Originally published on qathet Living
By Sandy Dunlop
Memories of the old Lund Hall linger happily in the mind of anyone who lived in Lund before the rotting building was condemned in the early ‘90s and demolished in 2016.
Construction on this legendary building began in 1928-31, presumably not long after Fred Thulin, the owner of the Lund Hotel, offered the property to the community.
Continue reading The old Lund Hall is hallowed ground; time for a new gathering place
By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
The Seniors Emergency Preparedness Program on Quadra Island started at the end of November 2022 through the non-profit Quadra Circle organization. Program Coordinator Mike Gladish says the goal is to help seniors cope with extreme weather conditions—whether it’s during winter storms or intense heat in summer.
Continue reading New program underway on Quadra Island to help seniors cope with extreme weather
By Fabian Dawson, New Canadian Media, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s immigration department is giving itself a pat on the back today by announcing it has achieved its target of welcoming 431,645 new permanent residents to the country in 2022, about 30,000 more than the previous year.
“Canada has experienced one of the fastest recoveries from the pandemic, thanks in large part to our approach to immigration,” said Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in a media statement to welcome the new year and highlight the historic milestone.
Continue reading Immigration Canada rings in 2023 by making history
By Nicole Goldsworthy, Humbolt Journal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NORTHEAST – Tim Lockhart has made it his passion to photograph as many prairie grain elevators as he can find.
Lockhart was born and raised in Alberta and his dad was a manager at an Old Dutch potato chip plant. When he travelled with his father he gained a passion for grain elevators as each small town they pulled into had one.
About two and half years ago, he saw how many were rapidly being torn down. What every small town in Saskatchewan had was slowly vanishing. Lockhart decided to start documenting as many as he could find throughout the prairie provinces. To date, he has taken pictures of 465 elevators in the three prairie provinces — 275 of them in Saskatchewan alone — with 25 still to document.
Continue reading Photographer captures grain elevator images as they fade away on the prairies
Editor’s Note: Cortes Currents asked Margaret Verschuur, Lead Steward of the Cortes DeathCaring Collective, for her reflections on this past year and thoughts as we enter 2023. This is an edited transcript of what she said.
By Margaret Verschuur
When you asked me about doing an interview, Roy, I hesitated. But then I thought of Jennifer Stevens, and her courage, and thought: I can do this. Jen was someone who really showed up in community, and she let the DeathCaring Collective be a part of her experience.
Of course, confidentiality is something important in everything we do in the DeathCaring Collective, but Jennifer was always very open and her daughter Darshan has been generous and eloquent in sharing her experience with her mom and has given us permission to talk about Jen as well.
Continue reading Reflections on what 2022 meant for the Cortes DeathCaring Collective
