The number of active COVID 19 cases across North Vancouver Island is falling. Island Health reported 33 yesterday, less than half of what there were two weeks ago. There are currently no outbreaks listed at any schools, care homes or restaurants anywhere from the Comox Valley to the northern tip of Vancouver Island.
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COVID update for Greater Campbell River on March 11, 2021
This is a COVID update for the Greater Campbell River area on March 11, 2021.
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Discovery Island Items at the SRD Board Meeting
There were a lot of Discovery Island Items at the SRD (Strathcona Regional District) Board meeting last week.
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What going Back to School During a Pandemic Will Teach Us
What can going back to school in a pandemic teach us about the future of education? Five Educators from the live listening area of Cortes Radio chime in to discuss what their districts are doing to get kids safely back to school and how the future of education in our area may change forever from what we learn in this time.
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Surge Narrows Store revitalization project
The old Surge Narrows Store, on Read Island, closed its doors in 2007. A Strathcona Regional District staff report sates, “since that time the building and its associated boardwalk, floating dock and fuel shed have been left in a state of disrepair.” Last November, the SRD board applied for a $2.2 million grant to revitalize the property and was turned down. Now it looks the Surge Narrows Store Revitalization project is going forward.
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