Cortes Currents
Cortes Currents is a news program that communicates the activities, concerns and interests of Cortes and other Discovery Islands.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 522
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Turning Down the Heat Part 1
Maureen Williams/ FOCI - In early July of 2024, a small group of Cortes Islanders, supported by Friends Of Cortes Island (FOCI), screened the film “How to Boil a Frog” for the community. The film is …
00:08:42 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Rural Modular Housing
Sadhu Johnston/ Cortes Housing Society & Folk University- Tune in on September 20th for another collaborative monthly housing forum presented by the Cortes Housing Society and Folk University. Themed…
01:11:54 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Mark Vonesch at the Union of BC Municipalities Convention
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Union of BC Municipalities 2024 Convention is in Vancouver this week. Local government and First Nations leaders from across the province are participating. One of …
00:03:58 |
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Open House at the Whaletown Dock; Renovation Needed
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There were 45 people on the Whaletown dock when Cortes Currents left half way through the Open House on Monday, September 16. Some were listening to Andy Ellingsen, a D…
00:13:10 |
Wed 18 Sep 2024
How the Cortes Foundation Dispersed $105,000 to help Reduce Poverty on Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Community Foundation recently announced that it is giving $105,000 to four of Cortes Island’s essential non-profit organizations. The Cortes Island Foo…
00:16:06 |
Mon 16 Sep 2024
Sept 12th Zoning Bylaw Review in Mansons Hall
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Close to 60 Cortes Island residents turned out for the Zoning Bylaw Review Meeting in Manson's Hall on Thursday, September 12th. The following article consists of audio…
00:09:27 |
Sat 14 Sep 2024
Nic Dedeluk Running For Green Party
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Nic Dedeluk, a marine biologist with over 24 years of experience, is the BC Green Party candidate for North Island.
This brings the number of candidates in our riding…
00:01:58 |
Fri 13 Sep 2024
Taxodermy Showcase at Wild Cortes
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There will be a special Taxidermy Showcase at Wild Cortes on Saturday, September 14.
Cortes Currents interviewed Laurel Bohart and Donna Collins, the co-curators of…
00:08:52 |
Thu 12 Sep 2024
North Island: 38 Days from the Election
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - British Columbia is heading for the polls on October 19, a little more than a month from now.
So far only two candidates have registered in our electoral district, Nor…
00:04:56 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
FOCI: Continuity & Change
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) has a new President, is getting prepared to launch out in new directions and is also trying to raise $30,000 by the end of the month…
00:12:51 |
Tue 10 Sep 2024
Feasibility study for the Caddisfly Wetlands deferred
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Wetlands are key resources to address climate change and help maintain surface water flow during dry periods. But they are also largely disappearing. According to a rec…
00:16:32 |
Mon 09 Sep 2024
Music & 9 Special Projects: the Care 4 Cortes Campaign
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Care 4 Cortes campaign officially ends today, but there is still a chance to donate this weekend.
Manda Aufochs Gillespie, Executive Director of the Cortes Island…
00:07:25 |
Fri 06 Sep 2024
Ester Strijbos moves on from the Tideline
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - After 14 years at the helm, Ester Strijbos is moving on from the Tideline. In one of the archived posts, from the fall of 2011, she wrote:
“Last year June, after caref…
00:04:24 |
Thu 05 Sep 2024
Rising Food and housing insecurity on Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Cortes Island's most economically challenged residents appear to be facing another bleak winter this year.
Filipe Figueira, Coordinator of the Cortes Island Food Bank…
00:06:11 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
Louis Belcourt Plays At The Village Commons
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On Friday, August 30, Louis Belcourt performed a live + live-broadcast FolkU concert in the big Village Commons tent. Hosted by Manda Aufochs Gillespie, this event m…
01:22:22 |
Tue 03 Sep 2024
Cortes Pickleball Society establishes committee to get new courts built
Louis Belcourt/CKTZ News - The Cortes Island Pickleball Society has recently established a Pickleball committee with the South Cortes Community Association to oversee the potential construction of Pi…
00:06:24 |
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Folk U: Jemma Hicken plays at the village Commons
Louis Belcourt/ Folk U - On Friday, August 23, Jemma & the Good Thing performed a live + live-broadcast FolkU concert in the big Village Commons tent. Hosted by Louis Belcourt, Cortes Island-based Je…
01:18:59 |
Mon 26 Aug 2024
Debate on Proposed Grant in Aid Policy Continues
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Strathcona Regional District is considering a Grant in Aid policy which would funnel all applications through staff. According to Gerald Whalley, who has been a Regi…
00:14:45 |
Mon 26 Aug 2024
SRD Wants A List Of School District Properties For Potential Housing Development
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) wants a list of School District 72’s properties on Cortes Island and Area C. As Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney pointed out, in …
00:05:45 |
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Genealogical Records for Klahoose, European and Asian Cortes Island Families
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Museum has a genealogical database. It was compiled by Bernice McGowan, whose interest in genealogy was sparked by her mother’s research of their fami…
00:11:36 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
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