Part of Tiber Bay may soon be included in the Southern Cortes Protection Area. This matter was brought up at the Wednesday, November 6, Electoral Areas Services Committee (EASC) meeting, where a motion to recommend it with no dissenting votes.
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Two live theatre productions are coming to Mansons Hall this weekend
Cortes Radio sent over five audio tracks. A lot of Cortes residents are going to recognize the voices of the two people who conducted the interviews that follow but as they chose to not introduce themselves, they are labelled CKTZ in the written version of this story. This is their show and it starts with the PSA for ‘Moonrise, the Rock Opera,’ which opens on at 6 PM on Friday, November 8, 2024:
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In previous years, bits of Quadra and Cortes Island data have been incorporated in Campbell River’s Vital Signs Reports. This is the first year that both islands are collecting their own data. Cortes has already published its 2024 Vital Signs Report. The Quadra Island Foundation is about to start accumulating the baseline data that will enable it to produce a report for Quadra and the rest of Area C.
Jody Rodgers, Chair of the Quadra Island Foundation: “Vital Signs empowers organizations for tailoring their initiatives so they can work on things to improve, and also not spin their wheels on things that are already good. It also really gives them the hard data to apply for grants more effectively.”
“I think that it allows us to gain perspective on the differences in spending needs of organizations. Vital Signs is a vehicle for organizations to measure their effectiveness or lack thereof, according to certain benchmarks.”
Continue reading Preparations for Quadra Island’s First Vital Signs ReportThe Southern Cortes Community Association (SCCA) partnered with several local sports to build a multi-use sport court beside the Cortes Island Skate Park. The proposed facility would consist of two courts on a 60 foot by 60 feet concrete or asphalt square. It could be used for pickleball, basketball, volleyball, badminton or tennis.
According to Cora Moret, Executive Director of the SCCA, there is currently a complete lack of sports courts on Cortes Island.
Continue reading Cortes Island’s Proposed Multi-Sports CourtThe Strathcona Regional District (SRD) referred concerns with old forest management on Quadra Island to the Natural Resources and First Nations Relations Committees for recommendation.
In August, the Forest Practices Board released a report stating that three Forestry companies were out of compliance with ‘some aspect of forestry legislation.’ ‘TimberWest does not employ a strategy to ensure that the appropriate amount of mature forests will become old (p 16).’ Okisollo Resources Ltd ‘did not follow its wildlife tree retention strategy when it harvested cutblocks 19-01 and 19-02’ (p 22). Younger Brothers Holdings ‘harvested trees from an area where its Woodlot License Plan said harvesting was to be avoided (p 23).
Continue reading Concerns About Old Growth Management On Quadra Island Referred to SRD Committees
