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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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00:10:15

The Chum return to Basil Creek

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/22

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Chum started returning to Basil Creek a week ago. To an inexperienced eye, the water levels seemed too low on the 16th, but dozens of large salmon were progressing upstream beyond the culvert. Christine Robinson said that she and her husband Cec had seen them the previous day. That was when we agreed to do this interview. “We know it's the big year in their four year cycle. Chum primarily have a four year cycle, a few of them three, and a few of them five, but the

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00:17:58

The 2024 Vital Signs Report For Cortes Island

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/21

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Community Foundation just published Cortes Island’s Vital Signs report. “ When I started with the Community Foundation a few years ago, I was already in the community, trying to make things happen. In particular, I tried to make things happen in the most grassroots small nonprofit ways possible, but often in the area where I saw that there was a lot of need. Very quickly, I was in the process of writing grants and trying to figure out how to bring

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00:03:36

Odds of an NDP Majority

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/18

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A day before the election 338Canada is predicting a slight NDP majority. 338Canada is a campaign website that uses available polling data, each riding’s history, and population data etc. It predicts the outcome of the election for every riding and has been used in 13 elections. They have been right close to 90% of the time. They were wrong, but still within the margin of error 6% and totally wrong in 4% out of 1,657 electoral district races. This prediction for the

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00:11:54

Cortes Housing talks about Aquifers, Rental...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/17

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - There has been a lot going on at the Cortes Community Housing Society. They are starting to provide housing for the community, are supporting changes to the island’s bylaws and are acting as a matchmaker for potential renters and landlords. However the first story I want to cover this morning is about the aquifer study that is about to begin.

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00:08:38

Deadline for Grants in Aid Applications - Friday

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/16

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Community Foundation is helping to review Grant-in Applications again. As in the past, the Strathcona Regional District Board will be dispersing a pool of approximately $25,000 to Cortes Island Social Profits. The average grant award is in the range of $1000 – $5000 and will be dispersed by end of 2024. This year’s Grant-in-Aid funding will prioritize projects supporting Arts, Culture or Environment. Any non-profits or charitable societies who wish to

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01:46:49

Unedited audio from NDP candidate Michele Babchuk's...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/15

Bryan McKinnon/CKTZ - The unedited audio of Michele Babchuk's meeting with Cortes residents on Oct 12, 2024

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00:27:39

Michele Babchuk meets with Cortes Island voters

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/15

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - NDP incumbent Michele Babchuk came to Cortes Island Saturday, October 12, in the second in a series of meet the candidate events organized by FOCI’s Climate Action Committee. There is not room to unpack close to two hours of fact filled conversation into this half hour, but the full podcast is at the bottom of this page and here are some highlights. Babchuk began by giving an overview of her career: “I've lived in Campbell River for 20 years, with my wonderful

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00:05:24

How the election might have turned out if it been on...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/14

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - 338Canada’s latest projection, taken on Sunday October 13, shows the NDP may be heading towards a majority government. The NDP was leading in 49 ridings, but in 6 of these only by a narrow margin. The Conservative Party of BC was leading in 42 ridings, but in 7 by a nose. Our own North Island riding is one of the the latter. Conservative candidate Anna Kindy is currently projected as a nose ahead of incumbent Michele Babchuk, 45% to 43%. As the margin of error for

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01:44:40

Unedited audio from Green Candidate Nic Dedeluk's visit

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/10

Unedited copy of meeting recording

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00:28:46

Highlights from Green candidate Nic Dedeluk’s visit...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/10

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents Around 30 people turned out to meet Green candidate Nic Dedeluk when she came to Mansons Hall on Monday, October 7. Cortes Currents recorded 145 minutes of the two hour meeting, which is far too much to fit into a half hour broadcast. So today’s program consists of a few highlights. A copy of the unedited audio is embedded in the written version of this story. As a third of the audience came from the Cortes Island Academy, Dedeluk told them, “I'm so thankful that

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00:14:04

Our Fair Shair: Climate Crisis Workshop on Cortes Island

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/08

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - “A ccording to NASA, if we look back 800,000 years, we can see that carbon dioxide concentration fluctuated between roughly 180 and 280 parts per million and just in the geological blink of an eye, we have sent that parts per million up to just about 400. So we're getting very close to a doubling of CO2 relative to where it has been for a long time.” That quote was Max Thaysen, from FOCI’s Climate Action Committee, explaining one of the slides (top of page) shown

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00:09:19

Wind Power Coming to Campbell River Area?

