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Cortes Currents

Cortes Currents (https://cortescurrents.ca/)

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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00:12:14

The Cortes Housing Society looks back to things...

Cortes Currents ·

2025/01/17

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Cortes Community Housing Society will soon break ground on Rainbow Ridge. They are also renting out two houses, are about to explore the possibility of a tiny house village, and hope to launch a homeshare program this summer. There is also news about the aquifer study, more online housing forums, the Cortes Island Trade Directory and Cortes Island’s vacant homes.“2024 was a banner year for us in many ways,” exclaimed Executive Director Sadhu Johnston. Bruin

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01:14:21

MaxShellfishRecording_Jan9_Edited

Cortes Currents ·

2025/01/17

Manda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - On January 9, 2025, Max Thaysen and Erik Lyon hosted a hands-on workshop on all things shellfish! This fantastic teaching team chatted harvesting, sustainability, identification, risks and benefits of eating local shellfish, and so much more! This is a field-recording-style episode made possible by Decoda Literacy, the Cortes Island Community Foundation, and the Cortes Island Food Bank. Big thank you to Max and Erik. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every

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00:11:47

Proposed Campbell River Bylaw for Nusance Lighting

Cortes Currents ·

2025/01/15

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - On January 9, 2025, Campbell River’s City Council gave first and second readings to a public nuisance amendment bylaw intended to prevent floodlighting, spotlighting and directional lighting from shining beyond the properties they protect onto residential areas. Council is giving the public to respond in writing before making a decision. Bylaw Services Manager (SM) Karl Read pointed out that it has been a year since Paula Burque asked the city to remedy this

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00:08:11

Green Party Candidate Jessica Wegg talks about the...

Cortes Currents ·

2025/01/14

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Election fever seems to be in the air again and in the first of a series of interviews with the candidates, Cortes Currents talked with Jessica wig the green party candidate for North Island-Powell River. “We have a chance now to show the world that we will not Follow the trend of electing conservative right wing governments out of fear because we're told that things are bad. We know that things are bad in some ways, but things are amazing and wonderful in so

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00:09:58

From Shore to Table Workshop on Cortes Island

Cortes Currents ·

2025/01/13

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Max Thaysen and Erik Lyon led a shellfish harvesting workshop in Mansons Lagoon on Thursday January 9, 2024. This was a free event sponsored by the Cortes Island Community Foundation, Decoda Literacy, and the Cortes Island Food Bank. Cortes Currents interviewed Max a few days prior to the workshop. “ I would love to support people to get more of their food from our local environment in a way that is ecologically sustainable and invited my friend Eric Lyon to join me

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00:04:31

On the Threshold of a 1.5°C World

Cortes Currents ·

2025/01/11

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -While there is some disagreement as to whether we have passed the 1.5°C threshhold set at COP 21 in Paris, scientists agree that we are on the brink and 2024 was the hottest year on record.At COP 29 last November, Jim Skea, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) explained, “Children born today will not know a world without climate change. The IPCC has shown that we, and furthermore they, will live in a world marked by more intense storms,

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00:16:14

Turning Down the Heat Part 2: It's Time to Kick Some Ass

Cortes Currents ·

2025/01/07

Max Thaysen/Climate Action Network - When filmmaker Jon Cooksey talks about kicking ass in his frog-boiling film, he's referring to the application of pressure, embarrassing, shedding light on the people and institutions that are doing bad things. He points to the fact that we have massive access to video and publishing resources, so we can be ass-kicking youtube stars (or tiktok if that's your jam). The theory is, if businesses or politicians get bad press coverage, they will change their ways

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00:08:41

The Documentary Salmon Secrets Comes To Cortes Island

Cortes Currents ·

2025/01/07

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - French filmmaker Jérémy Mathieu’s award winning documentary ‘Salmon Secrets,’ will be coming to Gorge Hall at 1 PM on Sunday, January 12. This 40 minute film was produced by Clayoquot Action, whose co-founders Bonny Glamback and Dan Lewis will be speaking at the screening. Mike Moore, President of the Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI), stated, “The film is hosted by FOCI and our streamkeepers who have just done an incredible job working with the highways

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00:08:04

Dance Temple Cortes

Cortes Currents ·

2025/01/07

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Starting on Saturday, January 11th, Dance Temple Cortes will be held every two weeks in Manson's hole. "Everyone has an excuse not to dance. In Gabriel Roth's book, Sweat Your Prayers, there's a two page list or maybe a three page list of all the reasons. That's great, if that's your choice, but there's something to be said for getting over the resistance because there's no wrong way to dance. There's no wrong way to move. It's incredibly freeing to be in a space

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00:09:18

Biggest Christmas BIrd Count Ever

Cortes Currents ·

2025/01/06

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Audobin Society has been holding Christmas Bird Counts across North America for the past 125 years. On Cortes Island it is co-sponsored by the Cortes Island Museum and Birds Canada. Thirty-nine walkers, cyclists, boaters, and people in cars participated in Cortes Islands 2024 Christmas Bird Count. This was the third time that more than 4,000 birds have been counted since the islands first Christmas Bird Count in 2001. A new record was set: 4,545 Birds were

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00:04:17

DFO Confirms No Problems With Raw Oysters From Cortes...

