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
Cortes Island Elements In A Boat Theft Story
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There are some Cortes Island elements to the story of a boat stolen from Campbell River on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
Someone living in the Potlatch Road area of souther…
00:02:03 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
Mark Vonesch
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - More than 400 Cortes Island residents responded to the recent survey about limiting the size of new houses. They were given a number of possible limitations, ranging fro…
00:06:04 |
Sun 13 Apr 2025
Unedited audio of Jennifer Lash's April 9 meeting on Cortes Island
Unedited recording of Liberal candidate Jennifer Lash's Wednesday April 9 meeting in the Pioneer room at Mansons Hall. The event was co-sponsored by the Cortes Island Seniors Society and Cortes Islan…
01:02:48 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Liberal Candidate Jennifer Lash Comes To Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - More island residents turned out to hear Liberal candidate Jennifer Lash than could fit into the Pioneer Room at Mansons Hall. Half a dozen were looking on from the hall…
00:15:27 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Michael Keith and Iris Gildea are leaving Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Michael Keith and his wife Iris Gildea are leaving Cortes Island.
“This was a decision we made a while ago. My wife teaches at the University of Toronto. When we mov…
00:12:02 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
Summer Moorage Spots On Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Harbour Authority Cortes Island started taking applications for summer moorage spots at 9 AM on April 1st.
Harbour Master Jenny Hartwick explained, “This is our way of…
00:08:44 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
2025 Forest Trust For the Children of Cortes Island Society AGM
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - This broadcast opened with the Klahoose Singers chanting a blessing to the forest and the land in general, at the Forest Trust For The Children of Cortes Island Society…
00:11:06 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Three Reasons 338Canada’s Riding Projections Don’t apply to North Island Powell River
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Depending on which election poll you are looking at, the Liberals are leading by anywhere from 5 to 10 points nationally. The last poll to suggest the Conservatives were…
00:02:32 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Aaron Gunn, Residential Schools and the Meanings of Genocide
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - In a series of tweets between 2019 and 2021, the Conservative candidate for North Island Powell River, Aaron Gunn, argued against the the idea that residential schools w…
00:06:10 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Aaron Gunn Respond- About Residential Schools
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Aaron Gunn, the Conservative candidate for North Island Powell River, has responded to some of the allegations made about his position on residential schools. I am readi…
00:03:01 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Aaron Gunn Responds- About Vladimir Putin
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The following statement was taken from Aaron Gunn's Twitter feed - I am firmly opposed to Putin’s heinous and illegal actions in Ukraine, and his oppression of the Russi…
00:01:58 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Elected and Former Politicians Calling For Aaron Gunn To Step Down
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A growing number of elected and former politicians in the North Island Powell River riding are calling upon the Conservative Party to withdraw their endorsement of Aaron…
00:06:47 |
Sat 05 Apr 2025
Chief Bob Chamberlain endorses Tanille Johnson
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Bob Chamberlain, former Vice President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and former elected chief of the Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation is endorsing NDP candidat…
00:01:53 |
Fri 04 Apr 2025
First Nation Leaders Call Upon Conservative Party To Drop Aaron Gunn As A Candidate
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -First Nations leaders are calling upon the Conservative Party of Canada to drop Aaron Gunn, candidate for North Island-Powell River, due to a series of tweets he made bet…
00:13:13 |
Fri 04 Apr 2025
Campaign Stories From North Island Powell River
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - All of the recent polls report the Liberals ahead in this election. If the election were held today, 338Canada and CBC’s Poll tracker are projecting a landslide victory…
00:16:03 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
Cortes Island Museum AGM
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Museum had their AGM on March 30th.
“We had 52 people come out despite a really nice gardening day. You could see people having conversations and lot…
00:06:26 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
Anna Kindy explains why she does not endorse part of DRIPA and more
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - While she recognizes DRIPA as a valuable document, MLA Anna Kindy recently informed the SRD Board that she does not support ‘article 26.’ The topic came up when she too…
00:05:46 |
Sun 30 Mar 2025
Are Oil and Gas emissions holding Canada back from reaching its climate goals_
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - On March 21, Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a press release stating that in 2023 Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped to their lowest level in 27 year…
00:09:26 |
Thu 27 Mar 2025
FOCI 2025 Broom Bash At Mansons Lagoon
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) has been helping maintain Mansons Landing Provincial Park since 2016. They’ve been putting up railings to prevent further erosion of bank…
00:04:20 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Firesmarting Rainbow Ridge
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There hasn't been a major wildfire on Cortes Island for decades, but this could change as our summer’s grow hotter and drier. The Rainbow Ridge Affordable Housing proje…
00:03:33 |
Tue 25 Mar 2025
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