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Community association plans to expand hours, services at Mansons Landing Community Hall

By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

The non-profit Southern Cortes Community Association (SCCA) held its annual general meeting at the end of July. Five new board members were elected, bringing the total to eight directors.

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Original production Snakeskin Lightning being featured at annual Cortes Day evening celebration

By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

Snakeskin Lightning is coming to Mansons Landing Community Hall on the evening of July 23 as part of the annual Cortes Island Day celebrations.

It’s the creation of Caresse Nadeau of Cumberland, BC on Vancouver Island. The multimedia production is theatrical and combines live music, dance and animation.

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George Sirk & the Cortes Film Festival

Cortes Island will be holding its very own film festival in Mansons Hall on Sunday, July 17, 2022.  George Sirk produced Cortes Cinema’s films, all but one of which was originally shown at either Mansons or Gorge Halls during the 1970s and early 80’s. The exception is a video of Ann Mortifee’s performance at Manson’s Hall on October 23, 1981. This has not previously been shown in public. Doug McCaffry came up with the idea of holding a film festival, when he was digitalising Sirk’s films for the Cortes Island Museum.  

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Property Sales: Getting Rainbow Ridge ‘Shovel Ready’ for the next phase

Many of you have probably seen the real estate ads on the Tideline. Two significant parcels of land are being sold as part of a much larger vision.  Cortes Community Housing intends to have the Rainbow Ridge project ‘shovel ready’ for funding by 2023.

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