Cortes Currents ·

2025/01/01

De Clarke/Cortes Currents - There has been a flurry of media stories about the dangers of eating raw oysters lately, but Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) confirmed that there have been no problems with Cortes Island grown oysters. (And there have been no problems anywhere with cooked oysters.) Only one of the 8 emergency closures DF0 listed, in response to Cortes Currents request, is in the Discovery Islands. A DFO notice from December 23 states, “The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has

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00:09:07

Stonehenge_ Exhibition from a Sacred Place for All...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/12/30

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Modern geneticists have shown us that the past is much closer than most of us realize. We carry the genetic coding from previous generations in our DNA and it can be traced back 200,000 to 300,000 years. Adam Rutherford went further, proclaiming everyone with European roots descends from Charlemagne (as well as his most humble followers). His point being that the number of your direct ancestors doubles every generation you count backward. By the time you count back 33

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01:29:05

Folk U- All things snow on Cortes Island

Cortes Currents ·

2024/12/30

Manda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - On Friday December 27th Manda Aufochs Gillespie from Folk U and Jane Newman from the Cortes Island Museum teamed up to present stories of snow on Cortes. A festive radio story telling event where neighbours tell their favourite stories of fun, festivities and mishaps. All things snowy on Cortes. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 p.m. and Mondays at 6:30 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. @CKTZ89.5FM or livestreamed at cortesradio.ca. Find repeats

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02:00:00

Folk U-Michael Keith and Greg Osoba Chat About All...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/12/24

Greg Osoba/Folk U - On December 20, 2024, host Greg Osoba was joined by guitarist Michael Keith to chat about all things guitar: theory, terminology, sounds, effects, and practice. This is a fun, demonstrative interview for both total beginners and advanced players looking for some new inspiration. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 p.m. and Mondays at 6:30 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. @CKTZ89.5FM or livestreamed at cortesradio.ca. Find repeats anytime at

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00:04:46

Bulk Water Regulations for the Outer Islands

Cortes Currents ·

2024/12/18

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - At their December 11 meeting, the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) Board passed a bylaw to regulate bulk water processing, bottling and sales on Maurelle, Sonora, Stuart, and the Rendezvous islands.Three Campbell River Directors voted against receiving the staff report for this bylaw. Director Susan Sinnott explained, “I just want to hear from staff, the reasons necessary. Is there a pending application for people to bulk water in the distillation sound area? Is

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00:03:11

Tiber Bay Residents Being Asked If They Want To Be...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/12/17

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The 32 properties in Tiber Bay are one step closer to being included in the South Cortes Island fire protection area. They are currently outside the boundary and, consequently, the Cortes Fire department cannot immediately respond to fires in that area. It needs direction from the BC Wildfire Service. Tiber Bay residents will soon be receiving a petition in which they can state their preferences. Cortes Island Director Mark Vonesch read out the motion at the December

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00:05:37

New Major Vessels For A 21st Century Ferry Service

Cortes Currents ·

2024/12/15

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -BC Ferries currently deploys 11 vessels on its major routes that connect Vancouver Island with the Lower Mainland. Six of these are decades old and nearing the end of their effective service life. While the volume of traffic has significantly increased over the past three decades, there have not been any additions to the major routes carrying capacity since the Spirit Class vessels were introduced in 1993-94. Consequently, 60% of the vehicles using the ferry on a major

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00:09:35

Cortes Island Food Bank Drive To Meet Rising Local Need

Cortes Currents ·

2024/12/15

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - he Cortes Island Food Bank recently launched a food drive to meet unprecedented needs. Cortes Currents met with two of the charity’s key personnel in the garage where most of the food is stored. Executive Director Filipe Figuera explained : “The situation is getting worse on Cortes. It is the same across the country. Two years ago, we had 100 client visits a year. This year we had 600, that's about 50 clients a month. People are really suffering economically. The

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00:07:57

Political maneuvers_ SRD proposal to meet with the...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/12/13

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - It has been 85 years since the Truck Loggers Association was founded to give independent loggers a collective voice in society and the forest industry. Now they would like the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) to intervene on their behalf with BC’s Minister of Forests, Minister of State for Workforce Development and Chief Forester. This was disclosed during the discussion of a motion from the SRD’s Natural Resources Committee at the Wednesday December 11 Board Meeting

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00:09:57

Poll Finds 54% of Canadians Support prioritizing...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/12/12

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - 54% of the respondents to a new poll from Abacus Data stated they think Canada should prioritize the development of renewable energy, 36% would like to see a ‘balanced approach’ and 11% would rather prioritize fossil fuels. “ We commissioned Abacus to run this polling for us and see where Canadians stand in terms of their support for renewable energy and around reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. What's clear is that a majority of Canadians want to see government

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