CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
After more than two decades with local internet provider Twincomm, Dino Tsakonas has become the face of CityWest throughout much of our our region.
Continue reading Dino Tsakonas: the face of CityWest in our areaCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The lagoon at Mansons Landing is yet another location on Cortes, which experienced alarming rates of marine creature die-off in the wake of the recent heat wave — the sand dollar population being hit the hardest, with losses as high as 85 per cent.
Continue reading Mansons Lagoon not spared in Marine life die-offCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Cortes and Quadra Islands will receive a significant chunk of the $394,000 FireSmart Economic Recovery Grant that the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) just received.
Continue reading What the FireSmart grant means to Cortes and Quadra IslandsCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
In the midst of a heat wave that may have left as many as a billion dead marine creatures along the West Coast, there appears to have been an abnormally high number of shellfish deaths reported at a number of Cortes Island locations.
Daily temperature highs of between 35°C and 40°C were recorded, at the Cortes Island School, during the last five days of June.
Continue reading Abnormally high number of Shellfish deaths on Cortes IslandNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The ecological devastation of B.C.’s recent heat wave is just starting to be understood after record temperatures paired with low tides wreaked havoc along the West Coast.
More than one billion marine intertidal animals may have perished along the shores of the Salish Sea during the record temperatures at the end of June, said University of British Columbia researcher Chris Harley.
Continue reading A billion tidal creatures likely baked to death
