CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
At the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society (CIMAS), a current exhibit celebrates bees while the online archives take off in popularity.
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Cortes Island 2021 Birdathon
Local naturalist George Sirk just completed the Cortes Island 2021 Birdathon.
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TELUS sprayed herbicides in Mansons Landing
TELUS most likely did not anticipate any Cortes Island reactions when it sprayed herbicides over its property in Mansons Landing.
“I was just outraged. In this day and age, who is going out there and spraying their whole property, every square metre of it, with poison. And why weren’t we notified?” asked Cortes Island naturalist George Sirk.
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Update on the Squirrel Cove Bear
Last November, a black bear started raiding the fruit trees, garbage cans and compost piles in homes backing onto Basil Creek, on Cortes Island. In response to a complaint, the Conservation Officer Service brought a trap over to the island. If they had caught the bear, it would have been put down – but the Squirrel Cove Bear escaped.
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Two year old Grizzly on Quadra Island
A two-year old grizzly bear’s month long visit to Quadra Island is about to come to an end.
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