By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Since last November, a dedicated group of Cortes islanders has been meeting every Friday to protest the slow progress on climate change and other issues, and to find ways to have their concerns heard. They call their gatherings “WTF Fridays.”
Continue reading Cortes Islanders meeting regularly to promote collective action on climate changeCKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
The charitable environmental protection organization Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) held their annual general meeting (AGM) on Jan. 20, which included presentations of project progress in 2021 and a significant change to the board of directors.
Continue reading Cortes Island environmental non-profit hosts annual general meeting
Dr. Kelsey Gil is a postdoctoral researcher at UBC’s department of zoology and the lead author of a paper published in Current Biology that literally peaks down the throat of a lunge whale.
Lunge feeding whales (humpbacks, blue whales and fin whales etc) open their mouths as they accelerate towards their prey.
Continue reading Looking down the throat of a Humpback WhaleCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The government of BC issued a reminder on Saturday that users of groundwater from wells or dugouts for commercial purposes must register by March 1, 2022 to maintain access rights.
Continue reading Groundwater registration deadline looming for British ColumbiansCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It has been more than 130 years since the land was drained, but fish may soon return to what is now called the Dillon Creek wetland restoration on Cortes Island.
Continue reading Fish will return to the Dillon Creek wetland restoration
