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Fire

Challenges: The 2023 Cortes Island Firefighting Association AGM

An overwhelming majority of the 50 or so people that turned out (in person or via ZOOM) to the Cortes Island Firefighting Association (CIFFA) AGM on Thursday, Mar 30, were supportive of the fire department. 

CIFFA has a contract to provide fire fighting services, with the Strathcona Regional District (SRD).

A number of attendees questioned the Strathcona Regional District’s current idea of setting up of a regional system, with a Fire Chief in Campbell River.  

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Fire

SRD Board; Cortes Island Fire Department needs more money

Cortes Island residents will most likely be paying a great deal more for their fire department this year. The Cortes Island Fire Department (CIFFA) is asking the SRD for about $127,000 more in 2023. CIFFA hopes to obtain $381,000 from property taxes. 

Their request was received as correspondence at the Wednesday, Feb 22, meeting of the SRD Board.

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Fire

Volunteer Fire Department chief let go by the organization’s board of directors

Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

Cortes Island’s fire chief was dismissed this week ahead after five months on the job.

Dave Ives was a few weeks shy of completing his six month probation as chief of the Cortes Island Volunteer Fire Department.

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Fire, Parks

 SRD approves funding for Kw’as Park bridge and Cortes Fire truck

How our local government works

Two Cortes Island expenditures were approved without any opposition at the May 25 Strathcona Regional District Board meeting. 

A staff report described the footbridge in Kw’as Park as ‘nearing the end of its useful life’ and ‘a safety hazard.’ It has been 27 years since volunteers built the 22 foot arched cedar ‘bridge’ over the creek connecting Hague and Gunflint lakes. The $67,000 needed to replace it (and presumably some related infrastructure) will come from the provincial gas tax.

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Food, History

Farewell To Trude’s Café

It was a beautiful time; you know, there’s these blips in history and you don’t realize that when it’s happening, how special it is. — Lovena Harvey

On February 9th 2022, Whaletown neighbours near the Robertson/Whaletown intersection were alarmed by an unusual sight: the old “Trude’s Café” building was on fire.

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