From the desk of Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney
Hello,
Summer’s bustle has faded while the warm amber of the big leaf maples is brightening our shorter days. We are so fortunate to live in a beautiful place which visitors want to experience and while visiting, support our island economy. Along with our golden memories of a lovely island summer, some folks may have recollections of seasonal ferry-related traffic concerns.
There are some Cortes Island elements in the story of a boat stolen from Campbell River on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
Someone living in the Potlatch Road area of southern Cortes Island observed ‘big military type planes’ and some helicopters flying around the ocean that morning and thought it might be a Sea-Air Rescue excerise. He did not think about it again until reading about the incident on CHEK News.
Continue reading Cortes Island Elements In A Boat Theft Story
The West Connect Infrastructure (WCI) crew had just finished laying CityWest’s main cable in Whaletown, when one of the workers noticed that a line had been cut. They immediately informed the RCMP, whose press release states they were initially informed of three cuts to the cable.
Scott Simpson, Senior Marketing Manager at CityWest explained: “On the evening or night of Thursday, March 21st, there was some vandalism done to the fibre optic network that was being constructed for the service to the community of Whaletown. Crews noticed some damage to the network. Upon further investigation, we found that 17 different sites have been damaged along about a 1.5 kilometre stretch on Whaletown Road. So, 17 different sites that had been cut with multiple cuts at each site, quite a bit of restoration work. We’re looking at an estimate of about $40,000 worth of damage overall. That would include materials and the labour to fix everything.”
Continue reading CityWest’s Cable Cut In Whaletown
The Director of Cortes Island is considering the idea of having a dog control bylaw drawn up for his area, and the Director of Quadra Island has expressed some interest.
The idea was discussed at the Wednesday July 19 Electoral Areas Services Committee (EASC) Meeting.
Mark Vonesch, Regional Director for Area B (Cortes Island), explained, “This request for a bylaw came out of a situation where a dog was out of control multiple times, scaring people and ultimately ended up killing another dog on the island. The dog owners approached the RCMP and said, ‘this dog killed our dog.’ The RCMP told them that they weren’t able to do anything about it because there were no bylaws.”
Robyn Mawhinney, Regional Director for Area C, added, “On Quadra, I’m curious about this proposal.”
Continue reading Possible Dog control Bylaws for Cortes (and Quadra?) Islands
By Louis Belcourt, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
An investigation has begun on Quadra Island after a 39-year-old woman was found dead inside her home.
RCMP were conducting a wellness check on Jan. 16 when they found her inside her home, according to press release Feb. 1.
Police have confirmed that the death is criminal based on evidence forensic investigators have collected and believe it was a targeted killing.
Continue reading RCMP investigating after woman was found dead on Quadra Island, say it was ‘targeted,’ but ‘isolated’
