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Animals

• Amphibians: Newts, Northern Red-legged Frog, Pacific Tree Frog, Western Toad,
• Birds: (Bird Census, Spring Bird Count, Christmas Bird Count) Accipiter Hawks, African grey Parrot, American Goldfinch, American Robin, American Water Pipit, American Wigeon, Anna’s Hummingbird, Bald Eagle, Bank Swallows,Barn Swallow, Barred Owl, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Black Oystercatcher, Band-tailed Pigeon, Black-headed Grosbeak, Black legged Kittiwake, Black Scoter,  Black-throated Gray Warbler, Bohemian Waxwing, Bonaparte’s Gull, Brewer’s Blackbird, Brown Creeper, Brown-headed Cowbird, Bufflehead,  Bullock’s Oriole, Buteo Hawks, Cackling Goose, California Gull, Canada Goose, Cassin’s Vireo, Chesnut-backed Chickadee,Chickadees, Chipping Sparrow, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser,  Common Murre, Common Loon, Common Snipe,  Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Crows, Dark-eyed Junco Double-crested Cormorant, Downey Woodpecker, Ducks, Dunlin, Eagles, Eared Grebe, Eurasian Collared Dove, European Starling, Fox Sparrow, Glaucouse-winged Gull, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Golden Eagle, Golden-crowned Kinglet,Golden plover, Great blue Heron, Greater Scaup, Greater White-fronted Goose, Greater Yellowlegs, Green-winged Teal, Horned Grebe, Hairy Woodpecker, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser,  Horned Grebe,House Finch, House Wren,Hutton’s Vireo, Jackdaws, Junco, Killdeer, Kingfisher, Least Sandpiper, MacGillvary’s Warbler, Mallard Duck, Marbled Murrelet, Marsh Wren, Northern Flicker, Northern Goshawk, Northern pintail Duck, Northern-pygmy Owl, Northern Shoveler,  Northern Shrike, Northwestern Crow, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Pacific Wren, Olive-crowned Warbler, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler,  Pacific Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot,  Pileated Woodpecker,  Pine Siskin, Purple Finch, Purple Martin, Ravens,  Red Breasted Merganser, Red-breasted sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Redpoll, Red-tailed hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Red-winged Blackbird, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Rufous Hummingbird, Rufous-sided Towee, Sandpipers, Savannah Sparrow, Saw-whet Owl, Shark-shinned Hawk, Snow Goose, Solitary Sandpiper, Song Sparrow, Sooty Grouse, Sparrows, Spotted Sandpiper, Spotted Towee, Steller’s Jay, Surfbird, Surf Scoter, Swainson Thrush, Thayer’s Gull,  Towhee, Townsend’s Warbler, Tree Swallow, Trumpeter Swan, Tundra Swan, Turkey Vulture, Varied Thrush, Violet-green Swallows, Virgina Rail, Warbling Vireo, Wax Wings, Western Grebe, Western Gull, Western screech Owl, Western Tananger, Western wood Peewee, White-crowned Sparrow,Willow Flycathcer, Wilson’s Snipe Wilson’s Wabler, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow Warbler,
• Fish:  Capelin, Forage Fish, Herring, Pacific Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Pacific Sea Lance, Pilchard, Pollock,  Sculpins, (See Salmon)
• Mammals: Bear Dens, Bears on Cortes, Beaver, Black Bears, Black Tailed Deer, California Sea Lions, Caribou, Cougars, Cougars on Cortes, Deer, Fallow Deer, Grizzly Bears, Harbour Porpoises, Harbour Seals, Humpback Whales, Moose, Mountain Caribou, Mule Deer, Northern Pod Killer Whales, Outer Coast Killer Whales, Pacific White Sided Dolphins, Steller Sea Lion, Southern Mountain Caribou, Southern pod Killer Whales, Whales, Wolves, Wolves on Cortes, Woodland Caribou
• Reptiles: Alligator Lizard, Garter Snake, Sharp-tailed snake,
• Bird Census, Die Offs
• Species at Risk

