Category Archives: Communications

Mawhinney reviews 2023 in Area C and looks ahead to 2024

Editor’s note: Some activities that are of interest to Cortes listeners as well are: the fact the proposed SRD housing service is designed to be virtually cost neutral to the electorate and how Quadra ICAN is mapping that island’s aquifers and wetlands, as well as monitoring water levels in a number of wells. 

Robyn Mawhinney has learned a lot since she was elected Regional Director almost 14 months ago. As we enter into yet another new year, she gave her reflections of 2023 and what is ahead for Area C in the coming months.

“I’m really pleased that there are new avenues for having community voices heard and included in decision making,” she began.

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Folk U: Linda Solomon Talks about the state of the media today

On Friday, January 5, Linda Solomon Wood joined Manda Aufochs Gillespie on Folk U Radio to talk about the state of the media today.

Solomon has been a professional journalist since the 1970s and founded the Vancouver Observer in 2009. As the bio on her website explains, this grew into a national publication:

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CityWest finally delivers: some Cortes Island homes already receiving service 

CityWest finally delivered on its promise to bring high speed fibre-optic internet to Cortes Island. 

It has been five years since Victoria Smith, then the  Strathcona Regional District’s Special Projects and Sustainability Manager, confirmed that Cortes Island was a proposed recipient for the Connected Coast Project.

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Rex Weyler Talks about truth and bias on Folk U

Writer, journalist, ecologist, and Cortesian Rex Weyler joined us on December 15th to chat about truth and bias. We discussed media literacy, checking our own biases, and the intersection of media and global politics. Listen to this fascinating presentation and discussion on reading between the headlines. 

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Sat, November 25, Afternoon workshop on Journalism

As long promised, Cortes Currents is offering an afternoon workshop in Journalism 101, this Saturday, the 25th of November, at the Fire Hall in Manson’s Landing. The workshop will start at 1 PM and end around 4:00, maybe a little earlier or later, depending on how many people show up.

Of course, we’re hoping that some of you might like to join us in reporting for Currents. We are recruiting, but even if you have other ambitions, the more local journalists, the better. 

We would love to introduce you to the great tradition of news reporting. 

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