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Indigenous Nations, Politics

Elected and Former Politicians Calling For Aaron Gunn To Step Down

A growing number of elected and former politicians in the North Island Powell River riding are calling upon the Conservative Party to withdraw their endorsement of Aaron Gunn, and demand he withdraw his candidacy. There were already 19 names in the joint letter when Cortes Currents contacted the two women spearheading this campaign and another 6 were added before this post was finished.

 “This has all happened within the last 48 hours. (Bob Chamberlain) a former Vice President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs sent out the first call  for Gunn to be removed. After that many other chiefs supported the call for him to step down,” explained Arzeena Hamir,  a former Regional Director of Area B  in the Comox Valley Regional District.

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Politics

Area C Director’s Report: Board changes allocation formula, Area C taxes increase

From the desk of Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney

Hello,
Some reports are more enjoyable to share than others. This isn’t one of the fun ones because it does not contain great news for Area C taxpayers. In early March I wrote about support service cost allocations. This report is an update on these cost allocations, with the news that Area C property owners will be receiving a tax increase in 2025, an increase that does not bring with it an increase in services: it is the result of a reallocation of administrative costs between municipalities and electoral areas.

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Politics

Campaign Stories From North Island Powell River

All of the recent polls report the Liberals ahead in this election. If the election were held today, 338Canada  and CBC’s Poll tracker are projecting a landslide victory, with between 193 and 202 seats going to Mark Carney’s Liberal Party. It’s a bit more difficult when it comes to calculating the outcome in individual ridings. According to 338Canada’s projections, North Island-Powell River is the bluest of the four northern Vancouver Island ridings. Aaron Gunn is expected to receive about 47% of the popular vote, but projections rely on algorithms and past voting history, and there are some things that can sneak under the radar. 

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Politics

Area C Director’s Report: Official Community Plan update + more

From the desk of Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney

Hello, Signs of spring are popping up… my favourites this week are the growing birdsongs, the swelling salmonberry buds, and the peach blossoms outside my kitchen window. In this Report there’s an Official Community Plan process update and highlights from some recent learning.

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Sports

Wave And Range Cortes Island: Broadening Out Into The Community

Wave and Range Cortes Island has decided it’s time to go public. 

“This year we’re going to be putting on the Cortes adventure challenge, essentially a Cortes triathlon:  It’s a kayak or a canoe, a swim and a trek.  We’ve got a short course, and a long course. That’ll be on the 12th and the 21st of July, tentatively. I’ll need to confirm those dates with you, but  we’ll advertise that. We’ll do a little bit of lead up training for that,” explained Kay Hope.

“There’s an opportunity with where we live to have not so much a love affair, but like a marriage with the physical place that we live in.  I think  a majority of us are really disconnected from our biophysical reality. All sorts of things have unfortunately corrupted a lot of people away from a connection with their body  and the environment. I’m just trying to foray back into that. I think there’s a big opportunity for all of us to just keep doubling down on hiking up Easter Bluff, going to Mansons Lagoon, getting a sweat on, but then exploring in, around and up Desolation Sound. The beauty we have around us, it’s really underutilized by us as a community together.  I don’t want to go out and just be exploring by myself. I’d love to go out on the weekend and see more kayaks than I see power boaters. That’s my wish, and my wish for my baby boy.”

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