Arts (Visual)

• Venues: Art in the Garden, Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery, Tidal Arts Centre
• Visual artists: Ayami, Laura Balducci,Lynne Barker, Laurel Bohart, Madhurima Braaten, Donna Collins, Marion Cragg,Dayna Davis, Gerri Davis, Denise Drury, David Ellingsen, Filipe Figueria, Lisa Gibbons, Julie Glaspy, Hannes Grosse, KC Hall, Bobbi-Gene Hanson, Brian Hayden, Bill Henderson, Kathleen Horne, Hannu Huusknonen, Leona Jensen, Oriane Lee Johnston, Tanya Krahn, Majie Lavergne, Chazz Mack, Kira McDuffee, Karen McDiarmind, Donna Naven, Jane Newman, Monica Newrocki, Kathleen Pemberton, Izabelle Perry,Mary Clare Preston, Caz Ratcliffe, Ian Reid,  Amy Robertson, Kristen Schofield-Sweet, Iris Steigemann, Darshan Stevens, Ester Strijbos, Ayami Stryck, Dale Thomas,  Janny Thompson, Carol Trueman, Richard Truman, Janet Turpin, Roy Henry Vickers, Vijen Vijendren, Brigid Weiler, Judith Williams
• Other Genres: Beads, Murals, Petroglyphs, Pictographs, Quilts,
• See: Books,
• See: Performing Arts (Dance, Film, Lip Sync, Radio Theatre, Theatre)

BC Ferries

• Routes: Campbell River–Quadra Island run, Cortes – Quadra Island run, Denman-Hornby run, Nanaimo-Gabriola run, Port McNeill-Sointula-Alert Bay run,
• Hybrid e-ferries
• The Quadra-Cortes Ferry Advisory Commission 
• BC Ferries Debt, BC Ferries Overhead

For BC Hydro – see Energy

Books

• Art Books, Children’s Books, Environmental, Family, First Nations Books, Food, Health, Local History Books, Historical Novels, Novels, LGBTQ Books, Nature, Personal Accounts, Poetry, Politics, Renewable Energy, Science Fiction, Teen Books, Travel Stories, Workplace,
• Cortes Island Book Club, e-Readers, Marnie’s Books, Vancouver Island Regional Library, Cortes Island Library, Quadra Island Library
• Authors mentioned on this website: Brittany Baxter, Samantha Benyon, Tyee Bridge, Nicola I. Campbell, Rachel Carson, William Catton, Deena Chochinov, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Guy Dauncey, Cherie Dimaline, Alexander Dudley, Jane Dudley, Jenny Kay Dupuis,  Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, Gabrielle Grimard, Kate Harris, Brian Hayden, Deborah Katz Henriquez, Judy Hilgemann, Allan Hoffman, Helen Humphries, Shirley Jackson, Tove Jansson, Kathy Kacer, Wab Kinew, Oriane Lee Johnston, Shaena Lambert, Andreas Lindström, Ferenc Mate,  Donnella Meadows, Frank Wayne Mottl, Tom Mueller, Juliann Nelson, Gustav Olsson, Michael Ondaatje, Susanna Oreskovic, Ruth Ozeki, Danny Ramadan, William Rees, David A. Robertson,  Erin Robinsong, Leigh W. Rutledge, Merlin Sheldrake, Paul Shore, Suzanne Simard, Ruby Slipperjack, Tasha Spillett, Jeanette Taylor, Greta Thunberg, Peter Varadi, Judith Williams, Jody Wilson-Raybould,
• Audio Books: John Neville 

Business:

