The Cortes Island Museum’s Wild Cortes exhibit is reopening at Linnaea Farm on Earth day, Thursday, April 22nd, with ‘the Big Three.’
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Two Species at Risk on Cortes Island
Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) is asking Cortes residents to report any sightings of two species at risk on the Island.
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Canada’s carbon pricing law constitutional, court rules
By Carl Meyer, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter — With files from Emma McIntosh
Parliament acted constitutionally when it passed the federal government’s carbon pricing law, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.
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Broom Bash in Mansons Landing Provincial Park
On Saturday, March 13th, the Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) carried out a Broom Bash in Mansons Landing Provincial Park.
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half a billion tax-payer dollars to clean-up BC’s contaminated sites
Carl Meyer, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
British Columbia recorded a liability of over half a billion dollars for the estimated cost of cleaning up contaminated sites in the province, including orphan oil and gas wells.
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