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At the start of January, Mary Lavelle officially stepped into the position of general manager at the Cortes Natural Food Co-op.
The job had been vacant since last March, with the extra duties divided between two senior staff, Meg MacDonald and Carly Mersereau, who acted as interim store manager and interim deli manager, respectively.
Continue reading New year, new general manager at the Cortes Food Co-opCKTZ News, through an LJI grant to Canada-info.ca
Toki Bap Café in Manson’s Hall is bringing back monthly dinners under the catchy name of “ACDC,” which stands for “A Community Dinner Club.” Kicking things off will be a Lunar New Year menu on Tuesday, Feb. 1 to celebrate the Year of the Tiger.
Continue reading Donation-based community dinners return in time for Lunar New YearBy Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant to Canada-info.ca
A Cortes Island community hub is celebrating a milestone: Hollyhock Learning and Leadership Centre is turning 40 this year.
Hollyhock Founding Executive Director Rex Weyler says the push to create Hollyhock began in 1981, when he visited the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, where he visited a fortune teller. She told him that when he came upon hollyhock flowers peeking over a high fence, he would be in the right place.
Continue reading Hollyhock Learning and Leadership Centre turns 40: Founding director reflects on legacyA CityWest construction crew will be on Cortes Island for the first four to six months of 2022, to hook individual homes for high-speed Internet.
“Now that we’ve been issued a permit from the ministry of transport (MOTI), we have a green light to proceed with the provincial government’s mandate of connecting Cortes Islanders under the ERI grant program,” said Eric Geall, Operations Manager for West Connect Infrastructure (WCI).
Continue reading What CityWest will be doing on Cortes for the next 4-6 monthsCKTZ News, through an LJI grant to Canada-info.ca
As the Jan. 31 deadline for public feedback on a proposed cell tower on southern Cortes Island approaches, community opinions on the issue remain divided.
TELUS’ proposed 63.1-meter tower is currently cited on the Tla’amin-Nation governed land called Paukeeajim, adjacent to Rexford Road in Manson’s Landing.
Continue reading Community voices on proposed TELUS tower: The yays, the nays and the tech talk
