Count found 197 homeless people within the city limits. 65% of them have been in Campbell River for at least five years, and 22% were born there. They are sleeping outside, in vehicles, or in someone else’s home. When asked, a third of them reported not earning enough money to pay rent. "If they're not in public places, if they are shuffled along back into alleys or nooks and crannies, they are targets. That is one...
Campbell River rescinds Permissive Tax Exemption cuts
October 16, 2023 13:25 - 5 minutes - 11.7 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There was an enormous public response to the city of Campbell River’s proposed Permissive Tax Exemption (PTE) cuts, made at the September 28 Council Meeting. Hundreds of people wrote letters and emails protesting this action and Campbell River was criticized by BC’s MInistry of Housing. Consequently, the cuts were rescinded on Friday October 12. One of the most controversial pieces was removal of the Campbell River Art Gallery’s PTE for their ‘bad behaviour’ ...
Seeking Your Input For A New Vision Of Tourism On Cortes Island
October 12, 2023 12:40 - 7 minutes - 16.8 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Leslie Anderson and Nancy Arsenault are bringing a new vision of tourism to Mansons Hall on Monday, October 23rd and Gorge Hall the following day. “The old model of tourism where you just focused on the visitors doesn't work. How do you uild tourism for the benefit of all and not just the visitors? How can tourism, the dollars that it brings, the amenities and infrastructure that can be brought benefit residents first, along with the visitors. How do you buil...
QXMC's newest operation: the Klahoose mill
October 10, 2023 22:17 - 5 minutes - 11.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - QXMC, the Klahoose development corporation, recently acquired a new operation. Kevin Peacey, who started the Klahoose mill and ran it until he became Chief in 2017, will now be overseeing operations. "As of September 1st, QXMC has taken over the mill and has leased the land here from the band. We have three employees right now, (myself), J. R. Harry and Tim. In the near future, which is coming up pretty quick, we're going to probably employ three or four ...
Sierra Quadra: How shall we proceed?
October 10, 2023 13:59 - 13 minutes - 31.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Sierra Quadra has been educating Quadra Islanders about the unfolding environmental crisis for close to 25 years, but they have been relatively quiet since COVID. This is changing. On September 28 they joined with the Council of Canadians, in Campbell River, to protest the provincial governments failure to implement its strategy to preserve old growth forests. On October 21 they will be sponsoring the world premiere of Robert Bringhurst’s poem ‘The Ridge‘ at t...
Raising a flag to remember: Cortes Island School marks Orange Shirt Day
October 09, 2023 12:25 - 6 minutes - 14.4 MBOdette Auger/ CKTZ News - The sun was shining on Cortes Island school Friday Sept 29, as the Parent Advisory Committee shared orange T-shirts with all the children. With a new principal, the team and students were busy all month preparing to observe the day of memorial by raising a Residential School Survivors’ flag. Klahoose Elders visited to share their lived experiences and share song, drumming, and hope. Sisters Rose Hanson and Jessie Louie, joined with singer Brenda Hanson. The day wa...
First of 4 cultural events from Sierra Quadra: 'The Ridge.'
October 08, 2023 23:01 - 5 minutes - 13.3 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Sierra Quadra is bringing Robert Bringhurst’s poem The Ridge to the Quadra Community Centre, at 7:30 on Saturday October 21st. In an interview with Cortes Currents, Ray Grigg said he believes thisis the 80 minute long poem’s world premiere. It is also the first of four performances Sierra Quadra is putting on this year. They also have two films lined up. On Dec 16 they will be showing ‘Once You Know’ and on Feb 3 ‘Keepers of the Land.’ A fourth event is bei...
Campbell River Art Gallery may be muzzled, but community speaks out
October 08, 2023 13:29 - 3 minutes - 8.14 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The city of Campbell River intends to remove the Campbell River Art Gallery’s (CRAG) tax exemption, and will not allow the gallery to make a presentation at the October 12 council meeting where the final decision will be made. At the September 28 meeting, Councillor Ron Kerr moved to have the CRAG’s exemption and that of the Vancouver Island Mental Health Society removed because of their ‘bad behaviour.’ There was no one available to comment when Cortes Curre...
Campbell River moves to remove tax exemptions from the Art Gallery and Mental Health.
