While no one was hurt, the spectre of school shootings came to Campbell River on March 1, 2026. It was merely a threat: arguments escalating to the point that a youth posted a picture of himself holding a BB gun and ‘threatening others who had threatened a friend.’
Being shot by a BB gun is rarely fatal, but often hurts.
The Campbell River RCMP took the threat seriously. Their press release states:
Continue reading Spectre of School Shootings Comes To Campbell River
The Cortes Island Academy offers an accredited 20 week experimental, project-based education to local students in grades 10 through 12. They just wrapped up their fourth year and, on February 9, are about to start taking applications for 2026-2027. In this morning’s interview Executive Director Manda Aufochs Gillespie talks about the school and their recent annual showcase in Mansons hall.
She explained, “It was an incredible display, not just by the students of the Academy, but by the community who came out in droves to be the most supportive, engaged, and encouraging audience I have ever experienced. It was truly heartwarming to see the relational aspects of what was happening there.”
Continue reading Cortes Island Academy embraces the Laurels from Four Years past and begins a new season
By Andrea Bennett, Originally published on the Tyee
It’s a packed house at the federal all-candidates meeting in Powell River, with one very notable absence: Conservative candidate Aaron Gunn.
Outside the Evergreen Theatre, campaign volunteers staff a table stacked with placards bearing Gunn’s name and face, perhaps with the idea his supporters may hold them up in the crowd, conjuring the idea of his presence.
Inside, four candidates — the NDP’s Tanille Johnston, the Green Party’s Jessica Wegg, the Liberals’ Jennifer Lash and Independent Glen Staples — answer questions about crime, the toxic drug crisis, reforming the RCMP, Israel and Palestine, and what they’d do to ensure Canada implements the recommendations emerging from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Continue reading How Aaron Gunn Riles Foes in a Coastal Riding
It has been three weeks since Anna Kindy was sworn in as the Conservative Party MLA for North Island riding.
We actually had a long phone conversation shortly after her election, but this has been a very busy time for Ms Kindy and so we agreed to do the interview on December 3, yesterday.
As I didn’t get an opportunity to interview her during the election, it’s probably best to start at the beginning.
“As an MLA, I represent everyone in this constituency. It doesn’t matter if you voted for me or not, I represent you and I’ll do it to the best of my capacity. I have to look at what the issues are in my riding and how to address them,” she said.
Continue reading Introducing Anna Kindy, MLA For North Island
The Cortes Island Academy’s school year is over. Graduation was on January 25. Executive Director, Manda Aufochs Gillespie, just gave Cortes Currents an overview of the 2023/24 semester and a peek into the year that is just about to begin.
“This school year (Sep 2023-Jan 2024), the Cortes Island Academy was a lot of fun. We learned a lot from our first year. So this year we really got to just revel in the model, the awesome kids and local knowledge holders that came out to make this year happen. It felt to me like a lot more fun, and a lot less trailblazing,” she began.
Continue reading The Cortes Island Academy looks ahead to 2024/25 & back at the past year
