The licenses for all 19 salmon farms in the Discovery Islands expire in June. There will only be 7 farms left in the Broughton Archipelago by 2023, at which point their tenure ends unless they can obtain First Nations approval and Department of Fisheries licences. That leaves an estimated 79 salmon farms throughout the province, and all of their licenses come up for renewal on June 30, 2022.
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High speed internet: Are Read, West Thurlow and part of Quadra Island being left out?
How our local government works – Part 4 of 5 from the Feb 9 SRD Board Meeting
As the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) prepares to amend its indebtedness agreement with CityWest, to pay for the installation of high speed internet, Regional Director Jim Abram is concerned that parts of area C are being left out.
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Where do Discovery Island property tax dollars go?
How our local government works – Part 2 of 5 from the Feb 9 SRD Board Meeting
Electoral Area C is the largest electoral area within the Strathcona Regional District. It spreads out over 10,650 square kilometres: from Quadra throughout the Discovery Islands to some of the Mainland Inlets. The vast majority of people live on Quadra. In the second of five articles arising from the SRD Board meeting of Feb 9th, 2022, Cortes Currents is looking at how the tax dollars from this area were spent in 2021 and a proposed budget for 2022.
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The Ice Age settlement of Vancouver Island and the Discovery Islands
New evidence suggests that First Nations people may have arrived in northern Vancouver Island as early as 18,500 years ago.
Chris Hebda, from the Hakai Institute, is the lead author of a study that found Topknot Lake, near Cape Scott, has been ice free since then. In today’s interview he also gives a tentative outline of our area’s history from post ice age settlement down to the First Nations of our era.
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2021 as seen by Rachel Blaney, MP for North Island-Powell River
Rachel Blaney, Member of Parliament for North Island – Powell River, gave Cortes Currents an overview of the important political issues and her family life during this past year.
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