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Cortes Currents
What did the Budget Mean for North Island Powell River_

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 18:19


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -Monday November 17, 2025 - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is expected to face another non-confidence motion today. This will be the third non-confidence motion this month, which the opposition parties have made in regard to the 2025 budget. In this morning's interview, Jennifer Lash, the liberal candidate for this riding during the last election, explains why the budget is good for North Island Powell River, and why it's good for climate action.   Jennifer Lash: “Budget 2025 can be looked at in two ways, and I'm going to use some economic language here. There's both the macro approach and there's the micro approach. So the macroeconomic approach is, what does it mean for Canada?A thriving economy within Canada benefits everybody in terms of just having a healthier economy and generating more tax revenue for the government - which can result in more social services.” “What the Prime Minister did with this budget is he really looked at how we can invest in major industries so that we can see the economic development we need to see in this country to make our economy stronger. A lot of that's through infrastructure, through capital investments, really trying to attract up to a trillion dollars of private investment so the economy at large across Canada is healthier. When our economy is stronger, we have more revenue for the social services that we all benefit from so many times. This, in general, will benefit North Island- Powell River, but there are some specific things that also develop that also benefit this area.” “There is support for the forestry industry, which was announced before the budget, but reconfirmed in the budget. Money to help companies that are dealing with tariffs: how can they diversify their markets? How can they get guaranteed loans so that they can help to retool their industry or their business so that they can adjust to new markets overseas.” “There's really an influx of cash into the forest industry to deal with these tariffs. It's really important to note that this riding is not a stranger to tariffs. “These tariffs that the country is talking about now, we have been dealing with for decades from the United States on the software lumber industry. So I find it refreshing, the government's finally really supporting us through that. I hope that it continues to get the priority attention it needs that the auto sector's getting, the steel sector's getting and aluminum sector's getting so forestry's really important.” “In terms of fisheries, there's also funding for the seafood industry to also look at new markets and that would apply to wild fisheries as well as the aquaculture industry. So that's shellfish, farmed fish, and also our amazing, wild seafood industry. And again, talking about tariffs, It's not just the US tariffs that are a problem. A lot of the seafood industry is really affected by tariffs from China right now. How can we support our industry through that?” 

Cortes Currents
Are BC' forests getting 'Closer to the Brink?'

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 19:51


Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Five years have passed since the provincial government's Old Growth Review panel published its report on BC's old growth forest management. Sierra Club BC recently commissioned two of the panel's three scientists to do a study on how their recommendations were carried out. In today's interview, Karen Price talks about their report ‘Closer to the Brink.' “We need to shift the paradigm because we all depend on the Earth and we need to start putting ecosystems and human communities ahead of industrial profits. To do that, we need to protect big tree forests. That's my bottom line. That means supporting nations in their planning and it means working towards protecting 30% of each ecosystem by 2030 and 50% by 2050,” she explained. The 30% by 2030 goal was adopted by the 188 nations that signed the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022. Canada was one of them. While the Kunming-Montreal Framework did not specifially endorse the 50% by 2050 goal, it does state we need to “substantially increasing the area of natural ecosystems” by 2050. One of the better known advocates of a 50% goal is the late Edward Osborne Wilson, a foundational figure in modern biology. Wilson stated the next big thing will be global biodiversity loss. “If we protect half the Earth's land and sea and manage sufficient habitat to safeguard the bulk of biodiversity, living Earth can continue to breathe.”  Karen Price: “The forests in BC play a really important role in both the climate and the biodiversity crises. People have probably heard about nature-based solutions. Our forests are some of the world's best options for nature-based solutions to both climate and biodiversity crises.” “Our trees in BC and particularly our big tree old growth are the best carbon bank that we have. Terrestrially, we need to be storing carbon and some of these ecosystems can store more than a thousand tons per hectare.”

Cortes Currents
Addye Susnick joins host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie to talk about Community and Dissent in a Digital Age

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 56:25


Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - Tune in on November 14th, 2025, for a conversation that explores how queer and trans zine-making can become an act of joyful resistance and connection. Addye Susnick joins host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie to chat about their PhD dissertation and their deep dive into zine culture, uncovering radical histories, underground networks, and continuing power as a tool for community and dissent in a digital age. Together, the conversation weaves zines, trans joy, and creative defiance into a reflection on how small acts of creation can ripple outward into meaningful social change. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 p.m. and Mondays at 6:30 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. @CKTZ89.5FM or livestreamed at cortesradio.ca. Find repeats anytime at www.folku.ca/podcasts.

Na Quadra
Na Quadra #258 - Nico Harrison demitido dos Mavs, Thunder favoritaço e os Pistons mandando no Leste!

Na Quadra

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 61:15


No Na Quadra desta semana, Ari Aguiar e Guilherme Giovannoni analisam a temporada 2025/2026 da NBA, com a demissão de Nico Harrison de um Dallas Mavericks que vai em busca do rebuild, o Oklahoma City Thunder voando e o Detroit Pistons reinando na Conferência Leste! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

La Brújula
Alejo Vidal-Quadra: "VOX nació como una escisión del PP, pero ahora es un partido puramente conservador y muy piramidal"

La Brújula

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 34:40


Alejo Vidal-Quadra: "VOX nació como una escisión del PP, pero ahora es un partido puramente conservador y muy piramidal"

Cortes Currents
Why Some Local 2025 Homeless Counts Dropped

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2025 15:15


Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - In 2025, the Province of British Columbia funded homeless counts in 20 communities. To virtually everyone's surprise, the numbers were down in eight communities. Campbell River, Powell River, Comox and Parksville/Qualicum were among them. Port Alberni and Sechelt/Gibsons were not. In this morning's broadcast, Cortes Currents looks into the reasons why, as well as some popular misconceptions and possible remedies about homelessness.

Closer
Qualcosa non quadra su Almasri

Closer

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 19:34


(00:00) Intro (02:21 ) Le reazioni della politica dopo l'arresto del generale Almasri in Libia  (09:01) La posizione dell'Italia sul nuovo obiettivo climatico per il 2040 Firma la proposta di legge di iniziativa popolare per chiedere una legge sul voto fuorisede: ⁠https://shor.by/zQ5D⁠

Na Quadra
Na Quadra #257 - O Thunder nunca mais vai perder um jogo? Os Bulls voltaram para 1996?

Na Quadra

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 46:47


No Na Quadra desta semana, Ari Aguiar e Guilherme Giovannoni analisam o início da temporada 2025/2026 da NBA, com o Oklahoma City Thunder ainda invicto, os Bulls voando, os Celtics com dificuldade e MUITO mais! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cortes Currents
Nov72025_HowieRoman_FindingHome_Edited

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 55:15


Manda Aufochs Gillespie / Folk U -Tune in on November 7th, 2025 for a special collaborative FolkU episode, featuring Howie Roman telling stories of his life and how he got to Cortes. This is a live recording from the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society's latest Finding Home event, recorded in October 2025. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 p.m. and Mondays at 6:30 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. @CKTZ89.5FM or livestreamed at cortesradio.ca. Find repeats anytime at www.folku.ca/podcasts.

