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Rivers & Oceans

Final Numbers for Cortes Island’s 2024 Chum Run

The final numbers for Cortes Island’s 2024 Chum run are in. Local streamkeepers Cec and Christine Robinson gave a rundown. 

Christine Robinson: “I think we all know that this was  a stupendous year for Chums up and down the coast. So not just Cortes, not just Quadra, not just the Sunshine Coast, but from the mainland all the way up to Alaska and down through to Puget Sound and I think possibly further south.  The numbers on Cortes were the highest that we have seen since we’ve lived on Cortes, which is now 34 years.”

Cec Robinson: “To put it in context, they’re probably three times higher than the best years we’ve ever seen. So it was pretty huge.” 

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Rivers & Oceans

Cortes Island Streamkeeper Spawner Counts 2013-2024

By Cec and Christine Robinson

Recent monitoring of Cortes creeks officially began in 2013 by Cortes Island Streamkeepers, Christine & Cec Robinson. In 2014, streamkeeper numbers expanded as several more salmon enthusiasts began helping with spawner counts. Cortes Island Streamkeeper records were sent to DFO in Campbell River in 2014, and have continued yearly since.

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Rivers & Oceans

Janie Wray: Listening to Whales

Over 100 people came to the Quadra Community Centre on December 7, to learn about the acoustic dialects and social connections of Orca, Humpback and Fin Whales. Sierra Quadra invited Janie Wray –  CEO and co-founder of the North Coast Cetacean Society, BC Whales, and the manager of the BC Hydrophone Network – to share from her more than two decades of research.

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Housing

Cortes Island’s Draft Zoning Bylaw Online

The proposed changes to Cortes Island’s DRAFT Zoning Bylaw are on online. 

An additional dwelling may soon be allowed on Residential ( R-1), Rural Residential (RR-1), and RU-1 (lands whose primary designation is conservation or agriculture) zones. 

Another proposed changes is more flexibility on lots larger than 3 hectares. For example,  no prescribed building types for dwellings on Residential lots.

Houses that are currently permitted to have suites will most likely be allowed to opt for a duplex instead.

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Food

Fresh Pasta Lunch With Trever Bass And Elizabeth

“ Lunch is duck tortellini, which is one of the smaller ravioli. It’ll be floating in a broth of vegetable and parmesan rind that have been simmered for six hours. It’s very cheesy, but also subtle and just really complements a spoon sized tortellini.”

I just met Trever Bass and his wife, Elizabeth Anderson-Bass, at Manson’s Friday Market. Someone had suggested I do a story on them. When I asked Trever  for an interview, he suggested I come over for lunch. 

The duck tortellini was delicious.  

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