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
Desolation Sound - CIA On Folk U Radio- Mp3
Cortes Island Academy/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 p…
01:28:30 |
Wed 07 Feb 2024
Much more than just an 'Electric Fencing Workshop' on Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Bob Hansen’s Electric Fencing Workshop was delightful. The ‘talk’ he gave at LInnaea Farm, on February 3, was permeated by stories of animal behaviour as well as visual …
00:12:10 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Museum Valentine's Day 2024 12m35s
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Museum and Archives is collaborating with Folk U to offer two events in honour of Valentine's Day, on the theme of Love Letters. On February 11th (Sunday) fro…
00:12:35 |
Mon 05 Feb 2024
Developing The Human Potential At QXMC
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Klahoose Wilderness Resort’s 2023 tourist season ended in October. This is the time for refurbishments in preparation for the reopening next May. The need to provid…
00:05:12 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
FOCI: Maintaining Mansons Landing Provincial Park
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) has been helping BC Parks maintain Mansons Landing Provincial Park since 2016.
“ We've been doing various improvements over time. …
00:02:44 |
Wed 31 Jan 2024
Preparing for a Grand Reopening of the Gorge Harbour Marine Resort
Roy L Hale/ Cortes Currents - After a year of extensive renovations, QXMC hopes to fully reopen Gorge Harbour Marina Resort this Spring.
“We are getting closer to hopefully a grand opening on May 3…
00:06:00 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
Arts on Cortes
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - On January 26, Manda Aufochs Gillespie was joined by artists and organizers Bianca (art gallery), Melanie (museum), Rex (love fest + coffeehouses), and Meinsje (art g…
01:27:32 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
Part 4, Anderson vs SRD 10m14s
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - [00:00:00] DE: And this is the fourth and final installment of our special feature on the recent decision of the appellate court of BC in the matter of Anderson versus SR…
00:10:15 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
Anderson vs SRD Appeal 13m34s
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - : In this third episode of our special feature we're talking to Noba Anderson about the decision recently handed down by the appellate court of BC. The panel of three jud…
00:13:35 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
Part 2 Anderson vs SRD Decision
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - And today we continue with part two of our four-part special feature — on a decision rendered last week by the appellate court of BC, which amounted to a vindication of o…
00:12:48 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
QXMC Squirrel Cove Project On Track To Open Later This Year
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - QXMC, the Klahoose First Nation Management Corporation, is currently on track to open a combined grocery store and gas station in Squirrel Cove later this year.
“If …
00:03:47 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
Cortes Matters At The SRD Board This Month
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There have been a number of Cortes Island matters at the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) this month.
Mark Vonesch, the Regional Director for Cortes Island, is now…
00:04:53 |
Mon 29 Jan 2024
Anderson vs SRD appeal Part 1 21m06s
DE Clarke/ Cortes Currents - On January 24th the BC Court of Appeal made known its decision in docket CA47620, the case of Anderson vs SRD. The three-judge panel found unanimously against SRD and in …
00:21:06 |
Mon 29 Jan 2024
The Story Behind 'Keepers Of The Land'
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The audio version version of this story begins with a solitary male voice raised in a seemingly ageless First Nations chant. Then Doug Neasloss, elected chief counselor…
00:17:22 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
Neighbourhood Concerns about the ‘Cortes Airport’
Roy L Hales/ COrtes Currents - In June 1999, James and Dianne Hansen built an air strip in the southern tip of Cortes Island. According to the deposition that John Woolley later made to the Supreme C…
00:04:46 |
Fri 26 Jan 2024
SRD receives go ahead to establilsh a housing service
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Island - The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) received the go-ahead to establish a regional housing service and authorize loans of up to $10 million on an ‘as needed’ basis. Whi…
00:02:24 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Immigration in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and Discovery Islands
Roy L Hales. Cortes Currents - On the surface, one might ask how relevant an article about immigration is to people living in the Discovery Islands. The vast majority of us either came from more urba…
00:05:19 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Intergenerational Perspectives on Climate
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - Carrie Saxifrage, Tianna Hope, and Kiera Tsakonas joined host Manda Aufochs Gillespie for the January 19th FolkU Friday session. An intergenerational conversation ab…
01:41:28 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
IMagining the future of tourism on Cortes
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - Over the last few months CCEDA has been working with a Canada-wide but Comox-based consulting company called Tourism Cafe, on proposals for the future of tourism on Corte…
00:10:10 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Feb 1 Update on the Village Commons
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Community Foundation is inviting Cortes residents to an update on the Village Commons, 4-6 PM at Mansons Hall on Thursday, February 1st.
“The goal f…
00:03:41 |
Tue 23 Jan 2024
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