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
CAI at ZFolk U: The Wild Island
Cortes Island Academy at Folk U - On the March 29th replay episode of The Wild Island, created by the 2022-2023 Cortes Island Academy cohort, young journalists cover Cortes from different angles; Ro…
01:13:18 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Part 4: 25 Years of Good Libations
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - part 4 of 5 of the interview with Doug Brown of Good Libations
00:15:05 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Area C Opts In; More Details On The Short Term Residential Act
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Area C ‘opted-in’ to the Short Term Rental Accommodation Act at the SRD Board meeting yesterday. There was a spirited discussion in which the Director from Area D and t…
00:10:53 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Short Term Rental Decisions for Electoral Areas B, C and D
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The SRD Board will be meeting again today and three items about BC’s Short Term Rental Act are on the agenda. The Ministry of Housing responded to Cortes Island’s decis…
00:02:36 |
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Part 3: 25 Years Of Good Libations
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - part 3 of 5 of the interview with Doug Brown of Good Libations
00:13:16 |
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Island Alchemy: 25 years of Good Libations - Part 2 of 5
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - The story of Good Libations Part 2 of 5
00:14:45 |
Tue 26 Mar 2024
the Pacific Herring Spawn and Nurseries Project
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - A citizen scientist project to photograph pacific herring spawn along the West Coast, from Alaska down to California, has been underway for two months. It is based in t…
00:12:11 |
Tue 26 Mar 2024
CIA on Folk U - Cosmic Confidential
CIA on Folk U - On the March 22nd replay episode of Cosmic Confidential, created by the 2022-2023 Cortes Island Academy cohort, journalists Rose and Zella dig deep into Cortes Island’s infamous coffe…
01:00:33 |
Mon 25 Mar 2024
Island Alchemy: Twenty-Five Years of Good Libations
De Clarke/ Good Libations - One of Cortes Island's best loved businesses is a U-Brew tucked away in an old seafood plant, off the beaten track on Hansen Road. Founder and sole proprietor Doug Brown …
00:13:30 |
Mon 25 Mar 2024
The Cortes Island Food Bank at a Critical Crossroad
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Food Bank has met the rapidly expanding need for its services, but says it is time the local, provincial and federal governments stepped up to the pla…
00:12:53 |
Fri 22 Mar 2024
A lifetime of experience in 4 classes: Linnaea's Homegrown Series
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Linnaea Farm's Homegrown Series kicks off at 10:00 AM this Saturday. This is a monthly series, which will be offered on March 23rd, April 20th, May 11th and June 8th, …
00:16:49 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
New subpopulation of Deep Ocean Orcas Identified
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - A new subpopulation of Orcas has been identified in the open ocean off the coasts of Oregon and California. UBC researchers have identified 49 individual killer whales …
00:07:58 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Salmon Update: CAFO Conditions, Mass Die-Offs, Manufactured Risks and License Renewals
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - Scientists at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden recently concluded that some farmed salmon die from depression. This may not be too surprising, given the conditions …
00:16:40 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Herring Roe on the beach at Smelt Bay
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - Early in the week of March 11th, during the annual herring run, a combination of weather and tides swept an unusual quantity of herring roe ashore at Smelt Bay.
On Tuesd…
00:04:26 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
CIA on Folk U - Episode 5
CIA on Folk U Radio - What really matters most in the world? How will we help inspire the next generation of truth-seekers and truth-tellers? At the Cortes Island Academy we believe in the passion an…
01:07:43 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Cortes Food Bank releases annual report
Louis Belcourt/ CKTZ News - The Cortes Food Bank has released their annual report for 2023 over the weekend, which shows that it was a very successful year for the Cortes Island Food Bank, but also a…
00:10:49 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Cortes Island Virtual Homeshare Forum
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Housing Society’s Virtual Forum kicks off this Saturday with a program on home sharing. This is a monthly event, co-sponsored by Folk-U. At 10 AM this Saturd…
00:06:14 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Quadra Island considering opting-in to Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act
Quadra Island considering opting-in to Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act by Cortes Currents (https://cortescurrents.ca/)
00:06:08 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
Medical detox coming to Campbell River
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The first community-based medical detox north of Nanaimo will be opening in Campbell River this fall. Island Health secured a location at 731 Nicholas Road near the Nor…
00:04:33 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
Folk U: Desolation Sound #4
Jemma Hicken/ Folk U - What really matters most in the world? How will we help inspire the next generation of truth-seekers and truth-tellers? At the Cortes Island Academy we believe in the passion a…
01:11:05 |
Sat 09 Mar 2024
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