Cortes Island stores celebrated Canada Day, but not because of the nation’s Confederation 154 years ago.
British Columbia began step three of its restart plan. Face masks are no longer mandatory. People can gather in larger numbers and go to restaurants.
Continue reading Cortes Island stores celebrate Canada DayMidway through Cortes Island’s second Spring of the pandemic, more people are buying locally, but government restrictions and Quadra Island’s negative messaging have an impact.
Continue reading More people buying locally: restrictions and negative messaging have an impactThe Sunflower food truck opened beside Whaletown road last summer, when the pandemic seemed to be fading away and the whole province was coming out of self isolation.
Continue reading How the Sunflower food truck moved into the Gorge Harbour General storeClark McKay and Carol Pierce have been running the Floathouse restaurant, on Cortes Island, since last October.
Continue reading Clark McKay and Carol Pierce: How COVID changed the meaning of take-outIn 2020, Campbell River stores reported 275 cases of shoplifting to the RCMP. That is in a city, is the situation similar in more remote settings like Cortes Island?
Continue reading Shoplifting in City and Country
