Editors note: This is what some Cortes Island residents were discussing in late 2019, and early 2020.
One of the key points that Marc Doll keeps mentioning, in his campaign to become Regional Director of Area C, is the need to form a Community Association. In today’s interview he explains why.
“There’s significant differences between a Community Association and an Advisory Council,” explained Doll.
Continue reading Doll: Why Quadra Island and/or Area C needs a Community Association
By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Mark Vonesch is facing no other candidates in the upcoming municipal election for directors to the Strathcona Regional District and he’s been acclaimed to represent Area B, which is Cortes Island.
Vonesch says it’s a relief not to have to run against anyone; he’s excited to get to work, when the new board convenes on Nov. 9, following the vote on Oct. 15.
Continue reading Mark Vonesch faces no candidates, acclaimed regional director in Strathcona Regional District election
Both the Campbell River Mirror and National Observer reported how the tiny Surge Narrows Community Association (SNCA) purchased 20 acres on Read Island in 2019.
“We just couldn’t bear to see yet another clearcut,” explained Read Island resident Lannie Keller. “It was a beautiful piece of treed land along the main road where people travel to get mail, to the school or the dock.”
Continue reading Taxes waived for Lot 302 on Read Island; a brief respite for Cortes IslandIn 2014, Transport Canada (CT) transferred administration of three wharves to the Strathcona Regional District (SRD). Owen Bay on Sonora Island, Surge Narrows on Read Island, and Port Neville on the northern shore of the Johnstone Strait are all within Area C. The SRD was also provided with $2.9 million for maintenance and upgrades that were to be completed by 2024. These upgrades have not yet occurred. Nor has a service to carry out operations and maintenance been established for Area C. In the face of local opposition, the SRD deferred discussion of this issue until next January.
Continue reading With the 2024 deadline approaching, SRD defers the CT wharves problem to the next administrationWhen the auditor submitted his report to the Strathcona Regional District Board last Spring, it showed one director billing significantly more than his colleagues.
“I received more money than other directors,” admitted Regional Director Jim Abram of Area C (Discovery Islands-Mainland Inlets) at the Strahcona Regional Dirstrict’s May 25 board meeting.
Continue reading Abram agrees to repay the SRD $8,640 for expense payments not meeting their criteria
