Whaletown Road was completely blocked near Robertson Road on the afternoon of Friday January 19th, for almost an hour.
Snowy conditions were too much for a heavy tractor-trailer rig carrying earthmoving equipment and what appeared to be a large generator. The driver, travelling from the ferry to a destination on the south end, lost traction on the hill approaching Bodington.
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Seniors Helping Seniors, in collaboration with the Cortes Museum and Archives, is once again presenting a series of monthly Literary Afternoons this winter. These events, at which local authors read their work, will be held on the last Sunday of each month at 2pm in the Lakeview Room at Linnaea Farm. The last two Literary Afternoons for this winter will be on January 28th and February 25th.
Continue reading Literary Afternoons at LinnaeaThe first time many Cortes Island residents heard of Doug McCaffry was when he and his wife, Melanie, took over Becca’s beans. Prior to that they were living in central Saanich.
“We came for a vacation. It was a beautiful August, and I’d always wanted to come to Cortes. I thought, ‘hey, just for fun, let’s look at some real estate.’ The place we’re at now had just come up for sale and came with the optional coffee roastery. I thought, ‘well, I love coffee, let’s learn coffee roasting.’ It all happened so fast. Two of the things I love most in life, coffee and film, and I’m in heaven,” he explained.
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The thirteen projects that applied to Cortes Island’s MicroGrants for Neighbours Program this year received a total of $6,000 in funding.
“This was the first year we ran it in partnership with Neighborhood Small Grants, which is actually part of the Vancouver Foundation,” explained Isabella McKnight, Executive Administrator of the Cortes Island Community Foundation, which runs the local microgrants program.”’
“I believe that having this seed money and the ability to then rent a space, or buy supplies, or hire facilitators really helped to kickstart these events. Without even just a couple hundred dollars to pay for somebody’s time to run these events, I don’t think all of them would have happened. I’m really hoping that after seeing the success of the programs and the events that ran this year, we’ll have even more applications next year.”
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The Klahoose First Nation Development Corporation, QXMC, has a new General Manager.
“In mid August I was approached by a member of the board I work closely with, who asked me if I was interested in applying for the position as General Manager. I gave it some thought and went ahead. It was a long process including several interviews, skill assessments and psychological evaluations. Thereafter the board took time to review all candidates, reflect and just at the end of last week they came to the decision of hiring me,” explained Marco Bedetti.
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