CityWest finally delivered on its promise to bring high speed fibre-optic internet to Cortes Island.
It has been five years since Victoria Smith, then the Strathcona Regional District’s Special Projects and Sustainability Manager, confirmed that Cortes Island was a proposed recipient for the Connected Coast Project.
Continue reading CityWest finally delivers: some Cortes Island homes already receiving serviceWhen Jan Zwicky talked about the need to be independent of the grid, she referred to a 60 second power outage at 4 AM last year. Zwicky wasn’t aware there was a problem until she went into the basement three days later. Her freezer, which had been packed with food, was still off. Most of the contents were ruined.
Zwicky said she is not dependant on a computer and has a back-up system that can keep the lights on, “ But boy, I don’t want that freezer to fall apart!”
Continue reading Quadra ICAN asks ‘What can we do when the grid goes down?’BC Hydro’s 2020 Annual report provides insight, but local knowledge is needed to understand the Cortes Island electric grid.
Continue reading peculiarities of the Cortes Island electric gridCampbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Reporter
With ferries cancelled, BC Hydro says that customers on Quadra and Cortes Island will be left without power overnight (Jan. 5).
According to BC Hydro, 8,963 customers on North Vancouver Island were without power as of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, with the majority of outages concentrated in Tofino, Campbell River and Courtenay.
Continue reading Quadra and Cortes Islands without power overnight