Cortes Currents
SRD Will Not Use Gas Tax Funds For Cortes Food Bank

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 9:12


Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Strathcona Regional District will not use $28,000 of its gas tax funds to help the Cortes Island Food Bank. At their October 22, 2025 meeting, 7 of the 14 district directors voted against a motion to fund the food bank. Directors opposed to the motion were concerned about the potential impact that supporting a third party organization could have on future SRD applications for gas tax funding. As Chief Administrative Officer David Leitch explained, “  I'm not saying $28,000 is a dealbreaker. I don't honestly believe it is, but moving forward, I don't think we can take the same approach when the number is $200,000 or $500,000.” “If you're giving your gas tax money to third parties, are you saying you don't have any infrastructure need yourself?” Mark Vonesch, Regional Director for Cortes Island, responded,  “One of the challenges on Cortes is that we don't have SRD capital projects to invest gas tax lending. So we do have to take these extra steps to be able to provide it through a third party.” “I spoke with one of the folks involved with the food bank today, and they said that over the last three years, usage has gone up by a hundred percent every year. That's a lot of seniors, folks that are on pensions and really limited incomes. One of the interesting things he mentioned was that there's a mental health component to this as well, and that when folks get access to good healthy food and have some stability around food security, that really impacts other parts their life, including reducing the likelihood to need medical support and other costs to government systems. This is a grant request for $28,000 to help them finish this.”

Cortes Currents
A Discovery Islands Health Centre

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 7:27


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -The Quadra, Cortes, and Surge Narrows communities, as well as the Klahoose and We Wai Kai First Nations, have sent the BC Ministry of Health an application for funding to set up a Discovery Island Community Health Centre.  “It offers stability for practitioners. It offers leadership stability through a joint board and a hired executive director. It offers some economies of scale in terms of practitioners being shared and supplies being shared. It offers a shared medical record between the communities. Potentially, one of the things is using video conferencing as opposed to an in-person visit, if that's appropriate. It's community driven, it doesn't involve Victoria telling remote communities what works for them, because that generally doesn't work for them,” explained Bernice McGowan, a member of the planning committee for the proposed Health Centre.

Radio Bilbao
Incendio forestal en Güeñes: los bomberos trabajan en una zona de difícil acceso entre La Quadra y Zaramillo

Radio Bilbao

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 0:20


Pedro Izaga, director de Emergencias de la Diputación foral de Bizkaia

Na Quadra
Na Quadra #256 - Warriors brigarão pelo título da NBA? Wembanyama já é o MVP? Splitter começou bem!

Na Quadra

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 57:23


No episódio desta semana do Na Quadra, Ari Aguiar e Guilherme Giovannoni discutem tudo que de melhor aconteceu na primeira semana da temporada 2025/2026 da NBA! O Golden State Warriors é um dos favoritos ao título? Wembanyama é o MVP? Tiago Splitter estreou muito e tem muito mais! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cortes Currents
Folk U Radio, October 24 2025 Edited

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 86:29


Manda Aufochs Gillespie/Folk U - On this Folk U, the students of the Cortes Island Academy took over the radio waves to answer this question: If you were to send a message in a bottle that drifts through time and space to another “time being”: another person, species, or world, what would it sound like? These short 3 minute podcasts were the result of a week-long intensive with guest artist Ruby Singh and each captures reflections on time, place, and more-than-human life. Working with field recordings, biosonification tools, and their own creative voices, these short audio message that carries meaning beyond words. Learn more and listen to these and other podcasts at CortesIslandAcademy.ca

Na Quadra
Na Quadra #255 - A VOLTA DA NBA! Palpites para campeão, MVP, todos os prêmios e análise das equipes!

Na Quadra

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 72:04


No retorno do Na Quadra, Ari Aguiar e Guilherme Giovannoni fazem uma prévia da temporada 2025/2026! Quem será o campeão? E o MVP? Quem serão as decepções da temporada? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cortes Currents
+70_ of purchase price for Children's Forest raised

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 3:59


Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents -The Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island Society has raised just over 70% of the $7.5 million it needs to purchase 261 acres of forest along Carrington Lagoon from Mosaic Forest Management. Society Chair Chris Dragseth says this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the community: “We're protecting some valuable properties from an ecological point of view and from a societal point of view. The youth of the community, both residents and from afar, have benefited immensely from the protection this land has had to date. It's got huge opportunities in the future from a continued educational perspective with the youth, but also from a research perspective.” So far, most of the campaign has taken place behind the scenes. Dragseth says they'll soon be reaching out to the wider Cortes community: “We have a little more than 70% of the target campaign number. There are a few balls in the air, but we're confident that we will be able to close this deal.” The society still needs to raise about $2 million in the next few weeks. “We have a deadline of November the 19th for the funding conditions to be removed, and then the final closing date is December the 19th.” If the full $7.5 million isn't raised by then, Dragseth says there may be some flexibility. Part of the total is meant to build an endowment, which could be finalized after purchase. Discussions with Mosaic would be needed if the purchade price is not raised. In the meantime, supporters can follow updates and make pledges online at corteschildrensforesttrust.org.

Cortes Currents
2025 Social Profit Forum

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 13:09


De Clarke/ Cortes Currents -On Tuesday, October 14th the Cortes Island Foundation invited island nonprofit and public service organisations to attend a Social Profit Forum hosted at Hollyhock. This all-day event was well attended and featured presentations by two representatives from “local economy” projects with successful track records: Tara Janzen from the Shorefast Institute for Place-Based Economics and Andrew Greer from Purppl, a consulting group that advises clients who wish to establish “regenerative enterprises.” Ms Janzen gave a slide presentation describing the successful economic re-invigoration of a small Newfoundland island called Fogo. Mr Greer offered some tools for turning social profit goals into specific business plans and strategies, using examples from the Okanagan area. Attendees were invited to come up with ideas and concepts for place-specific economic development on Cortes Island, with the goal of providing living-wage jobs that would allow — among other things — local kids to grow up and remain in their home community instead of having to leave in search of gainful employment. The theme of the day was how to create a local economy that provides employment, investment, and income to benefit the community, rather than importing labour and goods and benefiting distant shareholders. The full event title was From Edge to Opportunity: Collective Pathways for Social Impact. It attracted representatives from almost all the islands's non profit societies and projects, including CCEDA, the Fire Department, FOCI, the Housing Society, the Cortes Food Coop, the Women's Centre, the Food Bank, and more. The crowd filled most of Olatunji Hall, one of Hollyhock's larger venues.

