Tag Archives: Campbell River

Assessing The danger of sea level rise on Cortes and Quadra Islands

SRD Protective services Coordinator Shaun Koopman gave an update on the progress of a grant to access the danger of sea level rise on Cortes and Quadra Islands.

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32 active cases in North Vancouver Island

While the number of active COVID 19 cases on Vancouver Island has now reached 504, these are almost all in the South and Central Health Service Delivery Areas. Yesterday Island Health reported 32 active cases in North Vancouver Island. 

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Upcoming changes to the Campbell River-Quadra Island ferry

BC Ferries will be holding  a Virtual Community Meeting, regarding upcoming changes to Campbell River-Quadra Island run, from 6:00 – 7:30pm on Wednesday, April 7th, via Webex.

Click on this link to register.

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Folk U Reporter’s Roundtable: the Housing Crisis in rural/isolated and small communities

(Host Manda Aufochs Gillespie; written version Roy L Hales)

Folk U Radio’s Reporters Roundtable on CKTZ: where we go in-depth on today’s big issues from a small community perspective with the journalists that are researching and writing about them from within these communities. Today’s topic is the unique nature of the the Housing Crisis in rural/isolated and small communities.

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COVID retreating in North Vancouver Island

While the numbers have reached heights not seen since the beginning of this year across the province, COVID is retreating in North Vancouver Island.

On March 1st, there were 71 active cases; yesterday Island Health reported 17

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