October 06, 2023 15:19 - 13 minutes - 30.8 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - At their September 28 Council meeting, the city of Campbell River took the first steps towards removing the tax exemptions from the Campbell River Art Gallery (CRAG) and Vancouver Island Mental Health. Councillor Ron Kerr made the motions, which were approved, with only Councillor Tanille Johnston voting in opposition. City staff informed council this was a change of direction which affected the budget and there would need to be a second meeting before the exemp...
The carbon footprint of longer distance travel to and from Cortes
October 05, 2023 14:13 - 8 minutes - 19.5 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) just released a report about the carbon footprint made by long distance trips to and from Cortes Island. Many of their findings are to be expected. Taking a plane off the island creates a great deal more emissions than driving a car, and people who carpool or take a bus are responsible for only a fraction of that vehicle’s pollution. One of the biggest contributors to our local footprint is the Cortes-Quadra ferry, which ...
Kim Paulley: George Sirk, Cortes Island and the rebirth of a career
October 04, 2023 13:02 - 27 minutes - 63.1 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Her singing career appeared to be a thing of the past, when Kim Paulley came to Cortes Island in 1992. The release of ‘Straight From The Heart’ had been promising, but she turned to Classical music. While there had been ‘fantastic’ moments between 1985-90, there was also the toil of auditions (and sometimes not getting the part). Her career was on hold when a friend recommended the retreats at Hollyhock, where George Sirk was a naturalist guide. “He was ever e...
Pink Salmon return to Cortes after 8 years, but creek levels are too low
October 02, 2023 17:51 - 3 minutes - 7.67 MBRoy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Cortes Currents was mistaken in the original version of this story. The Chum run did not come into Basil Creek early this year – these are Pinks. According to Cortes Island Streamkeeper Christine Robinson there have not been any Pink runs on Cortes since 2015, but there was a huge surplus this year. Pinks are known to stray and find creeks other than their natal streams, and this may be an explanation for their presence on Cortes Island. They started to turn up...
Sept 2023 Ferry Advisory Committee Meeting
September 30, 2023 12:36 - 9 minutes - 8.87 MBDe Clarke/ Cortes Currents - Cortes Island’s Ferry Advisory committee met (via Webex, a Zoom-like conferencing app) on the afternoon of Wednesday September 27th at 12:30pm. The meeting had originally been scheduled as a “town hall” style event at Mansons Hall; however, at the last minute BC Ferries announced that their FAC meetings would be held online, due to threats of violence from the public. Though such threatening behaviour seemed unlikely on Cortes Island, BCF’s policy apparently appl...
Kim Paulley: Quest for the Ultimate Free Voice
September 28, 2023 15:04 - 27 minutes - 62.6 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The audio version of this story opens with a clip of Cortes Island’s own Kim Paulley singing in what may be the first music video release of Bryan Adams' ‘Straight from the Heart.’ That was in 1979. Adams originally thought it should be sung by a woman and did not make the song famous for another 3 years. Paulley has been entertaining Cortes Islanders for the past three decades and in 1994 gave a special unscheduled performance for Queen Elizabeth on Twin Isl...
Saving costs and retaining quality through Creative Deconstruction
September 27, 2023 14:14 - 5 minutes - 12.3 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - At a time of rising lumber costs and diminishing quality, a little Cortes Island business has been demonstrating how the materials from existing houses can be reused in a variety of ways. “We call our business Creative Deconstruction. We take apart buildings by hand and sell the building materials that are still in good condition to people who are building. We also try to process whatever can't be reused in ways that are also healthy,” explained Max Thaysen. ...
Birthing of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery
September 24, 2023 23:35 - 13 minutes - 32 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery just celebrated its 26th anniversary. Some of its early posters and reproductions of artwork were put up on the walls for the society’s recent AGM. During conversation with some of the earlier members, Cortes Currents learned the gallery was in operation prior to the beginning of written records in 1997. Brigid Wieler explained, “I was here from the beginning, not terribly involved right away, but interested. Evelyn Mielke actua...
Memories of the old Whaletown Schoolhouse
September 22, 2023 13:27 - 8 minutes - 20.3 MBRoy L Hales/Cortes Currents - After more than a decade of service, the Oyster Bay schoolhouse was barged over to Whaletown in 1950. There it opened its doors to the children of a new community. Brigid Weiler started attending the Whaletown School in 1959. Her earliest memories are in that area. “My dad Ottie Weiler was the postmaster in Whaletown for many, many years. My mom, Mary Weiler, was from New Westminster. My dad was from Victoria. They were essentially urban visionaries, if you ...
