The long-awaited Rainbow Ridge housing development has passed a milestone. The foundations of the first two homes are in place. Sadhu Johnston, Executive Director of the Cortes Housing Society, gave Cortes Currents a tour of the site and spoke about the vision, challenges, and progress to date.
Rainbow Ridge is rising in Mansons Landing, the most settled community on Cortes Island.
Continue reading First Home Foundations Poured: Rainbow Ridge Housing Project Takes Shape on Cortes Island
By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Since its inception in 2019, the Cortes Island Women’s Resource Centre has struggled to find funds to ensure delivery of its basic services, but Director Tanya Henck says 2023 will see stable funding thanks to a number of grants from regional and national organizations. The organization received $42,000 through the Victoria Foundation ($5,000), Cortes Island Community Foundation ($17,000), and the Canadian Women’s Foundation ($20,000).
Continue reading Women’s Resource Centre breathes sigh of relief with stable 2023 funding
By Louis Belcourt, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
The Campbell River and North Island Transition Society is looking for private safe homes to shelter women and children fleeing violence on Cortes Island.
The society works closely with the Cortes Island Women’s Resource Centre to help provide services, resource and shelter for those in need.
Continue reading Volunteer safe homes needed on Cortes Island: women’s centre
By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Businesses, renters, and potential homeowners are feeling the housing crunch on rural Cortes Island. A comprehensive housing survey is being launched to help spawn action.
Continue reading Cortes Island has a severe housing shortage and a new survey aims to spawn actionA new University of Victoria study found that British Columbians consumed more alcohol during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic than they have at any other point during the past 20 years.
Continue reading We’ve been drinking a lot more alcohol during COVID, study finds