Cortes Currents
First Home Foundations Poured: Rainbow Ridge Housing Project Takes Shape on Cortes Island

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 15:50


Roy L Hales / Cortes Currents -The long-awaited Rainbow Ridge housing development has passed a milestone. The foundations of the first two homes are in place. Sadhu Johnston, Executive Director of the Cortes Housing Society, gave Cortes Currents a tour of the site and spoke about the vision, challenges, and progress to date. Rainbow Ridge is rising in Mansons Landing, the most settled community on Cortes Island. The audio version of this story meanders more than usual. It begins inside the community building and ends at the freshly poured foundation of the first duplex. Along the way, the track is filled with construction noises: hammering, lumber being stacked, the warning beep of a backing vehicle, and occasional voices in the background. At times our own voices echo through the empty community building, while outside the steady crunch of footsteps on earth runs through segments. The recording also includes a series of questions and answers that are not repeated in this summary

Cortes Currents
Cortes Island's Community Forest Operations in 2025_26

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 8:48


Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents -The Cortes Forestry General Partnership held its public meeting on October 9th, 2025. In today's interview, Operations Manager Mark Lombard talks about leadership transitions, plans for selective logging, the Forest Stewardship Plan review, and other topics from the meeting. He also shares his personal opinion about how climate change is affecting our forest. “We try to have a public meeting every year and we cover whatever topics are relevant at that point. There's always the year in review, so what have we done in the last year since the last public meeting and what are we planning in the coming year,” explained Lombard. “In this case, we had the Forest Stewardship Plan Review, which the Forest and Range Practices Act states must be updated every five years. We had a draft to present to the public and there was a 60 day public comment period, and we wanted to have the public meeting during that time. While the document is really thorough and detailed, and it wasn't something that you could just put up in a PowerPoint slide, we had our registered professional Forester, Kate Roth there to answer questions and discuss the objectives and how it relates to how we operate in the community forest. That was the first and foremost part of the meeting.” Cortes Currents: What were the most significant events this past year?  Mark Lombard: “There's been some change in the leadership of the Community Forest Partnership.” “The Klahoose have had chief council elections and they came out of a period of uncertainty with the change in chiefs midterm. Kevin Peacey, who has been the chief in the past, is now on the board of the Community Forest again.” “We did an interview with Kevin. Bill Weaver is doing a mini documentary about the community forest for us.” “There were some changes on the co-op side. David Shipway has stepped in to replace Aaron Ellingson.” Cortes Currents: The United States slapped a new 10% tariff on top of the existing duties, which brings the combined total to 45%. Mark Lombard: “So the outlook isn't great for log markets. That's probably one of the bigger challenges as it relates to the upcoming year.” “We would like to do some logging. Our partners would really like to see some logging, and generate some opportunity for economic reconciliation and doing what we set out to do.” “We have to set up the log dump. A storm had broken maybe one or two of the anchor chains, so there will need to be some divers that go and set new anchor chains and bring in some boom sticks, set up a dumping ground and then bring a machine in to push logs off the truck.” “So there's a pretty big upfront overall cost that needs to be amortized over a reasonable amount of volume. We've never had to pay to set up the log boom fully. It isn't viable at today's below-average prices, though it might work once prices return to normal. We probably can't make it work for under 4,000-4,500 meters, and the goal is to log around 6,000 meters. It's going to be challenging to do that if prices don't come up.”

Cortes Currents
Oct102025_FogoIsland_ChatterThatMatters_EditedFolkUEpisode

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2025 50:56


Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U -Tune in on October 10th for a special episode of FolkU radio, where we listen to an episode of another talk show, Chatter That Matters, by Tony Chapman. This episode features a conversation with Zita Cobb about the story arch of her home in Newfoundland, Fogo Island. This is a discussion about tourism, circular economies, community, and rurality. Introduction by Manda Aufochs-Gillespie. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 p.m. and Mondays at 3 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. @CKTZ89.5FM or livestreamed at cortesradio.ca. Find repeats anytime at www.folku.ca/podcasts.

Cortes Currents
BC's Chief Forester Tells the SRD the State of BC's Forests, or not

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 14:58


Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents -Shane Berg, BC's Chief Forester, has a message he is taking to trading partners around the world. On Thursday, October 2, 2025, he made a presentation to the Strathcona Regional District's Natural Resources Committee. In today's broadcast there are select clips from that presentation, including reactions from the committee. Also Bruce Ellingsen, one of the founding directors of the Cortes Community Forest Cooperative and a local thought leader on forestry matters, gave his opinion about the presentation and what he believes it lacks. Berg claims that the amount of old growth forests is increasing. According to Ellingsen what is not clear is that he is talking about the 80% of relatively small old growth trees growing in less productive areas, not the ‘big tree old growth' that the environmental community is concerned about.

Podcast TenisBrasil

Talvez você nunca tenha ouvido falar do Junior Tennis Iniciativa, o JTI, um programa implantado no Brasil em 2020 com apoio da Federação Internacional e que estimula a expansão do tênis principalmente entre as crianças.Airton Santos, coordenador nacional, conta no Podcast TenisBrasil desta semana a filosofia do JTI e seu trabalho contínuo de expansão, que hoje já atinge 120 unidades em todo o país.Entre os pilares do JTI, está a continuidade da prática, a presença de células receptadoras para as crianças que mostram maior potencial e o apoio da família.

Cortes Currents
Revenue Diversification For Social Profits

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 100:42


Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U -On October 3 2025, host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by Kate Maddigan, Bruen Black, Amy Robertson, and Genevieve Cruz, for a special group discussion on revenue diversification for rural non-profits. Tune in for talk of circular economies, transportation, a brainstorm on creative revenue solutions, and updates from the Cortes Natural Food Co-op, CCEDA, and the Cortes Housing Society. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 p.m. and Mondays at 3 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. @CKTZ89.5FM or livestreamed at cortesradio.ca. Find repeats anytime at www.folku.ca/podcasts.

Cortes Currents
Rural Directors against Municipalities joining the Electoral Areas Planning Service

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 13:46


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Campbell River wants to take control of the Strathcona Regional District's Electoral Areas Planning Service away from rural directors. They are thinking of joining the service, which would cost Campbell River tax payers close to $500,000 a year for their resulting share of the assessments, and have asked other municipalities to do the same. This morning's story consists of interviews with the Regional Directors of Areas A, Cortes Island and C, who issued a joint press release against this on Wednesday, October 1. Mark Vonesch, Regional Director of Cortes Island, began,  “For folks that are learning about this, for the first time, I'll give some background information. The four electoral areas at the Strathcona Regional District. That's Cortes Island, that's Quadra and the Discovery Islands, the Seaward Valley area, which is area A and then area D south of Campbell River. We currently have a planning service that we all pay into. That's where all our land use decisions happen and currently the four of us are the votes on those decisions. Campbell River has the right to be able to join this planning service, but it means they have to pay for it.” “So right now, Campbell River is considering joining the electoral area planning service that would cost them $500,000 a year. That's $5 million over the next 10 years to be able to control land use planning decisions in the rural areas of the Strathcona Regional District.”  Gerald Whalley, Regional Director for Area A explained, “My concern is based on the fact that if Campbell River joined the electoral area planning service, they would have total control over all land use issues within the rural areas, within the electoral areas. That is because Campbell River has five votes, the other electoral areas only have four votes, so they could potentially outvote us on every issue.” Robyn Mawhinney, Regional director for Area C added, “This could mean that an application which has not received community support could be pushed through despite community feedback. It could potentially mean a building service could be implemented, costing residents not only increase tech, do tax dollars annually, but more and more fees for every stage of construction. It could really mean that the wishes of rural residents are not considered in land use planning decisions, and to me, that's unacceptable and why I am really so concerned with this proposal.”