Day of Action for Old Growth in Campbell River
September 22, 2023 12:47 - 5 minutes - 13.3 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Three years have passed since the BC government promised to implement the Old Growth Strategic Review, but many feel very little has been done. On September 28 concerned citizens will be protesting in front of constituency offices across the province. The local protest will be in front of MLA Michele Babchuk’s office at 908 Island Highway, in Campbell River, from 11:30 to 12:30. “The Council of Canadians, Campbell River chapter and Sierra Club, Quadra Island...
Glimpse into the inner workings of the NDP Electoral District Association
September 20, 2023 23:04 - 8 minutes - 20.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There are 87 electoral district associations (EDAs) in BC, each one of which sends an MLA to the provincial Legislature. In July Max Thaysen was elected Vice President of the Executive Committee of the North Island NDP Electoral District Association. “It's been interesting and inspiring to get involved in this stuff, and I've been delighted to work on society's great challenges with other people, and it's been going really well,” he said. CC: How do you meet...
Wills the heavy rains come in time for this year's Chum run?
September 19, 2023 18:17 - 5 minutes - 12.7 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Very little water is trickling through Basil Creek, where Cortes Island’s principal Chum run occurs in late October. There have been few days of rain on Cortes since May, and some of the area's shallow wells stopped producing in July. Only about 10 Chum were seen in Basil Creek during the 2022 drought. Unless water levels rise, this may be the second year in a row when there is not a creek for the Chum return. According to the Pacific Salmon Foundation, BC is...
Meeting of Cortes Island's small businesses
September 18, 2023 23:43 - 5 minutes - 11.6 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Sixteen Cortes Island business people, plus board members from the Cortes Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA), came out to the Conversation Cafe in Mansons Hall on Thursday September 14. They came from Whaletown, Cortes Bay and Mansons Landing. There were representatives from the construction sector, value added wood products, food production and cottage industries like cosmetics and jewelry. Some had been in business for years, and others were j...
How can the region promote free stores and other waste reducing facilities
September 18, 2023 14:32 - 2 minutes - 6.19 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - At a time when the average Canadian spends more than $3,000 a year on clothing, many Cortes Island residents are satisying their personal needs and disposing of clothing through the local freestore. Similarly, Creative Deconstruction has suppiled materials used in ten new homes on Cortes Island. Mark Vonesch, the Regional Director for Cortes Island, suggests that centres like this may offer a model that needs to be promoted throughout the Comox and Strathcona Re...
Anonymous donor gives 250k for Cortes residents in need
September 15, 2023 12:13 - 5 minutes - 7.64 MBLouis Belcourt/ CKTZ News - An anonymous donor has donated around $250,000 to create a one time, experimental grant program that gives directly to the Cortes community. The Cortes Island Community Foundation (CICF) was chosen to create the program and distribute the funds in the form of one time, cash "gifts" to individuals. The gifts never have to be paid back, and the CICF do not need receipts of how the cash was spent. "We want people to apply for money for their specific needs instead o...
Proposed Open Fire Ban & moving towards a Dog Control Service
September 15, 2023 11:31 - 5 minutes - 13.5 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Regional Director Mark Vonesch brought two Cortes Island motions before the SRD Board on Wednesday, September 13. Both were passed with no opposing votes. The first was to draw up an Open Burning Bylaw in the parts of Cortes Island within the South Cortes Fire Protection Area. However the electorate needs to approve the second item, a proposed Dog Control Service. Vonesch was on the way home, waiting in the ferry line-up at Heriot Bay, when he spoke with Corte...
A new semester at the Cortes Island Academy
September 14, 2023 12:45 - 8 minutes - 18.5 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Academy kicked off its second year with a ‘meet and greet’ barbeque on Tuesday, September 5. Students and homestay parents met with some of the people working behind the scenes. School started the following day. “Right now, the students are just going back into the classroom after being in Carrington for the last four days on a camping trip that started on the weekend and went into the week. They are still in the outdoor education fundament...
