This Friday at 1 p.m. (Monday at 6:30), July 16th, tune-in for a special edition of Folk U Radio with guest-host Immanuel McKenty. This week will be all about local musicians! Featuring tracks by, and interviews with, local legends Josie Simpson, Jemma Hicken, and Back Eddy and the Procrastinators!
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Folk U Radio celebrates 50 with the Awakaneers
Folk U Radio celebrates 50 live shows on CKTZ 89.5 FM this Friday at 1 p.m. Please join host Manda Aufochs Gillespie and Cortes’s local musicians the Awakeneers (developers of the Folk U Radio theme song Think!) for live music and a peak “back stage” into the music-making lives and inspiration of these neighbours.
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Environmental issues in small Vancouver Island communities
(Host Manda Aufochs Gillespie; written version Roy L Hales)
In this edition of the Folk U Radio’s Reporters Roundtable, our journalists talk about environmental issues in some small Vancouver Island communities.
Continue reading Environmental issues in small Vancouver Island communitiesFolk U: The Big Three & stories from the Museum archives
In partnership with the Cortes Island Museum and Archives, this Folk U features Jane Newman sharing news of the museum and stories of Spring from the archives. The second hour features Laurel and Donna curators of the upcoming Big 3 Exhibit opening soon at Wild Cortes! to learn about this exciting new exhibit and the stories of Cortesian interactions with bears, cougars, and wolves from over the ages.
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Folk U: Chief Kevin Peacey – Making it on Cortes
Chief Kevin Peacey of the Klahoose First Nation presents Klahoose Success and Strong Leadership and answers neighbours questions.
Then Colin Funk gives a brief update on the Cortes Community Economic Development Association and Carrie Saxifrage gives an update on the Community Forest.
This was part of the Making it on Cortes forum, providing resources and a network for neighbours making a life and a livelihood on Cortes.
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