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.
Continue reading CityWest finally delivers: some Cortes Island homes already receiving serviceEditor’s Note: While Cortes and Quadra Islands discuss alternate forms of transportation, it is of interest to see what another community in our broadcast area is doing.
Originally published on qathet Living
BC Transit Powell River
Public service funded by fares, the Province of BC, the City, qathet Regional District, and Tla’amin Nation. Administered by BC Transit.
Advantage: Cheap and consistent. You can go from Saltery Bay to Lund and everywhere in between for $2.25, and to Texada for $8, including the ferry fare. Kids 12 and under travel free. The HandiDART system, also $2.25 a ride, offers door to door service for people with mobility challenges.
Continue reading qathet’s get-around gang: what works, what doesn’t
Originally published on qathet Living
Ever since Malaspina Coachlines died here, the dream was this: a BC Transit bus that ran regularly from downtown Powell River to downtown Vancouver. Fares would be affordable, service would be predictable, coaches would be accessible for those with mobility challenges, and costs would be shared between the Province, local taxpayers, and fares – same as any other BC Transit bus.
Continue reading Rural community transit woes: You can’t get there from here
Editor’s note: another sign that communities are beginning to take climate change more seriously.
By Seth Forward, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
More than 11,000 kilometres away from Northwest B.C., the West Green Shipping Corridor agreement was signed on Dec. 6 by the First Nations Climate Initiative (FNCI), a group comprising Lax Kw’alaams, Metlakatla, Nisga’a and Haisla.
The North Coast group attended the COP 28 (Conference of the Parties) conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Other signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) included Canada and the Port of Prince Rupert, along with ports in the UAE, South Korea and Japan. The FNCI says it would like to see the Port of Prince Rupert become a pioneer in decarbonizing its operations.
Continue reading First Nations Climate Initiative signs green shipping corridor agreement
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.
Continue reading Rex Weyler Talks about truth and bias on Folk U