The fate of 3 wharves in Area C
September 14, 2023 11:50 - 4 minutes - 10.9 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - It has been nine years Transport Canada (TC) transferred administration of three wharves in Discovery Islands-Mainland Inlets (Area C) to the Strathcona Regional District (SRD). The SRD was also given $2.9 Million for maintenance and upgrades that were to be completed before November 2024. The work was not done and now the cost of upgrading the wharves Owen Bay on Sonora Island, Surge Narrows on Read Island, and Port Neville on the northern shore of the Johnston...
Folk U: Open Mic at Friday Live Music
September 12, 2023 21:44 - 1 hour - 245 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - The tenth and last concert in the Friday Live Music Series was an open mic afternoon. Welcoming in the fall on September 1st in the Village Commons tent, the event was a well-attended last hoorah. Performers featured were Louis Belcourt, Sun Rob, Tashi, and Jemma & the Good Thing. Manda Aufochs Gillespie hosted the concert live on Folk U Radio. The series was sponsored by the Cortes Island Community Foundation. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every ...
Folk U: Basil at Friday Live Music
September 12, 2023 21:21 - 1 hour - 182 MBManda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On Friday August 25th, Basil performed the ninth concert in the Friday Market Live Music Series. An island singer-songwriter, their music was beautiful and heartfelt. Manda Aufochs Gillespie hosted the concert live on Folk U Radio. The series was sponsored by the Cortes Island Community Foundation. 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 repeat...
Greg Osoba comes to Folk U Radio
September 12, 2023 20:56 - 59 minutes - 137 MBGreg Osoba comes to Folk U Radio by Cortes Currents (https://cortescurrents.ca/)
Paul Muskee on Klahoose Aquaculture & QXMC
September 12, 2023 13:34 - 10 minutes - 23.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Paul Muskee has been working for QXMC for close to 15 years and the last decade of that has been with Klahoose Aquaculture. “I feel like my life has led me this way. When I was younger, I did work in aquaculture and I did work in forestry. I was also a mining technologist for a bunch of years, but I grew up around Powell River, Lund and Desolation Sound. Running boats has always been part of what I've done. I've loved working for Klahoose. They've been a gre...
A blueprint for Cortes Island's future: Why the Conversation Cafes are important
September 11, 2023 12:24 - 7 minutes - 18.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA) is hosting an in-person community discussion with Cortes Island’s small businesses in the Pioneer Room at Mansons Hall on Thursday Sept 14, 2023. This is the first in a series of 6 ‘Conversation Cafes’ meant to update Cortes Island’s Local Economic Action Plan (LEAP) in an inexpensive way. “Our Local Economic Action Plan is five years out of date,” said Kate Maddigan, CCEDA’s Economic Developme...
Ann Mortifee: A 3 year pilgrimage & returning to music
September 07, 2023 21:23 - 26 minutes - 59.8 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - (The second is a series of interviews with Ann Mortifee, click here to access part one.) Ann Mortifee seemed to be on the verge of a breakthrough few artists even dream of, when she left the music industry in 1975. EMI Records had just produced her second album and set up a world tour. Yet Ann’s inner voice clearly stated, “if you go down this path, you will not fulfill your destiny.” She resisted at first, but finally told her music director, “I'm leaving ...
At the Cortes Library: Insects a Presentation
September 06, 2023 02:08 - 7 minutes - 17.4 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Sean Nightingale, from Wild Cortes, will be giving a presentation about insects, at the Cortes Island Regional Library from 5:30 to 7;00 tonight.
Dreaming I am Ann
September 04, 2023 18:46 - 28 minutes - 66.2 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The first in a series on interviews: Ann Mortifee is probably the most famous musician on Cortes Island, which is more of a compliment than it sounds like because there are a lot of talented musicians on Cortes. However from the start of our interview, it was apparent this story was about a lot more than singing. I had this bizarre feeling to lead with the question, ‘When did you start becoming Ann Mortifee?’ Her answer came out of the memories of a 4-years-...
QXMC: Search for a new General Manager
September 03, 2023 12:36 - 7 minutes - 16.1 MBRoy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - QXMC, the Klahoose First Nation development company, is looking for a new General Manager. “We’ve retained a search company that has a great track record of looking for candidates of this type of size. In the past, we’ve used companies like Boyden that sort of do searches for Fortune 500 companies, and that’s not what we’re looking for,” explained Ron Buchhorn, Chairman of the QXMC Board. “We’re looking for people who can run a diverse business. We’re proba...