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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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00:12:02

Michael Keith and Iris Gildea are leaving Cortes Island

Cortes Currents ·

2025/04/10

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Michael Keith and his wife Iris Gildea are leaving Cortes Island. “This was a decision we made a while ago. My wife teaches at the University of Toronto. When we moved to Cortes, we thought she was going to be leaving there, but in the last couple years some things changed and she's decided to stay. It's quite the commute between semesters and we started investigating the possibility of moving somewhere a bit closer to her work. We found the ideal situation in the

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00:08:44

Summer Moorage Spots On Cortes Island

Cortes Currents ·

2025/04/09

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Harbour Authority Cortes Island started taking applications for summer moorage spots at 9 AM on April 1st. Harbour Master Jenny Hartwick explained, “This is our way of helping to manage the number of boats using. What's happened over the last few years on Cortes especially after Covid, is we've seen a steady increase in summer visitors and local residents getting out on the water. That's put additional pressure on the available mortgage that we have at the

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00:11:06

2025 Forest Trust For the Children of Cortes Island...

Cortes Currents ·

2025/04/08

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - This broadcast opened with the Klahoose Singers chanting a blessing to the forest and the land in general, at the Forest Trust For The Children of Cortes Island Society AGM on Saturday, April 5, 2025. As many of you are aware, the Society was set up to try and obtain 624 acres of forest adjacent to Carrington Bay Regional Park on Cortes Island, that are currently managed by Mosaic. Around 40 people were present when Chair Chris Dragseth announced they were making

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00:02:32

Three Reasons 338Canada’s Riding Projections Don’t...

Cortes Currents ·

2025/04/08

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Depending on which election poll you are looking at, the Liberals are leading by anywhere from 5 to 10 points nationally. The last poll to suggest the Conservatives were tied with them was taken by Abacus on February 4, 2025. An Angus Reid poll taken on April 7, 2025 found that in British Columbia the Liberal Party leads by 11 points. It’s more difficult to get a breakdown riding by riding. While 338Canada’s projections are generally fairly accurate, they are

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00:06:10

Aaron Gunn, Residential Schools and the Meanings of...

Cortes Currents ·

2025/04/08

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - In a series of tweets between 2019 and 2021, the Conservative candidate for North Island Powell River, Aaron Gunn, argued against the the idea that residential schools were a form of genocide. In the first of these he agreed that they were ‘truly horrific events,’ but added that people should not refer to them with a loaded word like ‘genocide’ that does not remotely reflect the reality of what happened.” He was wrong, residential schools are a perfect example of

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00:01:58

Aaron Gunn Responds- About Vladimir Putin

Cortes Currents ·

2025/04/06

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The following statement was taken from Aaron Gunn's Twitter feed - I am firmly opposed to Putin’s heinous and illegal actions in Ukraine, and his oppression of the Russian people within Russia. I have held and articulated these views publicly for years. In early 2014, when I was still in my early 20s, I made foolish comments about Putin and Ukraine. I stopped holding those views a long time ago. Canada must support Ukraine in their defence against Russia’s illegal

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00:03:01

Aaron Gunn Respond- About Residential Schools

Cortes Currents ·

2025/04/06

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Aaron Gunn, the Conservative candidate for North Island Powell River, has responded to some of the allegations made about his position on residential schools. I am reading this out from his Twitter feed. I’d like to clear up what has been said today. I have always been firm in recognizing the truly horrific events that transpired in residential schools, and any attempt to suggest otherwise is simply false. I have never wavered in condemning these institutions of

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00:06:47

Elected and Former Politicians Calling For Aaron Gunn...

Cortes Currents ·

2025/04/05

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A growing number of elected and former politicians in the North Island Powell River riding are calling upon the Conservative Party to withdraw their endorsement of Aaron Gunn, and demand he withdraw his candidacy. There were already 19 names on this jpoint letter when Cortes Currents spoke to the two women spearheaded this campaign. “This has all happened within the last 48 hours. I believe (Bob Chamberlain) a former Vice President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs

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00:13:13

First Nation Leaders Call Upon Conservative Party To...

Cortes Currents ·

2025/04/04

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -First Nations leaders are calling upon the Conservative Party of Canada to drop Aaron Gunn, candidate for North Island-Powell River, due to a series of tweets he made between 2019 and 2021. More than 150,000 First Nation, Métis and Inuit children were taken out of their homes and forced to attend residential schools between the 1870s and 1997. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission called the residential school system "cultural genocide" in its final report released in

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00:01:53

Chief Bob Chamberlain endorses Tanille Johnson

Cortes Currents ·

2025/04/04

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Bob Chamberlain, former Vice President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and former elected chief of the Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation is endorsing NDP candidate Tanille Johnson in North Island Powell River. “I just hope that your listeners are understanding and supportive of justice for First Nations people.” “I hope they'll vote for the NDP. I say that because I've been NDP my whole life. Back here I've got a sign when I ran for the NDP in Nanaimo." "I