Cortes Currents
A New Internet Provider for Cortes- Raincoast Networks

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 15:29


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - As of September 30th, 2025, Raincoast Networks serves the 347 remaining customers in what was once the Twincomm service area on Cortes Island. Mascon by Telus acquired Twincomm in 2022. “I come from Savary Island. We provide internet to those who have decided to live off grid and in remote communities and cannot be served well by other telecom providers, majors and things from space, explained Oliver Linsley, owner of Raincoast Networks “We've been doing this for eight years and we service areas from Howe Sound all the way to Cortes. It has been a wonderful adventure, mainly because I get to meet some fantastic people in places I didn't even know existed. We've helped communities up and down the coast, and that's where we got our pride from. It's not from a paycheck (laughs), I can tell you that, but it definitely is from the fact that I can go to someone's house and they have baked cookies for me. They're just super happy that we came in a boat and we've driven across a whole bunch of crazy oceans and we're at their house and we're going to fix it.” Cortes Currents: How did you get into Cortes Island? Oliver Linsley: “Into Cortes was a interesting situation. I have been dealing with major telecom companies since we started. In the beginning, it was a very positive situation where they were very interested in working with people like me as last mile providers, so they did not have to extend their networks out at a cost they did not like. Telecom likes density because it maximizes their investment. So they partnered up with me and we began working at these remote places. As COVID hit, the demand skyrocketed and the government came around and gave them monies, and we began competing with Major Telecom (Mascon by Telus).” “Major Telecom decided that they had gotten too far. They had purchased Twincommm from Mark Torrance on Twin Islands. After two years of owning that, it had served its purpose to them, and they no longer wanted the asset and the customers here on Cortes. They approached me and asked me if I wanted to take over the network. Over the course of about a year and, for various me reasons me saying 'no I don't think so,' in the end, I decided that Cortes was a wonderfully remote community with demand that I wanted to be a part of. So after a long, long period of negotiations, we ended up picking up Cortes, about 350 customers on the island and we just acquiring it as of today, I believe.” Cortes Currents: What are you offering? Oliver Linsley: “We basically offer the same service that Twincommm did. We are very community based. We are looking to pick up a tech here on island. We like to keep customer service, which is something very rare in rural places, as fast as possible. So if your system goes awry one day, perhaps we can actually get to you in one day or the next day as opposed to some of the situations where you get with other providers where they just don't have a presence in the community. We really pride ourselves. in being there to keep people online, because most of the time it's quite an easy fix.” “So we are offering fixed to wireless services that most people are already hooked up to are already operating. They're operating the same way as TwinComm built them the same way as Mascon was running them. We are going to optimize the network. Essentially it's very similar to what Twincomm was, but we'll be upgrading. Pricing should be the same. The speed should be faster.”

Cortes Currents
SRD Staff to identify public lands on Quadra for potential affordadable housing sites

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 13:16


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - SRD staff will prepare a staff report identifying public lands on Quadra Island that may be available for affordable housing development. This is the second time that Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney of Area C brought forward a motion asking for a report and in both cases she was opposed by Directors from Campbell River and Area D. They successfully blocked it at the August 20th SRD Board meeting, but an amended motion passed on September 17 In the unedited audio of the meeting that follows, Campbell River Director Robert Kerr stated the Director of Area C should have filed a notice of motion, rather than making a motion from the floor. Campbell River Director Susan Sinnott claimed the report will not accomplish what Quadra wants and said they do things differently in Campbell River. Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney of Area C described her relationship with the  Discovery Islands Affordable Housing Society, a volunteer organization on Quadra Island. She is not being familiar with the way  Campbell River does housing projects, but the SRD has a regional housing service and it would be great if they could support an affordable housing project on Quadra Island. Cortes Island Director Mark Vonesch supported the motion, reminding the board that we are in a housing crisis and there is more than one way to get housing projects done. The motion passed despite opposing votes from Campbell River DIrectors Chapman, Kerr and Sinnott, as well as Alternate Director Browne for Area D. SRD staff will be looking for public lands within a reasonable distance from the Village Centres of Heriot Bay and Quathiaski Cove.

Cortes Currents
SRD to prepare a report on how communities like Cortes incorporate

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 3:08


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -There have been speculations about Cortes Island becoming a municipality and at the September 17 SRD Board meeting staff was instructed to prepare a report about the process. In the unedited audio that follows Cortes Director Mark Vonesch makes the motion. Mayor Julie Colborne of Zeballos seconds it twice, to some laughter, and Campbell River Director Doug Chapman points out that Municipal Affairs will not consider applications from communities with a population under 500. (The population of Cortes Island is 1,100.) The audio begins with Chair Mark Baker speaking The motion was passed with no opposing votes.

