CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Long term Port McNeill City Coun. Shelley Downey will once again be the Conservative candidate in North Island-Powell River during the next federal election.
In response to Cortes Currents query about running again, Downey replied, “I will be representing the Conservative Party of Canada when the next election is called.”
Continue reading Shelley Downey running for Conservatives againNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The federal fisheries minister has denied an international aquaculture company the right to stock contentious fish farms in the Discovery Islands for a second time.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has rejected two recent applications by Cermaq Canada to transfer 1.5 million fish to the company’s Venture Point and Brent Island sites following a decision by Ottawa last year to phase out salmon farms in the region by July 2022.
Minister Bernadette Jordan also denied Cermaq’s request to extend its current licences to operate the sites to February 2023 — beyond the deadline set by DFO last December.
Continue reading Ottawa says “no” to restocking fish farmsNow that most of the fish farms in the Discovery Islands have closed down, sea lice numbers may have plummeted as much as 95%.
Continue reading Sea lice numbers plummeted 95% in Discovery Islands, scientist says
Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) has become the Hakai Institute‘s first partner in a new citizen science sea star monitoring program.
As Helen Hall, Executive Director of FOCI explained, “”We just launched a really exciting joint project with the Hakai Institute. They are initiating a project to monitor the health of Sea Stars in the Discovery Islands and we can contribute from Cortes Island.”
Continue reading The Discovery Islands Sea Star Monitoring Program