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00:16:03

Campaign Stories From North Island Powell River

Cortes Currents ·

2025/04/03

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - All of the recent polls report the Liberals ahead in this election. If the election were held today, 338Canada and CBC’s Poll tracker are projecting a landslide victory, with between 193 and 202 seats going to Mark Carney’s Liberal Party. It’s a bit more difficult when it comes to calculating the outcome in individual ridings. According to 338Canada’s projections, North Island-Powell River is the bluest of the four northern Vancouver Island ridings. Aaron Gunn is

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00:06:26

Cortes Island Museum AGM

Cortes Currents ·

2025/04/02

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Museum had their AGM on March 30th. “We had 52 people come out despite a really nice gardening day. You could see people having conversations and lots of hugs. Nice to see everybody out after the winter. Coffee and treats were available, a nice wide selection of home baked goods. So it's like the social atmosphere was really positive,” explained Melanie Boyle, Managing Director of the Cortes Island Museum. “The museum AGM business meeting takes

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00:05:46

Anna Kindy explains why she does not endorse part of...

Cortes Currents ·

2025/03/30

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - While she recognizes DRIPA as a valuable document, MLA Anna Kindy recently informed the SRD Board that she does not support ‘article 26.’ The topic came up when she took part in the May 26 Board meeting. Kindy began by stating, “ Part of the reason I'm here is to actually learn how things are run. I'm not going to pretend I know everything, far from it. It's a steep learning curve, but my motivation is to truly represent my constituents. I ran for a party, but I'm

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00:09:26

Are Oil and Gas emissions holding Canada back from...

Cortes Currents ·

2025/03/27

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - On March 21, Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a press release stating that in 2023 Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped to their lowest level in 27 years (excluding the pandemic years). The exception in this otherwise positive picture was the oil and gas sector, where emissions continue to rise. However there is good news within that sector as well, ‘fugitive greenhouse gas emissions from oil and natural gas have decreased by 33% between 2013–2023,

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00:04:20

FOCI 2025 Broom Bash At Mansons Lagoon

Cortes Currents ·

2025/03/26

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) has been helping maintain Mansons Landing Provincial Park since 2016. They’ve been putting up railings to prevent further erosion of banks, putting up interpretive signage and maintain the trails. FOCI also holds a Broom Bash every year. 15 volunteers and staff showed up to remove this invasive species on Saturday, March 21, 2025.Cortes Currents asked Helen Hall, FOCI's executive director, “Is this a good turnout?” Helen Hall: “We’ve

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00:03:33

Firesmarting Rainbow Ridge

Cortes Currents ·

2025/03/25

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There hasn't been a major wildfire on Cortes Island for decades, but this could change as our summer’s grow hotter and drier. The Rainbow Ridge Affordable Housing project is being designed with this in mind. “The main idea is to try to have more of a FireSmart community and get rid of the conifers that are much more prone to embers catching fire and then catching the neighbor's houses and vehicles on fire, like we saw in the California fires this winter,” explained

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00:01:06

Shout Out From Tanille Johnston

Cortes Currents ·

2025/03/25

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The election writ was dropped Sunday and the following day Cortes Currents published responses from the candidates in our riding. As they were either emails or excerpts from press releases, it is only on the web. However NDP candidate Tanille Johnston just sent in an audio clip as well. She’s referring to a meeting the Cortes Island Climate Action Network put on in Mansons Hall. “Hey everybody, just doing a little shout out. Thanks so much for having me a few weeks

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00:04:11

Phase 1 At Rainbow Ridge_ Logs, Branches and Other...

Cortes Currents ·

2025/03/24

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A four acre clearing was carved out of the forest in downtown Mansons Landing to make way for the Rainbow Ridge Affordable Housing Development. A crew was busy piling the last of the logs when Cortes Currents arrived on site, and the ground was covered with branches, wood debris and stumps. Construction on the first building is expected to start in a month, which means a lot of wood is going to have to disappear. What is the Cortes Housing Society going to do with

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00:08:12

Phase One At Rainbow Ridge_ Boundaries With The...

Cortes Currents ·

2025/03/23

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - There were a couple of changes in the plan for the Rainbow Ridge Affordable Housing Development as the site was cleared. A small parcel of land along the northern border of the property was given to the Cortes Island Fire Department, to enable it to expand. Plans for a hedge of trees between Rainbow Ridge and the Cortes Island Senior’s Village were drastically altered after root rot was discovered. Mark Lombard spoke on behalf of the Cortes Island Housing Society,

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00:11:36

2025 MicroGrants 4 Neighbours Program on Cortes Island

Cortes Currents ·

2025/03/20

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - mmanuel McKenty is the new face of the Cortes Island Microgrants 4 Neighbours Program. When this ZOOM interview began, he was sitting in a room that looked very similar to where I interviewed him along with the rest of the Awakeneers on previous occasions. Cortes Currents: Give me your spiel and then I’ll ask some questions. Immanuel McKenty: “ The 2025 round of the Cortes Island MicroGrants is now open for applications between March 10th and April 7th. We're

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