LHDR CON PACO JIMENEZ
LA HORA DEL ROCK N.343 DESDE LA ISLA...HASTA EL INFIERNO

LHDR CON PACO JIMENEZ

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 119:33


Con Fernando Nadales, Zenón Pérez y ,Paco Jiménez, al frente, este programa no es solo una lista de canciones: es una declaración de principios. Aquí no se viene a escuchar música, se viene a vivirla. Cada edición es un ritual sonoro que conecta generaciones, estilos y geografías bajo una sola bandera: el rock sin concesiones. factores del programa:Pasión auténtica: Cada episodio está cargado de energía, conocimiento y amor por la música. No hay guiones prefabricados, solo entrega total. Selección exquisita: Desde clásicos como KISS y Black Sabbath hasta lo más fresco de 2025 como Jelusick, Paradise Lost o Glenn Hughes. Aquí se escucha lo que realmente importa. Diversidad de estilos: Hard rock, metal extremo, punk, AOR, trash, rock español… todo tiene cabida si tiene alma. Conexión real: Los oyentes no son solo público, son parte de una familia rockera que crece con cada programa. PLAYLIST 343 :Programa 343 La Hora del Rock Fernando Nadales Zenón Perez y Paco Jimenez. 1981 - Music From The Elder1981 - Music From The Elder 10 - Escape From the Island Paradise Lost2025 - Ascension1 Serpent On The Cross. Civil Daze Once In A Blue Moon1. Top Of The World.2025 Jelusick (Croatia)2025 - Apolitical Ecstasy2 - Power To The People. Mötley Crüe - From The Beginning (2025) (Compilation)17 The Dirt (Est. 1981) (feat. Machine Gun Kelly). Lex Lüger Renacer 2025 Universe 2525 5.2 THE WISE MEN. Black Sabbath - Earth - The Legendary Lost Tapes (Compilation) (2025)1 Blue Suede Shoes. Aerosmith2025 - My Only Angel (Collaboration)1. Aerosmith - My Only Angel (feat. Yungblud). Vicious Rumors - The Devil's Asylum (2025)9 - In Blood We Trust Protocol Shift all the vain.2025 Helloween - Giants & Monsters (2025)9 Under the Moonlight. The HU Yuve Yuve Yu.2023 WarKings - 2025 - Armageddon (Limited Edition)CD16 - Circle of Witches. Jelusick (Croatia)2025 - Apolitical Ecstasy8 - How Many Times. Cathaline viento.2025 Glenn Hughes - Chosen (2025)Glenn Hughes - Chosen (2025)7. Hot Damn Thing. Powerwolf8 The Evil That Men Do Easy Rider Maniphesto3.Welcome To My Paradise.2025 Babylon A.D. - When the World Stops (2025)7 - Power of Music. Dogma - Dogma (2023)4 - Made Her Mine. Rammstein - Essentials (2018)18. Pussy. Chez Kane Reckless.2025 MEAT LOAF DISCOGRAFIAAlbum1995 - Welcome to the Neighborhood2. I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth). Jonathan Wyndham Secondhand_SmokeSecondhand Smoke.2025 Scape Land - Evil Mind Pieces - 04 - Crazy.2018 Sepultura10 - Quadra.2020 Sepultura11 - Agony Of Defeat 2020 FM - Brotherhood (2025)9 Because Of You *SI TE GUSTA LO QUE HACEMOS COMPARTE,A SI CREAREMOS UNA GRAN FAMILIA ROCKERA STAY FUCKING METAL* SIGUENOS !!

Cortes Currents
The Cortes Island School Wetland Project

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 10:12


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -The Cortes Island School Wetland Project is transforming part of the school field into a living classroom that blends ecology, culture, and community effort. In today's interview, we speak to Miranda Cross from Rewilding Water and Earth, the wetland restoration specialist, and biologist on the project Miranda Cross: “The Cortes Island School Wetland Project is a wetland restoration project funded through the ministry of Environment and Climate Readiness through the union of BC municipalities and a fund called Disaster Risk Reduction -Climate Adaptation Funding. This is a partnership project between the Strathcona Regional District, school district 72 and the Cortes Island School.” “My role is to design, build, and manage the project through all the phases. We built two wetlands in the back of the school field in July, and we've been working with the Friends of Cortes Island Society (FOCI), Klahoose First Nation, True Foundation's contract team (which is Laurier Mathieu heavy equipment operation) and the Strathcona Regional District have been involved in all phases of the project, as has obviously the school.” “What we're looking towards now is planting the wetlands with native plants and working with Klahoose First Nation.” 

Podcast TenisBrasil

Uma década atrás, Bruna Assemany teve uma grande ideia: incentivar o tênis de base brasileiro, criando um circuito de competições para crianças a partir dos cinco anos, obedecendo os critérios internacionais. O sucesso tem sido contínuo e já expandiu horizontes. Hoje, a Liga Tênis 10 já realiza competições até para europeus.No bate-papo com o editor José Nilton Dalcim no Podcast TenisBrasil, Bruna conta a história de seu empreendedorismo e afirma que hoje a Liga "deixou de ser uma organizadora de torneios para se tornar uma plataforma educacional esportiva", e isso necessariamente passa por uma mentoria para os pais. Bruna destaca que o próprio João Fonseca competiu na Liga, que por sua vez apoia Luisa Stefani.

Giallo Quotidiano
Chiara Poggi - Cosa non quadra nell'indagine

Giallo Quotidiano

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 4:16


I contenuti di questo video hanno solo finalità informative e si basano su fonti giornalistiche pubbliche disponibili al momento della registrazione. Non costituiscono giudizi personali né accuse.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/storia/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bom dia, Obvious
chapadinhas de endorfina.doc: #03 se mover, para ocupar a quadra, a rua, a história

Bom dia, Obvious

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 24:30


Nos disseram que a quadra era dos meninos, que apenas corpos parecidos com o que é padrão podiam estar no universo dos esportes e que mulheres se exercitando querem, sempre, perder calorias. Bem, o episódio #03 de Chapadinhas de Endorfina.doc é uma investigação sobre a história que é escrita por nós, sem limites ou fronteiras, à procura do bem-estar.E bem-estar também é sobre se divertir. No episódio, ainda tem entrevistas com a historiadora do esporte Aira Bonfim e com a campeã da São Silvestre Lucélia Peres.Esta temporada de Chapadinhas de Endorfina.doc tem patrocínio de Itaú Uniclass, e é sobre se apaixonar pelo o que seu corpo é capaz de fazer, pela endorfina que ele libera e pela liberdade que ele proporciona. Bem-estar de verdade. Pra você chegar lá.Conheça mais sobre os benefícios de ser cliente Itaú Uniclass em https://meu.itau/chapadinhasdeendorfina_ep03⁠Toda quinta-feira, um novo episódio. Nos encontramos de novo na semana que vem?=======================================================Este episódio usou áudios de TV Brasil e do canal de Lucélia Peres no Youtube: https://youtu.be/oxt8fOSfEB4?si=t_dIoOD-zWaSEIQWNos acompanhe também:Chapadinhas de Endorfina no Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chapadinhasdeendorfina/⁠⁠⁠Obvious no Instagram:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/obvious.cc/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Marcela Ceribelli no Instagram:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/marcelaceribelli/⁠⁠Aira Bonfim no Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/airabonfim/Lucélia Peres no Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luceliaperesrt/

Cortes Currents
Saturday, September 20_ Drawing the Line in Campbell River

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 8:21


Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents =People from 93 nations will be calling upon their governments to Draw the Line - For People, for Peace, for the Planet - on Saturday, September 20. Demonstrations are planned in major cities across Europe, Asia, Latin America, the United States and Canada. More than 200 organizations, including 350Canada, the Council of Canadians and the Migrant Rights Network are participating. On Vancouver Island, there will be demonstrations in Victoria, Nanaimo, Campbell River, Courtenay and Duncan as well as the neighbouring communities of Denman Island, Salt Spring Island and Powell River. Former North Island-Powell River MP Rachel Blaney will be among the Speakers for the event starting at 2 PM in Campbell River's Spirit Square. Some Quadra Islanders have stated they are participating. On Cortes Island, the Climate Action Network is urging people to catch the 11:55 AM ferry so they can ‘go join the folks in Campbell River.' Cortes Currents interviewed Murray Etty and Manda Vaughan, two members of the Campbell River Chapter of the Council of Canadians, who are organizing the Campbell River demonstration. Murray Etty: “We're uniting behind five main demands of the Federal Government, but also the provinces: put people over profits, fund our families and communities; refuse ongoing colonialism, uphold Indigenous sovereignty; stop blaming migrants, demand full immigration status for all; end the war machine, stand for justice and peace; and, for Mandy and me, the most important one of all is end the era of Fossil fuels Protect Mother Earth. ” Cortes Currents: What do you hope this demonstration will achieve?