• See entries under Aquaculture, Forestry, Resorts, QXMC, Tourism
• Grocery Stores: Cortes Market, Cortes Natural Food Co-op, Creative Deconstruction, Gorge Harbour Marina General Store, Lund Grocery, Refuge Cove Store (West Redonda Island), Squirrel Cove General Store, Tru Value Stores (Quadra Island)
• Cortes Island Businesses: Becca’s Beans, Black Jaguar Chocolate, Blossoms, Fungisle, Lane 8 Delivery, Med-Man, Nzuri Basket Company, The Gathering Place, Twigroot Botanicals, Wits End
• Cottage Industries (or venders whose business name is not known to Cortes Currents): Anu & Falen, Irene Blueth, Barb Buffington, Carrie’s Baked Goods, Cora, Morning Ppl Coffee, Nora Disney, Norm Gibbons, Yuri Ikoma, Patricia leRoux, Sarah (selling produce), Dale Thomas, Jo-Anne Thompson
• Venues for cottage industries: Campbell River Farmers Market (formerly Pier Street Farmer’s Market), Cortes Craft Shop Co-op, Craft Corral (in the Gorge), Gorge Hall Christmas Market, Gorge Harbour Saturday Market, Mansons Friday Market, Quadra Farmers Market
• Campbell River Businesses: CorilAir, Ravensong Soap
• Lund Businesses: Access Point Marine Transportation, CraggyOak Soap,
• Quadra Businesses: Cove Pharmacy

BC – Elections

• Election: 2020, 2017
• Donations to political parties
• Parties BC Liberal Party, BC NDP, BC Green Party

BC Government

• Premier: David Eby (2022 -Pres), John Horgan (2017-22), Christy Clark (2011-17), Gordon Campbell (2001-16), Ujjal Dosanjh (2000-01), Dan Miller (1999-2000), Glen Clark (1996-99), Mike Harcourt (1991-96), Rita Johnston (1991), Bill Vander Zalm (1986-91), Bill Bennett (1975-86), Dave Barrett (1972-75), W.A.C. Bennett (1952-72)
• Ministries: Children, Forests, Energy and Mines, Environment, Land, Municipal Affairs, Transportation
• Agencies: Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), Auditor General, BC Housing, Immigrant Services Society of BC, See BC Ferries; BC Hydro
• Issues: Provincial Debt, BC Emissions, BC Lobbyists, Renters Rights, Welfare, see: forestry,

Bute Inlet Landslide

Canada Post

• Post Offices: Big Bay, Blind Channel, Heriot Bay, Mansons Landing, Refuge Cove, Squirrel Cove, Surge Narrows, Whaletown
• Discovery Island Mail Run, Steamships bring mail

Canadian Elections

• Elections: 2021, 2019, 2015,
• Parties: Bloc Québécois, Conservative Party, Green Party of Canada, Liberal Party, NDP Canada

Canadian Government

• Prime Ministers: Justin Trudeau (2015-Pres), Stephen Harper (2006-15), Paul Martin (2003-06), Jean Chrétien (1993-2003), Kim Campbell (1993), Brian Mulroney (1984-93), John Turner (1984), Pierre Elliot Trudeau (1968-79; 1980-84) Joe Clark (1979-80)
• Ministries: Crown-Indigenous Relations, DFO, Crown-Indigenous Relations, Emergency Preparedness, Environment and Climate Change, Finance, Immigration, Water, Land Resource Stewardship,
• Auditor General, Canada, Canadian Coast Guard, See Canada Post
• Issues: 30×30 Promise, Canadian Lobbyists, CERB, CEWS, Fossil Fuel subsidies, GST Rebates, Guaranteed Income Supplement, MPAs, Old Age Pensions,Species at Risk Act,

North Island – Powell River Riding

• Representatives: Rachel Blaney (2015-Pres), John Duncan (1993-2006; 2008-15), Catherine J. Bell (2006-2008), Ray Skelly (1979-93)
  • Issues: Forgotten Seniors, GST Rebates, Motion 70, Old Age Security Benefits

Chamber of Commerce

• Campbell River & District Chamber of Commerce, Discovery Island Chamber of Commerce,

