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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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Justice

Quadra RCMP update from May 17-22

Cst. Rebekah Draht of the Quadra RCMP released a report of 10 incidents that occurred between May 17 and 22nd, 2022. 

Seven of these accounts mention either a boat, or a ferry terminal.

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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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Health

Meet Cortes Island’s newest graduate of emergency medical training, Trevor Leduc


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

The first thing you notice when speaking with Trevor Leduc is his warmth, energy and enthusiasm – especially when he talks about the new emergency medical training he received.  After gaining certification in Occupational First Aid Level 3 recently, he had a chance to continue with the higher-level and more community-focussed Emergency Medical Responder, or EMR training, and went for it.

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Finances

Where did Cortes Island’s property tax dollars go in 2021?

How our local government works – Part 1 of 5 from the Feb 5 SRD Board Meeting

The proposed budget for 2022 was one of the principle topics at the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) Board Meeting on Wednesday, February 9th. Part of this process involved looking into the finances for 2021. So in the first of a five part series arising from that meeting, Cortes Currents is looking into how the SRD is spending the portion of our tax dollars under their control. 

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