Murray Etty: “ Thousands of people across this country are involved and I think it's going to really make an impression not only the Carney government, but provincial governments too. We've got to get into action here. The time for dithering and making excuses is over, but the people of Canada have got to step up and communicate to their governments.” We've gotta have a way more sending of emails, letters, phone calls, protest movements, and so on to let the governments know we mean business. It's time for a conversion to renewable energy.” Cortes Currents: What conversations have you had locally?

Murray Etty: “We've sent out a whole bunch of emails to organizations and individuals. Sue Moen just this morning said she sent more than 80 messages to people she knows. We've also put a notice in the Campbell River Mirror.”

Manda Vaughan: “We put out a request to Aaron Gunn (MP Noth Island-Powell River), he's otherwise engaged. The message went out to Anna Kindy (MLA, North Island) also, but we haven't heard of a positive reply from her yet.” “Earlier this year Elder College hosted a class on climate change (at North Island College in Campbell River). Surveys by the Guardian and other groups show that well over 60% of people globally are concerned but the majority don't feel they can broach the subject with their friends or neighbours.” “The fact is, people are concerned. We need to come out of our silos and realize others care too. What we are hoping with this rally is to encourage people to come out because climate affects all of us.”

Cortes Currents
Sep 19 at Mansons Friday Market_ Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service talks about changes coming

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 12:29


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -What does the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service update mean to Cortes residents? Rates will go up. You may be paying more if you have a project that requires a bin to remove a lot of waste, like from a construction site or a rennovation. There may be some money for the free store. There are actually 33 proposed actions, but at this point it is not clear how many will apply to us. Sarah Willie, Manager of Solid Waste Planning and Policy Development will be at this Friday's Mansons Public Market, September 19, to talk about it. Sarah Willie: “We're a service of the Regional District and our main goal is in waste diversion and also the management of that garbage and that recycling further along. We're managing the landfills, transfer stations, the depots across the service area. We operate the Cortes Depot and recycling and transfer station and we're also a big part of the Quadra upgrades that are coming up. We've got bins there right now and we've procured some land in order to build a recycling depot.” “We're in the middle of a 10-year update of our solid waste management plan. This plan is really big-picture thinking. How are we gonna achieve that diversion increase over the next 10 years? Are we gonna preserve our landfill space? And providing opportunities for people to have input into that process. “We're in step three now of a four-step process. We've been out to community a couple times over the past few years, getting from folks the goals of this process, introducing them to what we do for their community. Sometimes it's a little bit behind the curtain. Now we're at the point where we've got some strategies and some actions that have been informed by our public and technical advisory committee, as well as our board of directors. “So we've got 33 actions and eight strategies that we've grouped together and we're bringing them to the public. We'd like to hear their input and thoughts on whether we've hit the mark. So we've got a number of events across the whole region coming up. One specifically, we wanna make sure folks are aware of, and that's on Friday, September 19th. We'll be joining the Cortes Island Farmer's Market from noon till three. We'll have a tent set up there. Myself and my colleague Lindsay will be there to introduce the concepts to folks and to answer any questions. “We've also got a lot of online opportunities for engagement. Up until October 16th, you can go to www.cssw.ca/swmp — that stands for Solid Waste Management Plan — and complete our online survey for a chance to win a hundred dollars in groceries.”

Cortes Currents
Anna Kindy Vists Cortes and Quadra Islands

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 7:13


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - On Monday, September 15th, 2025, Anna Kindy, the MLA for our riding, visited Cortes and Quadra Islands. Cortes Currents met up with her at the Cortes Medical Clinic and then we took a quick tour of the downtown Mansons Landing area. Cortes Currents: What's it like coming to Cortes Island? Anna Kindy: You forget how beautiful it is. Just taking the ferry over, my first thought was: it's beautiful. So you guys are lucky. Cortes Currents: You've been here before? Anna Kindy: Many years ago, when my husband had a small boat. I remember docking somewhere on Cortes. Cortes Currents: What brings you to Cortes? Anna Kindy: I'm taking my job seriously, and I'm trying to find out what communities need. We've done quite a bit of traveling over the summer—we just came back from Tahsis, went to Gold River, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, different areas. This was one of the areas I hadn't come to yet. Second, with my medical background, I wanted to find out how the services were on the two islands—or all the islands around. Cortes Currents: What did you find out about the medical service? Anna Kindy: It reaffirms my thinking: the community knows best what they need. Sometimes you drive ideas from communities. The health authorities need to listen because they already have a good product that can be made better. I'm seeing a lot of dedication—staff who've been there for years and love what they do. There's a real connection between staff. Like somebody mentioned, it's a multidisciplinary approach. There are no boundaries—they all help each other, which is fantastic. I also appreciate the welcome feeling. People picked me up from the ferry. They fed us. They're excited that we're here. Cortes Currents: Tell me about your visit to Quadra Anna Kindy:  We went to the clinic. Their facility is fantastic. They're wanting to plan for the future. All of BC has a lack of primary care access and they want to make sure that they have proper primary care access for long-term. They also have a multidisciplinary team. There's a nurse practitioner and they sometimes get other parts of medical services. Long-term, they're looking at an even better model where all of the islands are serviced by one community health centre with potential outreach. I think that's a sustainable way of doing things. Cortes Currents: Our tour of Mansons Landing happened more or less spontaneously. It began at the Rainbow Ridge Affordable Housing project, beside the Medical Clinic, where construction on the first duplex starts today. From there, it seemed only natural to walk over to the Village Commons. We looked at the stage, the food bank sea cans, the Nook, FOCI and Cortes Radio. Standing in the parking lot at Mansons Hall, I pointed out some of the surrounding businesses. When I came to the Cortes Natural Food Co-op, Ms. Kindy asked, “How is it a Co-op?” I suggested, “Why don't you ask them?” So we went inside. After that we walked up Beasley Road, past the Cortes Market, Skate Park, Fire Department and Museum to the Cortes Elementary School. When the tour was finished, I asked Ms. Kindy for her impressions.

Cortes Currents
Maureen Williams- How the Zoning Bylaw process for Cortes could have been better

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 10:38


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -One of the speakers at the September 8 zoning bylaw meeting at Mansons Hall was Maureen Williams of Cortes Island's Climate Action Network. While she welcomed the decision to increase the number of lots at Rainbow Ridge up to a maximum of 35, Williams said the proposed zoning update does little to address affordability, environmental protection, or increase Cortes Island's sense of community. The three-minute speaking limit at the meeting left little room for her to expand on these points, so Cortes Currents spoke with her afterward.

