As the level 4 ‘drought’ continues and some shallow well owners are concerned about their water supply, CKTZ News asked an expert about Cortes Island aquifers.
Dr Diana Allen is the head of the Groundwater Resources Research Group at Simon Fraser University. While she has not been to Cortes, Allen has been working on islands like Hornby, Mayne, Saturna and Salt Spring since 1996.
Continue reading Cortes Island aquifers: Rainwater, wells, salinization and climate changeThe Strathcona Regional District is doing the feasibility study for a superior tanker shuttle service on Cortes Island.
So I asked SRD Protective services Coordinator Shaun Koopman, what difference would that make?
Continue reading How Cortes Island could benefit from a Superior Tanker Shuttle Servicethe Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It’s been a welcome sight for millennia for the Tla’amin Nation — every year in March or April, the waters would turn milky white as the herring sperm fertilized eggs and attached to algae beds of kelp and eelgrass, says Chileneh Scott Galligos, a fisheries technician with Tla’amin.
Continue reading Tla’amin Nation welcomes return of herring spawnToday’s Folk U show is Lessons on Governance, Ecology and Protecting Rural Character: What Cortes can learn from the Islands Trust model.
Continue reading Folk U: The Island Trust model for local governanceWhat is it? When Will it return? And What would it take to make the Free Store more Resilient for the Future?
Are you thinking and wondering about the Free Store? If you live on Cortes island, the answer is probably yes. Are you drowning in stuff, or down to two bowls in a household of four people? Every week, there are new theories as to what happened to the Free Store: where it went, what will take to get it back, and also exciting possibilities to use the Free Store model to grow Cortes Island: for keeping resources local, making better use of what the island has and reducing the amount of stuff shipped off Island.
Continue reading The Cortes Island Free Store
