Category Archives: Community

Community, Women

West Coast winter can’t keep our hardiest neighbours indoors

Originally published on qathet Living

They swim in the ocean; they motorcycle in the mud; they run through the freezing rain. Meet a few local folks who take mainstream summer activities year-round. Popsicles: “We laugh a lot”

By Isabelle Southcott

For many, the idea of immersing oneself in the ocean in the middle of December is about as appealing as eating an entire fruit cake in one sitting.

Yet Powtown Popsicles insist their daily dip is uplifting and invigorating. The first 30 seconds in the water are the hardest – that’s when your body is acclimatizing and saying, ‘Oh dear why am I here?’ But when you get past that and you start talking to another Popsicle, you forget just how cold it is, says swimmer Pat Turner.

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Community, Food

The annual Gorge Hall community Christmas dinner on Cortes Island returns

By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

Cortes Island’s annual community Christmas dinner at the Gorge community hall has been underway for 21 years. But due to pandemic restrictions over the past two years, it had to be take out only. Organizer Izabelle Perry is looking forward to this year welcoming the public back to a sit-down traditional Christmas dinner in a festive atmosphere.

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Community

Campbell River driving instructor gives advice on winter driving

CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

Already inundated with snow, Cortes Island’s roads are presenting challenging winter conditions for drivers early this season.

Kallin Wilson, owner and operator of Wilson Family Drivers school in Campbell River, recommends that drivers trust their instincts and avoid going out if conditions feel unsafe.

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Community

Running in the rain is “relaxing” 

Originally published on qathet Living

No matter what the weather is this week, Doug Lanigan has been out running in it at least four of those days. The 63-year-old instrument mechanic usually runs the trails through Lot 450, covering dozens of kilometres a week, usually by himself. “My big problem is my hands get cold,” he said. 

“But once I get going I’m fine. I remember one morning when I got up when the kids were young, it was about 5:30 am, and I opened the door. It was windy, blowy, and rainy, and I thought, ‘Nah, I’ll go back to bed.’ No, I made it out the door, and five minutes in, I was fine.” 

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Community

The things that keep Cortes Island Museum going

“I feel that the museum should reflect the community.  It helps to strengthen our identity and strengthen our sense of not only ourselves,  but what we can do for one another,” said Melanie Boyle, Managing Director of the Cortes Island Museum and Archives.

One of the  mottos of the museum is ‘Reflect, Celebrate, Imagine.’  

Boyle explained, “I’d like to think of it as reflect on the past, imagine the future and celebrate what we have today.”

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