Cortes Currents
Gumboots In The Straits comes to Gorge Hall

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 21:00


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -Book #4 of Gumboots series, 'Gumboots In The Straights' is coming to Gorge Hall on Cortes Island on Saturday September 20. Six of this volume's authors are Cortes residents, who will be reading excerpts between 1:00-3:00. That's free. You can purchase food and drinks between 5:00 and 7:00 followed by dancing to Cortes Island's own ‘He Said; She Said.' Tickets for that are $25 and available at Marnie's bookstore and the Cortes Island Museum. In this morning's interview, we'll be talking to Jane Wilde, who came up with the idea for the Gumboots in the Straights series and she will also be giving us some short readings from the Cortes writers in this volume.

Cortes Currents
SRD Municipalities wanting control of the Electoral Areas Planning Service

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 26:14


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -In the past, Rural Directors have not always appreciated Campbell River ‘interference' in their affairs. An initiative coming out of the Strathcona Regional District's (SRD) Municipal Services Committee could result in a lot more interference from Campbell River and other municipalities. Planning is one of the most fundamental and strategic activities within the SRD. They would like to take control of the Electoral Areas Planning Service. Some of the municipal directors were already discussing the idea of joining the service for months, prior to it surfacing at the August SRD Board meeting. At that point Cortes Island Director Mark Vonesch asked, “ I just have a question for folks that brought this forward. My understanding is municipalities already have a planning function. I'm just confused as to why you might want to join when you already have your own planning service. Looking at this report, it's looking at Campbell River paying half a million dollars for something that they already have and given tight budgets everywhere and being conservative with our tax dollars and responsible. I'm just curious as to the sort of reasoning behind it.” Campbell River Director Susan Sinnott replied,  “The region is important to Campbell River and we are an unfortunate region where we are so dominant that what happens in the region does impact us because we're paying a good amount of money for it. So it's a consideration we have to look at, but no determination at this point.” The matter was referred to the Municipal Services Committee. The following program consists of gleanings from the Municipal Services Committee Meeting of September 3, 2025.

Cortes Currents
Cortes Island's First Aquifer Health Study

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 21:22


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -Cortes Island's aquifer health study has been released and in this morning's interviews we are speaking with Sylvia Barroso, of GW Solutions, the Senior Hydrologist who participated in this project, Sadhu Johnston, Executive Director of the Cortes Island Housing Society and Mark Vonesch, Regional Director of Cortes Island.  First, there are two key questions at the top of many people's minds. Is there enough water in Cortes Island's aquifers to support further development? And why were some of the island's shallow wells not recharging during the recent drought?  Barroso's answers to both questions were complex. Aside from her reference to climate change and the fact conditions are going to get worse, you'll have to wait for her full answer to the question about our shallow wells. However one of her statements about the state of Cortes Island's aquifers is very illuminating:  “Our study showed that in general Cortes has abundant water sources and that at the current usage levels, we have not found that there's overuse. When we look at it from a water management approach, we did not find that any of the water management areas had greater than 5% of the available water being used. That suggests that there is room for growth, and it gives us an opportunity to strategically develop water sources and develop those in protected areas.”  Cortes Currents: The issue is much more complex and there are steps we should take to ensure the health of Cortes Island's water supply, but for that you have to listen to the long version.  

Cortes Currents
Unedited Sep 8, 2025 Cortes Bylaw Meeting

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 66:23


This is the unedited audio from the September 8, 2025 Public Meeting about Cortes Island's zoning bylaw chaired by Regional Director Mark Vonesch. Annie Girdler, from the SRD's panning department gave an overiew of the proposed bylaw changes Cortes Island residents commented about: regulations preventing people from doing what they want on their property we need regulations to protect the community we need more Advisory Planing Committee meetings (There recently was one for zoning) people should get jobs and buy houses with their own money, not get hand-outs regulations & penalties pertaining to liveaboards support for the proposed zoning bylaws the need for more housing the need for more houses on large lots how the proposed bylaws do not help Cortes Island's climate resilience the need to protect landlords from abusive tenants Can Cortes Island's aquifers support more housing Cortes Island's Aquifer study (which was published last week) the water pollution problem in Hague Lake & how it was resolved by the Dillon Creek Restoration Project

Cortes Currents
Consideration for Monday's Bylaw Update Meeting at Manson's Hall

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 12:56


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -Cortes Island will have a public meeting on its proposed Bylaw changes on Monday, Sept 8th, 5pm at Manson's Hall.  “This is a chance for folks to weigh in on the proposed draft. We're really looking at a ‘yes' or ‘no' decision on this zoning bylaw. There's almost two years of community consultation and input, and this is what staff have produced and the best, happy medium for what folks are asking for,” explained Mark Vonesch, Regional Director for Cortes Island. “The public hearing will be a chance for people to express their opinions and their thoughts. Those will get recorded and added to the public record. It's important that folks show up whether you're opposed to or in support of this new zoning bylaw. People who show up make the decisions, and this is an opportunity to have your voice heard. If you can't make the meeting, you can email planning@srd.ca and that will also be included in the public record.” Sadhu Johnston, Executive Director of the Cortes Housing Society, added,  “The Housing Society took a number of positions that we were advocating for with the Regional District.” “The first thing we were advocating for is larger cottages and additional dwelling units on existing properties. There are lots of people on Cortes have a second or third cabin on their land, and they're out of compliance with the current zoning. That makes people uncertain in their living environments. If you're renting a cabin from somebody and that cabin is technically illegal, that creates insecurity. Many people on Cortes rely on that type of housing. “The Housing Society was encouraging what used to be called cottages in the zoning bylaw. They were only 60 square meters — about 500 square feet and really too small for a family to live in - as a second house on a property. We were encouraging for that to be bigger and the SRD has made that change. Now that secondary unit, the accessory dwelling unit (ADU), can be 110 square meters.” “The new density rules allow for multiple dwelling units on a single lot. Depending on the zoning type, more than one ADU is now permitted. That can provide passive income for island property owners, and also create additional rental units. These can't be subdivided or sold, so by nature they provide important rental housing. This proposed bylaw really addressed our concern about larger cottages and additional dwelling units on existing land. “I think the best opportunity for us to get more housing on Cortes is not to build up in the northern part if the island or to develop new sites, but to use properties that already have houses, driveways, electricity, septic, and wells — and enable them to add one or more additional homes. “The previous bylaw had a maximum of three dwellings per lot in the RR1 (Rural Residential 1) and R1 (Residential 1) zones, and they've removed that maximum. There's a new tiered system that allows up to five dwellings in R1 and RR1, and up to six dwellings in RU1 (Residential Urban 1), depending on lot size. Basically, this allows one or two additional houses on existing lots. “They didn't go as far as the Housing Society was thinking would be helpful, but they did go quite far in allowing additional houses on existing lots.

