15 posts were added this week and 844 posts, or specific third party channels to posts, were accessed.*

The top 3 stories this week, in terms of views, were:

1. CIFFA: Will Cortes Island lose its volunteer Fire Department? 
2. Cortes Island Fire Department instructed all communication with the SRD must come through CAO David Leitch 
3. George Sirk: Frog Stories

This weeks posts were:

Our Broadcast Area

(Stories about or mentioning: Cortes, Quadra and Read Islands, Campbell River)

1. RLH – CIFFA: Will Cortes Island lose its volunteer Fire Department? – Cortes Currents
2. RLH – Cortes Island Fire Department instructed all communication with the SRD must come through CAO David Leitch – Cortes Currents
3. RLH – George Sirk: Frog Stories – Cortes Currents
4. RB – Tiny B.C. island community’s answer to climate change? Feed everyone – repost from Canada’s Natural Observer
5. RLH – ‘Wayfinding’ at the Cortes Island Museum – Cortes Currents
6. RLH – The Garden Share and Food Recovery Programs on Quadra Island – Cortes Currents
7. RG – Protecting Old Forests – the Quadra Project

Regions Beyond

(Trends to watch, inspirations and challenges)

1. FD – Canada has jobs and public support for immigrants but it doesn’t have the housing – repost from New Canadian Media
2. RLH – Why Didn’t the US Develop Solar Energy 45 Years Ago? – Cortes Currents
3. MS – An invisible climate killer is lurking behind B.C.’s LNG boom – repost from the Narwhal
4. NB – Trans Mountain expansion’s price tag surpasses $30-billion threshold – repost from Canada’s National Observer
5. FD – Labour Shortage, or Bad Jobs? – repost from the Tyee
6. PH – Town Bylaw change to allow overnight sheltering for Smithers’ homeless population – repost from Smithers Community Radio
7. RB – ExxonMobil cuts bait on exploration rights for B.C. coast – repost from Canada’s National Observer
8. KB – Feds seek feedback on ocean economy regulations – repost from Prince Rupert Northern View

Top Podcasts this week, in terms of plays

(From Cortes Currents SoundCloud)

1. (For the 8th week running) We’ve been drinking a lot more alcohol during COVID, study finds 
2. CIFFA: Will Cortes Island lose its volunteer Fire Department? 
3. George Sirk: Frog Stories

Top 3 locations of viewers/plays:

• Cortes Currents: CKTZ’s listening area – 26.48%; Vancouver, BC – 11.64%; Gibsons, BC – 5.26%
• SoundCloud: Vancouver: 17.05% CKTZ’s listening area – 10.47%; Lahore, Pakistan: 4.26% 

Top image credit: One of Vancouver’s fireboats during Sadhu Johnston’s term as Deputy City Manager (2009-16) – Photo by Sam Churchill via Flickr (CC BY SA, 2.0 License)

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