Children

• Cortes Playschool, Parents and Tots, Children’s activities, Children & Language,
• Indigenous Children

Churches

• Campbell River: Campbell River Baptist Church, Campbell River Salvation Army, Campbell River Vineyard
• Christian housing: Baptist Housing, First United Church,
• Orthodox Churches: St Sophia’s Orthodox Church
• Christian Environmental initiatives: Divestment from fossil fuels, BC Faith Leaders against Coal Port Expansion, Knox United Church, OHEART
• Pope Francis, See Indigenous

Climate Change

• Atmospheric River, 2021 Megafloods, Die-offs, Cortes Die-off, Drought, 2022 Drought, Heat Waves, 2021 Heat Wave, Wildfires, Wildfire Smoke, Sea level rising, Ocean Acidification, Oxygen loss in Oceans, Oceans Warming
• COP 21 (Paris), Canadians at COP 21, COP 23 (Bonn), COP 24 (Katowice), COP 25 (Madrid), COP 26 (Glasgow), COP 27 (Sharm El-Sheikh), COP15 in Montréal
• see Overshoot

Climate Hope

Clothing

Communications

• Internet, CityWest, Connected Coast, Mascon by TELUS, Twincomm
• Cell Phones, TELUS, TELUS cell phone towers, AI Writing Tools,
• Cortes Community Radio (CKTZ 89.5 FM)
• Web News: About Cortes Currents, Campbell River Mirror, Canada’s National Observer, Tideline, The Bird’s Eye

Community Governance models

Comox Valley Regional District

Cortes Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA)

• Cortes Island Business and Tourism Association (CIBATA) , Community Investment Co-op, Village Commons, The Pod project

Cortes Community Health Association

• Augmented Home Support, Cortes Island Family Support, Meals on Wheels, Cortes Island Medical Clinic, First years Caring Collective

Cortes Community Housing

• Rainbow Ridge, Rainbow Ridge Event, Rainbow Ridge Trail system, Gregg Road Property, 3% tax on short term rentals, Proposed Tiny home park, Origins of Rainbow Ridge

Cortes Community Radio (CKTZ 89.5 FM)

• Cortes Community Radio
• Lip Sync, CKTZ Booth, CKTZ Origins
• Shows: Canada-info.ca (which funds and oversees CKTZ News), CKTZ DJs, Cortes Currents, Deep Roots, Folk U, Reporter’s Roundtable, Teen Takeover.

Cortes Craft Shop Co-op

Cortes Forestry General Partnership

• Cortes Community Forest, Squirrel Cove Cutblocks, First CFGP Cutblocks, Origins CFGP, Value Added,

Cortes Island Aquaculture

•  BC shellfish Grower’s Association, Deep Water Oysters, Shook Oysters, Wild Harvest Oysters
• Cortes Island Seafood Association , early years on Cortes, Bee Islets Growers Corporation, Island Sea farms, Seafest, Rising Tide Shellfish,

Cortes Island Community Foundation

• $100,00 for Cortes non-profits, Cortes Island Academy project, Microgrants, Cortes Foundation Event, Origins Cortes Foundation

Cortes Island Museum and Archives

• CIMAS Archives, CIMAS Event, CIMAS Exhibits, CIMAS Profile, Wild Cortes exhibit at Linnaea Farm

Cortes Island Seniors Society

• Better At Home, Cortes Island Senior’s Village, Seniors Helping Seniors, CISS & Rainbow Ridge

Cortes Island Waste Management Centre

• Free Store, Recycling Centre

Cortes Island Women’s Centre

• Increased violence during COVID, North Island Transition Centre, Origins of Cortes Women’s Centre

Cortes Literacy Now

• Kobo e-readers, Book Club, Folk U

Cortes Social Profits

Crime

• Shoplifting, Theft, Knife violence, Domestic violence, Vigilantes,  Shooting of Jared Lowndes,
• Cortes Thefts, Crime in qathet, Quadra thefts
• see RCMP

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