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Children

40 Years of the Quadra Children’s Centre: The Next Generation

Originally published in the Bird’s Eye

This is our third article of the trilogy marking 40 years of the Quadra Children’s Centre (QCC). What follows is where it’s going, what it needs to get there — and what it has always had in abundance.

Forty years ago, a small group of women said yes to something hard because it needed doing and they loved their community. That hasn’t changed. The names have rotated. The work has evolved. But the Centre has been held, in every era, by warm, vibrant, deeply caring people — mostly women, many of them mothers themselves — who showed up because generations of children were counting on it. That thread of stewardship runs unbroken from 1985 to today.

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History

At the Cortes Island Museum: Fossils Left by the Last Glacial Age

The story of fossils left during the last glacial period is currently on display at the Cortes Island Museum. They are Buchia mussels, Belemnites, and Ammonites—creatures that lived in the Chilcotin region at the same time as the dinosaurs. The rocks containing their fossils were relatively undisturbed for nearly 130 million years. Then, during the last glaciation period, fragments broke off and were carried to Cortes, Read, Sonora, and other Discovery Islands.

In this morning’s interview, Christian Gronau, a retired geologist and Cortes Island resident, tells their story.

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Community

Folk U: Life on Read and Sonora Islands (Part 1)

(Interview by Manda Aufochs Gillespie; written version by Roy L Hales)

On Friday, June 5, host Manda Aufochs Gillespie welcomed three women from neighbouring islands to Folk U Radio. Renate Harvey and Renée Desautels from Sonora Island and Sheila Hollanders from Read Island talked about their lives, families, communities and hopes for years to come. This is the first part of a highly edited and abridged version of that interview.

Manda (Host of Folk U):  Today, we’re getting closer in community with our neighbour islands—many who are even more remote than Cortes. What do we have to learn and share with our neighbours from across the waters?

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Politics

Area C Director’s Report: news from the May Board meeting

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Far from complaints of ‘Junuary’, recent rain showers have been a blessing as we head into a predicted hot, dry summer. FireSmartBC.ca shares actions, resources & tips for reducing the risk of wildfire damaging your home… they say the best protection against wildfire damage is prevention. This short report shares news from the May 27 Board meeting & summer dates for ‘chat with the Director’.

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Business

Quadra Island Thrift: One Year, 30,487 Items, and a Very Well-Dressed Island

Originally published in the Bird’s Eye

A year ago, Hannah Rohan and Shelby Mitchell stood outside a paper-covered storefront in Quathiaski Cove, grinning in front of a hand-painted sign: Thrift Store Grand Opening, Saturday, May 17. It was one of my first real cover stories as the Bird’s Eye’s new editor — two Quadra-raised locals who came home with a vision, a shared love of thrifting, and one legendary bonding bike trip behind them.

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