Picket lines could go up in front of Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) branches as early as 8 AM Thursday.
The BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) served the Vancouver Island Regional Library board with 72-hour strike notice on Monday.
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A poem by emerging Cortes Island poet and musician Josephine (Josie) Simpson is one of the 16 pieces of original writing selected for the second issue of Sea & Cedar magazine.
The poem, written in the second person, is about an evening near Dawson Creek and the historic Rolla Pub.
Continue reading Cortes poet’s work selected for literature and arts magazineHow our local government works – Part 2 of 5 from the Feb 9 SRD Board Meeting
Electoral Area C is the largest electoral area within the Strathcona Regional District. It spreads out over 10,650 square kilometres: from Quadra throughout the Discovery Islands to some of the Mainland Inlets. The vast majority of people live on Quadra. In the second of five articles arising from the SRD Board meeting of Feb 9th, 2022, Cortes Currents is looking at how the tax dollars from this area were spent in 2021 and a proposed budget for 2022.
Continue reading Where do Discovery Island property tax dollars go?How our local government works – Part 1 of 5 from the Feb 5 SRD Board Meeting
The proposed budget for 2022 was one of the principle topics at the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) Board Meeting on Wednesday, February 9th. Part of this process involved looking into the finances for 2021. So in the first of a five part series arising from that meeting, Cortes Currents is looking into how the SRD is spending the portion of our tax dollars under their control.
Continue reading Where did Cortes Island’s property tax dollars go in 2021?The first confirmed case of COVID 19 on Cortes Island was announced this morning.
Continue reading First confirmed COVID case on Cortes Island
