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
NDP Candidate Tanille Johnson visits Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Island - NDP candidate Tanille Johnson recently visited Cortes Island, where 20 people were waiting to see her in the Pioneer Room at Mansons Hall. The event was sponsored by Corte…
00:28:13 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Behind The Campbell River Premiere Of Yintah
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - 21 people attended the Premier of the feature documentary Yintah at the Campbell River Community Center on February 20th, 2025. The movie is sponsored by the North Islan…
00:21:27 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Possible SRD Breakdown_ Campbell River Vows To Cut Admin Payments
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - While most of the Strathcona Regional District’s costs can be directly allocated to specific areas, others are labelled administration costs and need to be shared among …
00:13:30 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Should there be a Maximum Size for Houses on Cortes?
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A quick question just came up in regard to Cortes Island’s ongoing Zoning Bylaw Review. Cortes Island residents have up until noon on Friday, March 7, to make their thou…
00:03:33 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
De Clark: A Deep Dive into Neoliberalism
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - On February 21, 2025, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by De Clarke for a deep dive into neoliberalism—its history, impact, and the debates surrounding its inf…
01:59:20 |
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Scientific Methodology, 'Activist Science' and Corporate Spin
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Brian Kingzett, the Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association, recently informed the city of Campbell River that:
“ We have seen a weaponization of scien…
00:15:28 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Minimizing the impact Trump's tarrifs could on the $130 million REC-reate Strathcona Garden project
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - It is only two weeks until President Donald Trump decides whether to impose 25% tarrifs on Canada and Mexico. There is some question whether he will follow through. Trum…
00:03:33 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
All things love on Folk U
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2025, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by three beloved Cortes couples to chat about all things love. We heard their meeting …
01:47:56 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Cumberland Gold for Frank Mottl
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Frank Mottl’s latest novel, Cumberland Gold, takes us to the quaint village of Cumberland BC. This is the same setting as his first novel, The Cumberland Tales, in whic…
00:08:07 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Busting Myths about BC's coming electrification
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -According to some estimates, BC would have to double its electrical output if everyone switched to electric vehicles by 2035. Others talk about blackouts and rolling brow…
00:12:53 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
Construction starts at Rainbow Ridge
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - After years of anticipation, construction has finally begun on the Rainbow Ridge affordable housing project in downtown Mansons Landing.
“We had an open house a coupl…
00:03:35 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Free Ecotrust Canada Workshops On Energy Retrofits
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The energy team of Ecotrust Canada will be visiting Quadra and Cortes Islands next week. They are part of a registered charity which works primarily works in rural and r…
00:15:36 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Donald Trump, Canada's Conservatives and uncertainties of the 2025 election
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - If there were an election today, the polls show that Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party would probably form the next government. This isn’t what is necessarily going …
00:10:16 |
Tue 11 Feb 2025
Concussions, Brain Health, and Nervous System Regulation
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On February 7, 2025, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by Elizabeth Burr to chat about concussions, brain health, and nervous system regulation. This discussio…
01:31:01 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
The (Almost) Secret Budget for REC-Reate Strathcona Gardens
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) may have a nasty surprise for property owners in Campbell River and Area D. They may soon be asked to approve an additional $54 mi…
00:17:56 |
Fri 07 Feb 2025
Food Prices And Food Security From Local, Provincial And Global Persepectives
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Around the time President Donald Trump started threatening to start a trade war, Cortes Currents reached out to Dr Kushank Bajaj from UBC’s Institute for Resource, Envi…
00:22:56 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Folk U Vital Signs Round Table
Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - On January 30th, Kate Maddigan, Rose Fitcyk, and Sadhu Aufochs Johnston joined host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie, to talk about the state of Cortes Island, the recent Vit…
01:52:18 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Cortes Island's new Makerspace
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Cortes Island’s dream of having a makerspace has become a reality. The Cortes Wood Makerspace is being set up in the Orchard Village Shop, 671 Sutil Point Rd, Mansons La…
00:07:27 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
Anna KIndy Waiting for the Legislature, the Health Critic and MLA for North Island
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Anna Kindy was sitting in her Campbell River office. Her assistant stood almost out of the frame long enough to wave, before handing Kindy a headset and disappearing. Th…
00:09:18 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
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