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
- 521
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Seeking Your Input For A New Vision Of Tourism On Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Leslie Anderson and Nancy Arsenault are bringing a new vision of tourism to Mansons Hall on Monday, October 23rd and Gorge Hall the following day.
“The old model of t…
00:07:20 |
Thu 12 Oct 2023
QXMC's newest operation: the Klahoose mill
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - QXMC, the Klahoose development corporation, recently acquired a new operation. Kevin Peacey, who started the Klahoose mill and ran it until he became Chief in 2017, wil…
00:05:10 |
Tue 10 Oct 2023
Sierra Quadra: How shall we proceed?
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Sierra Quadra has been educating Quadra Islanders about the unfolding environmental crisis for close to 25 years, but they have been relatively quiet since COVID.
Thi…
00:13:36 |
Tue 10 Oct 2023
Raising a flag to remember: Cortes Island School marks Orange Shirt Day
Odette Auger/ CKTZ News - The sun was shining on Cortes Island school Friday Sept 29, as the Parent Advisory Committee shared orange T-shirts with all the children. With a new principal, the team and…
00:06:18 |
Mon 09 Oct 2023
First of 4 cultural events from Sierra Quadra: 'The Ridge.'
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Sierra Quadra is bringing Robert Bringhurst’s poem The Ridge to the Quadra Community Centre, at 7:30 on Saturday October 21st.
In an interview with Cortes Currents, R…
00:05:48 |
Sun 08 Oct 2023
Campbell River Art Gallery may be muzzled, but community speaks out
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The city of Campbell River intends to remove the Campbell River Art Gallery’s (CRAG) tax exemption, and will not allow the gallery to make a presentation at the October…
00:03:33 |
Sun 08 Oct 2023
Campbell River moves to remove tax exemptions from the Art Gallery and Mental Health.
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - At their September 28 Council meeting, the city of Campbell River took the first steps towards removing the tax exemptions from the Campbell River Art Gallery (CRAG) an…
00:13:27 |
Fri 06 Oct 2023
The carbon footprint of longer distance travel to and from Cortes
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) just released a report about the carbon footprint made by long distance trips to and from Cortes Island.
Many of their findings ar…
00:08:32 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
Kim Paulley: George Sirk, Cortes Island and the rebirth of a career
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Her singing career appeared to be a thing of the past, when Kim Paulley came to Cortes Island in 1992. The release of ‘Straight From The Heart’ had been promising, but …
00:27:33 |
Wed 04 Oct 2023
Pink Salmon return to Cortes after 8 years, but creek levels are too low
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Cortes Currents was mistaken in the original version of this story. The Chum run did not come into Basil Creek early this year – these are Pinks.
According to Cortes Is…
00:03:21 |
Mon 02 Oct 2023
Sept 2023 Ferry Advisory Committee Meeting
De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - Cortes Island’s Ferry Advisory committee met (via Webex, a Zoom-like conferencing app) on the afternoon of Wednesday September 27th at 12:30pm. The meeting had originally…
00:09:41 |
Sat 30 Sep 2023
Kim Paulley: Quest for the Ultimate Free Voice
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The audio version of this story opens with a clip of Cortes Island’s own Kim Paulley singing in what may be the first music video release of Bryan Adams' ‘Straight from…
00:27:21 |
Thu 28 Sep 2023
Saving costs and retaining quality through Creative Deconstruction
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - At a time of rising lumber costs and diminishing quality, a little Cortes Island business has been demonstrating how the materials from existing houses can be reused in…
00:05:21 |
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Birthing of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery just celebrated its 26th anniversary. Some of its early posters and reproductions of artwork were put up on the walls for the society’s …
00:13:59 |
Sun 24 Sep 2023
Memories of the old Whaletown Schoolhouse
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - After more than a decade of service, the Oyster Bay schoolhouse was barged over to Whaletown in 1950. There it opened its doors to the children of a new community.
Brig…
00:08:51 |
Fri 22 Sep 2023
Day of Action for Old Growth in Campbell River
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Three years have passed since the BC government promised to implement the Old Growth Strategic Review, but many feel very little has been done. On September 28 concerne…
00:05:47 |
Fri 22 Sep 2023
Glimpse into the inner workings of the NDP Electoral District Association
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There are 87 electoral district associations (EDAs) in BC, each one of which sends an MLA to the provincial Legislature.
In July Max Thaysen was elected Vice Presiden…
00:08:50 |
Wed 20 Sep 2023
Wills the heavy rains come in time for this year's Chum run?
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Very little water is trickling through Basil Creek, where Cortes Island’s principal Chum run occurs in late October. There have been few days of rain on Cortes since Ma…
00:05:32 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Meeting of Cortes Island's small businesses
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Sixteen Cortes Island business people, plus board members from the Cortes Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA), came out to the Conversation Cafe in Mans…
00:05:05 |
Mon 18 Sep 2023
How can the region promote free stores and other waste reducing facilities
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - At a time when the average Canadian spends more than $3,000 a year on clothing, many Cortes Island residents are satisying their personal needs and disposing of clothin…
00:02:42 |
Mon 18 Sep 2023
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