By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Kai Harvey grew up on rural Cortes Island and comes from an entrepreneurial family. She’s committed to the island and wanted to find a way to stay, rather than needing to leave the island to find work, as many young adults do. She’s spent lots of time exploring local waters and worked as a kayaking guide with local company Misty Isles Adventures.
Continue reading Cortes Kayaks: Family business enters busy summer season
The streets of Campbell River have opened up with a series of free, family-friendly events and entertainment that will continue until September.
“We think that this is a great opportunity. Hopefully COVID is starting to leave us and we have the ability to return to a new normal. This whole set of opportunities with the downtown core is meant to bring us out of what we’ve been experiencing over the last couple of years in reduced ability to program and to get out and interact and socialize. This is really on the flip side of it. We want to be able to blow the lid off of this and get everybody downtown and enjoying what Campbell River has done. Campbell River has a lot to offer both the residents in the surrounding area and visitors to it,“ explained Robin Mitchell, the city’s Manager of Recreation and Culture.
Continue reading This summer: downtown Campbell River is celebrating!
A group of 10 Cortes Island residents set out from Gorge Harbour in a Zodiac.
“I loved it that we were all together on this boat, like tourists from Cortes out there hunting for a sighting of a whale. Everybody was in that together. Our only purpose today was to get out onto the water, look around and see what creatures we’d see. And it just seemed like community,” explained Jane Newman.
Continue reading A wild water adventure: seeking orca, seals and other marine life
By Kaitlyn Bailey, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The arrival of the Ruby Princess in Prince Rupert on May 17 marks the start of cruise ship season once again.
After more than two years without any cruises, this year is shaping up to be busy on the north coast.
Continue reading First cruise ship in two years docks in Prince Rupert
It has been six years since Klahoose Wilderness Adventures erected its first bear watching tower in Toba Inlet. Now there are six viewing platforms, but they are only for two months every year.
Cortes Currents asked Bruno Pereira, Senior Manager of Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC) which oversees Klahoose First Nation business activities, if there are plans to expand their tourism offerings in Toba.
Continue reading Toba Inlet: Another potential expansion for Qathen Xwegus?
