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
- 524
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Before and After: Impacts of the "Hall Tax" on Gorge Hall (Part 3)
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - It has now been four and a half years since the 2019 referendum in which a solid majority of Cortes Islanders voted in favour of bylaw 341. This bylaw established a prope…
00:13:03 |
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Round Two of the Giving Well Program
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Community Foundation is running a second round of the Giving Well program that provides one-time tax free cash “gifts” of between $5,000 to $10,000 to…
00:04:48 |
Tue 16 Apr 2024
The Awakeneers return to Folk U: A full length concert
Sadhu Johnston/ Folk U - On April 12th, guest host Sadhu Johnston was joined by the folk band Awakeneers for a full-length live concert. Kicking off an April tour on Cortes, the Awakeneers delighted …
01:43:52 |
Mon 15 Apr 2024
Before and After: Impacts of the "Hall Tax" on Gorge Hall (Part 2)
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - It has now been four and a half years since the 2019 referendum in which a solid majority of Cortes Islanders voted in favour of bylaw 341. This bylaw established a prope…
00:14:01 |
Mon 15 Apr 2024
A New Season For The Whaletown Garden Centre
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Noah Davidson traces his gardening itch back to the family plot in Ontario but prior to his arrival on Cortes Island, he worked in restaurants. He started out behind t…
00:08:22 |
Mon 15 Apr 2024
Before and After: Impacts of the "Hall Tax" on Gorge Hall (Part 1)
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - It has now been four and a half years since the 2019 referendum in which a solid majority of Cortes Islanders voted in favour of bylaw 341. This bylaw established a prope…
00:15:10 |
Sun 14 Apr 2024
Virtual Forum on Water Quality and Quantity
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents: The Cortes Housing Society’s Virtual Forum will be returning to the airwaves at 10 AM on Saturday, April 20, with a program on water Quality and Quantity. Host Sadhu Joh…
00:03:50 |
Sun 14 Apr 2024
New Initiatives at the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery is trying out some new initiatives this year. Their season is starting earlier, there are more classes and special events than ever, and…
00:08:49 |
Fri 12 Apr 2024
Cortes and Quadra Island to receive more paramedics
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - On April 1, BC Emergency Health Services improved the staffing models for 60 rural and remote ambulance stations. Cortes and Quadra Islands are among the 6 communities …
00:02:31 |
Thu 11 Apr 2024
On the Origins of the Cortes Community Wolf Project
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There was an increasing number of wolf sightings and encounters on Cortes Island during the closing months of 2008. A number of posts in the Tideline over the course o…
00:12:09 |
Wed 10 Apr 2024
Connecting the Dots: Forestry Management and Some Implications for Wildlife
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - In the first of a series of articles from Cortes Islands recent Wildlife Coexistence Gathering, Cortes Currents looked at Vancouver Island’s first wildlife coexistence …
00:16:35 |
Tue 09 Apr 2024
Food Security from the Perspective of Farmers, Food Thinkers, and the Cortes Food Bank
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On April 5th, Max Thaysen, Sara Stewart, and Filipe Figueira joined host Manda Aufochs Gillespie for a FolkU Friday group discussion on food security and food system…
01:30:00 |
Tue 09 Apr 2024
Back to the Beginning: The First Wildlife Coexistence Program On Vancouver Island
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Around 40 people turned out for the Wildlife Coexistence Gathering on Cortes Island. This was an opportunity for Cortesians to meet some of the extended community of ad…
00:19:05 |
Mon 08 Apr 2024
Beyond personal carbon footprints, seeking a more sustainable planet
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - How should we live on a planet where the rate of extreme weather events seem to be increasing, and humanity is the cause?
“We're not doing well in terms of global te…
00:11:30 |
Fri 05 Apr 2024
Rachel Blaney will not seek reelection in 2025
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - After close to a decade as the Member of Parliament for North Island-Powell River, Rachel Blaney announced that she will not run in the next Federal Election.
“It was…
00:06:21 |
Thu 04 Apr 2024
The #1 Outdoor Adventure Show in North Vancouver Island
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - More than 2,600 people went to the North Island Outdoor Adventure Show last year.
“Most of them were from Courtney and Campbell River. A good portion from Parksville…
00:05:21 |
Thu 04 Apr 2024
Vancouver Island Regional Library explains 15% Budget Increase
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Vancouver Island Regional Library increased its operating budget for 2024 to $38 million. That is 15% more money than last year. Executive Director Brent Hyman expl…
00:04:56 |
Tue 02 Apr 2024
SRD Update: March 27th meeting and more
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - At the March 27th meeting of the Strathcona Regional District Board, a couple of items affecting Cortes were on the agenda. Decisions were taken with regard to funding …
00:05:59 |
Mon 01 Apr 2024
Part 5: 25 Years of Good Libations
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - Part 5 of 5 of 25 Years of Good Libations
00:10:00 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
CityWest's Cables Cut In Whaletown
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - he West Connect Infrastructure (WCI) crew had just finished laying CityWest’s main cable in Whaletown, when one of the workers noticed that a line had been cut. They i…
00:04:43 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
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