By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
A garbage removal service at a Cortes Island dock is being suspended after this summer season due to boaters failing to follow conditions, rising costs and more.
It’s been challenging for the Harbour Authority of Cortes Island to keep up with waste removal from the five government docks it operates, manager Jenny Hartwick told CKTZ earlier this summer.
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By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Summer is the busiest time of year for recreational boaters, and docks on Cortes Island are popular.
Harbour Authority of Cortes Island Manager Jenny Hartwick anticipates one of the busiest seasons on record. She advises vessel owners to secure valuable items on board in a locked area and encourages them to call the RCMP if anything goes missing and to advise the Harbour Authority as well.
Continue reading Cortes Island docks, local harbor authority recommend some easy steps to ensure security
Recreational vessels are no longer permitted to moor at Cortes Island’s government docks for extended periods without prior approval from the Harbour Authority of Cortes Island (HACI).
“Just to clarify, it’s recreational vessels that are looking for a month, three months or six months long-term moorage,” said Harbour Manager Jenny Hartwick
Boats can still ‘sneak in’ and use docks overnight, at places like Squirrel Cove, providing there is room for them.
Continue reading Recreational Vessels need to register in advance for long term moorage
The first shipment of baskets, for what was to become the Nzuri Basket company, arrived on Cortes Island in August, 2020.
Jenny Hartwick didn’t set out to found a company. The baskets she initially brought home, from a trip to Kenya, were gifts for friends and family.
“It wasn’t until we were back in Canada and I’d given away all of my baskets. Everybody was saying to me, ‘Wow, these are amazing can you get more of them?’ I thought, ‘Gee, maybe I can look into that’ and so that’s kind of, that was the start of where it came from,” explained Hartwick.
Continue reading The Nzuri Basket Company is a good thingNine Cortes Island students are waiting to hear whether they will have to move to Campbell River during their high school years. This has been the norm for many Cortes families. Others sent their children to a boarding house in Campbell River during the week. The parents of nine Cortes students found another option. They send their children to a Powell River school two days a week, through the Partners in Education program (PIE), and teach them at home the other three days.
Continue reading Can Cortes Island students continue their schooling in Powell River?
