CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Cortes Island stores celebrated Canada Day, but not because of the nation’s Confederation 154 years ago.
British Columbia began step three of its restart plan. Face masks are no longer mandatory. People can gather in larger numbers and go to restaurants.
Continue reading Cortes Island stores celebrate Canada DayCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
For the second year in a row, the SRD Board approved the grant-in-aid allocations recommended by Cortes Island’s non-profit sector.
Continue reading SRD approves 2021 Cortes Island Grant-in-Aid allocations
Born in New York, he chose Canada. Another two years passed before he arrived on a remote island off the West Coast. Paul Kirmmse remembers Cortes Island in 1971.
“I originally came here in January of ’71, looking for land. A guy gave me a job for the summer, beginning in April, serving coffee to the fishers and the loggers. There was a little cafe just above Mansons Lagoon, across from what used to be the Barton store – which I understand is now the Cortes Island Museum. It was dragged up the road and put in place to become the museum,” he says.
Continue reading Paul Kirmmse remembers Cortes Island in 1971The Cortes Island Museum ZOOM AGM is this Sunday, April 25th, at 1:30 PM.
Continue reading The Cortes Island Museum ZOOM AGMThe Cortes Island Museum’s Wild Cortes exhibit is reopening at Linnaea Farm on Earth day, Thursday, April 22nd, with ‘the Big Three.’
Continue reading Wild Cortes reopens with the Big Three