Cortes Currents
At the Old Schoolhouse Gallery- Kristen Scofield-Sweet's final large-scale exhibition

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 10:27


Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - From August 29 to September 14, the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery will host ‘How Do You Like the Underworld?—Kristen Scofield-Sweet's final large-scale exhibition.  “This is my retirement party swan song on the wall,” she began. “This is a body of work that's complete. One of the remarkable things about that is the artist doesn't usually get to see their work all hung together, obviously, unless they have a show. You're used to seeing a piece over the couch with the pillows or the throw at the back. To actually see them having a conversation with each other is really special.” “Every picture tells a story, so you can get all tangled up with how it got painted and why, how I work and yada, yada. In an exhibition like this, the work gets to speak for itself, and that's really profound.” Cortes Currents: How did you come up with the title? Kristen Scofield-Sweet: “It's just an image from walking down the road in my neighborhood, looking for something significant, clicking along, taking pictures. When I got back home and looked at them, it was like, ‘whoa!' The notion ‘How do you like the underworld?' just popped into my head, and so there it is.” Cortes Currents: I have to ask, how do you like the Underworld? Kristen Scofield-Sweet: “I think we live there.” Cortes Currents: What is the Underworld?

Cortes Currents
Folk U: Your Brain - on Trauma with special guest Wendy D'Andrea

Cortes Currents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 105:52


Manda Aufochs Gillespie /Folk U - Psychologist and scientist, Wendy D'Andrea does research that looks at the impacts of acute trauma (such as a car crash) versus chronic trauma (such as abuse) and what happens with each in the brain and body. D'Andrea is a Professor at the New School and Chief Science Officer at the Trauma Research Foundation  This episode isn't always easy to listen to as topics such as abuse, rape, etc., are mentioned but this is a fascinating and empowering look at the new frontier of trauma research and practice.  Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 p.m. and Mondays at 3 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. @CKTZ89.5FM or livestreamed at cortesradio.ca. Find repeats anytime at www.folku.ca/podcasts. 

Na Quadra
Na Quadra #254 - Cooper Flagg e o Draft da NBA, OKC Thunder campeão no Jogo 7 e Kevin Durant no Houston Rockets

Na Quadra

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 41:06


Ari Aguiar e Guilherme Giovannoni comentam sobre os principais assuntos da semana da NBA com destaque para o Draft, com Cooper Flagg como 1ª escolha geral, Kevin Durant TROCADO, e OKC Thunder CAMPEÃO no Jogo 7. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Na Quadra
Na Quadra #253 - Teremos JOGO 7 entre PACERS e OKC nas FINAIS DA NBA! Quem fica com o título?

Na Quadra

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 38:28


Nesta sexta-feira (20), Fernando Nardini e Leonardo Sasso projetaram a grande decisão entre Oklahoma City Thunder e Indiana Pacers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Na Quadra
Na Quadra #252 - Pacers espantaram favoritismo de OKC nas Finais da NBA?

Na Quadra

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 46:26


Nesta sexta-feira (13), Matheus Suman e Helen Luz projetam Jogo 4 da grande decisão do melhor basquete do mundo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Na Quadra
Na Quadra #251 - Tudo sobre o 1° jogo das finais da NBA entre Thunder e Pacers!

Na Quadra

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2025 48:14


Matheus Suman e Leonardo Sasso comentam 1° jogo da NBA Finals entre Pacers e Thunder, com destaque para ponto da vitória de Haliburton! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Na Quadra
Na Quadra #250 - Thunder nas Finais da NBA! Os Knicks vão operar o milagre?

Na Quadra

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 47:49


No episódio desta semana, Ari Aguiar e Guilherme Giovannoni comentam sobre o Oklahoma City Thunder ser o primeiro finalista da NBA e também se o New York Knicks pode "operar o milagre" e virar a série contra o Indiana Pacers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Clive Barker Podcast
492 : Barbie Wilde is Back for the Cilicium Quadra

The Clive Barker Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 87:10


In Episode 492, Ryan and Jose are joined by Barbie Wilde of Hellbound: hellraiser II to catch up and talk about the Cilicium Quadra and the new edition of The Venus Complex.  This is the Clive Barker Podcast, where long-time fans Ryan and Jose interview guests, bring you the news, and take deep dives into Barker-related stuff.  Sponsor : Don Bertram's Celebrate Imagination | Pinterest | ETSY Store Check out his recent paintings Homage to Pearland and Homage to Pearland II on Facebook Texas Friends:   April 26th will be the Pearland Arts Festival Help our former guest, Hans Rueffert Sponsor : Ed Martinez YouTube Channel Yasushi Nirasawa at Mad Model Party 1996 Patreon Members Shout-Out (Become a Patron) David Anderson Erik Van T' Holt Daniel Elven Amanda Stewart Bradley Gartz Markus Returning Sponsor: Don Bertram's Celebrate Imagination  New Sponsor, Ed Martinez YouTube Channel What's New for our Patreon Subscribers     Don Bertram and Hans Rueffert talk about the the days of the Luna 7 Gallery and the first Clive Barker Prints.   Coming Soon: The BarkerCast Studio beginning to first recording Chat with Barbie Wilde Barbie Wilde's web site The Cilicium Quadra Patient K The Venus Complex 2nd Edition, Demain Publishing | Audible w/ Doug Bradley Blue Eyes Blood /Stream Dark Ditties on Amazon Prime Horrorcon UK Delirium Magazine   Show Notes Episode 26 : Barbie Wilde and the Venus Complex Episode 104 : Barbie Wilde Returns for Voices of the Damned The first Omen Hitchcock My Octopus Teacher Rosalind Franklin Women Hold Up Half The Sky Coming Next I Am Monsters Episode 500 Jericho Squad 77 Returns Book Club of Blood : Hell's Event And this podcast, having no beginning will have no end.  web www.clivebarkercast.com Apple Podcasts,  Android,  Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, Libsyn, Tunein, iHeart Radio, Pocket Casts, Radio.com, and YouTube and Facebook: | BarkerCast Listeners Group | Occupy Midian  BlueSky | Reddit | Discord Community Support the show Buy Our Book: The BarkerCast Interviews Occupy Midian  Hardcover | Kindle | Apple Become a Patreon Patron | Buy a T-Shirt Music is by Ray Norrish All Links and show notes in their Entirety can be found at https://www.clivebarkercast.com

CIO Leadership Live
Michel Lamba, Chief Digital Officer, Quadra Group

CIO Leadership Live

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 14:16


Michel Lamba, Chief Digital Officer, Quadra Group discusses building cutting edge innovation through building team skills, removing obstacles to lead and work together, organizational management and where he believes GenAI is on the technology S-curve on CIO Leadership Live with Lee Rennick.