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/08

De Clarke/Cortes Currents - Company seeks permission to locate wind farm north of Campbell River. Capstone Infrastructure Corporation, an independent and publicly traded power generating company headquartered in Toronto, has applied to SRD for permitting and approval for a new project on Vancouver Island. The "Brewster Wind Project" would install about 30 wind turbines on a site about 40 km northwest of Campbell River. The proposed site is on some ridges between highways 28 and 19 -- more

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00:11:55

No Future for Net Pen Salmon CAFO

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/07

De Clarke/Cortes Currents - There was some bad news this month for the Norwegian fish feedlot industry in Canada: their own trade magazine featured the following headline: The Critics Are Right: It’s Time To Close Down Salmon Farms As many of our readers know, the Norwegian salmon feedlot industry continues to defend its BC operations fiercely against critique from fishermen, environmentalists and marine biologists. Despite the political clout of this lucrative industry, and after years of

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00:22:34

The Most Exciting Conservation Story On Cortes Island

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/07

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Transcript of a radio broadcast by Sabina Leader Mense Just last weekend several of us were at the Cortes Island Museum for the launch of Sheila Harrington's new book 'Voices For The Islands: 30 Years Of Nature Conservation In The Salish Sea.' What Sheila does in this book is she celebrates this amazing community of conservationists that are living and working in the Salish Sea. In the foreword, Briony Penn wrote, "If you've picked up this book, chances are that

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00:11:55

Nic for North Island, an interview with the Green...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/04

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - While the Green party has shown promise in the past, especially on Vancouver Island, this has yet to translate into votes on election day. So my biggest question for Nic Dedeluck, the candidate for North Island riding, is why should we vote Green? Nick Dedeluck: “The Green Party is running candidates in 69 ridings, but we have six ridings that we are really hopeful will actually get elected. Getting six green MLAs voted in would be really positive for BC politics and

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00:16:19

Roxan Chicalo: Searching for the elusive Western...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/03

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A small group of people turned out to hear an overview of FOCI’s Western Screech Owl Project at Mansons Hall on Friday September 27, 2024. Participants listened to different owl calls, examined owl feathers and learned why putting up nest boxes is important. The speakers were the two biologists from Madrone Environmental who wrote FOCI’s final report. Cortes Currents interviewed the lead author, Roxan Chicalo, afterward. “What gets me up in the morning, when I'm

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00:13:58

Truth and Reconciliation Celebration on Cortes Island

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/02

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - There was a Truth and Reconciliation ceremony at Gorge Harbour on Monday, September 30. It consisted of sacred songs and sharing experiences, as well as Chief Steven Brown’s perspectives on how the Klahoose are reclaiming their present and their future.

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00:13:47

A Cortes Island view: the local election campaign on...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/10/01

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - 338Canada’s latest projection for North Island Riding, taken on September 30, shows the Conservative party of BC having just taken the lead in the popular vote. Nineteen days from the election, they may currently be supported by 47% of the electorate as opposed to 42% for the NDP. The media website uses data from recent polls and the riding’s history. They have covered 13 general elections and, so far, 338Canada claims to have successfully identified the winner in 1,657

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00:01:56

Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ Name Changes For Campbell River Area

Cortes Currents ·

2024/09/30

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ [pronounced Lee-gwilth-daxw] Nations (We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum and Kwiakah) are asking the province to change several geographic names in the Campbell River area. They wish to change the name of the Discovery Passage to Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ Passage, the Quinsam River to Kʷənsəm and the Tyee Spit to ʔuxstalis [pronounced Oox-sta-lease]. The Discovery Passage was once called Yaculta Narrows, because the Ligw”itdax peoples charged a toll for canoes passing

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00:06:57

Active Transportation Planning Grants open the door...

Cortes Currents ·

2024/09/29

Rpy L Hales/Cores Currents - The Active Transportation Planning grants that Quadra Island is about to receive, and both Cortes Island and Area D are applying for, opens the door to far larger opportunities. As Meredith Starkey, Manager of Planning for the Strathcona Regional District (SRD), explained “Active transportation means anything human powered: walking, cycling, and rolling in the sense of skateboarding or some other type of device that you might use to roll." "This is the BC Active

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