Aerial view showing a wharf and several buildings on the waterfront. There are trees behind them.
Weekly Index

Weekly Index, May 15-21, 2023

19 posts were added this week, and 1,103 people made 2,127 pageviews

The top three posts this week, in terms of volume, were:

  1. Seafest returning to Squirrel Cove Saturday May 20  (Apr 21, 2023)
  2. TELUS given Go-Ahead to erect a Cell Phone Tower on Cortes Island 
  3. New Cortes Island Curbside Pick-up program officially started 

This week’s posts are:

Our Area

(Stories about, or mentioning: Cortes and Quadra Islands, Campbell River, qathet, Lund, Powell River)

  1. RLH – TELUS given Go-Ahead to erect a Cell Phone Tower on Cortes Island – Cortes Currents (May 16, 2023)
  2. RLH – New Cortes Island Curbside Pick-up program officially started – Cortes Currents (May 17, 2023)
  3. RLH – Cortes Island’s Business Roadmap for Value-Added Forestry Products – Cortes Currents (May 19, 2023)
  4. MT – Extreme heat in May 2023 – Submission to Cortes Currents (May 15, 2023)
  5. RLH – The Dead Boats Disposal Society came to Cortes Island – Cortes Currents (May 17, 2023)
  6. RLH – More questions than certainty about the April Point parkland – Cortes Currents (May 18, 2023)
  7. RLH – BC Government approves 3% tax on Cortes Island short term rentals – Cortes Currents (May 18, 2023)
  8. RLH – SRD moving forward with Regional Fire Service – Cortes Currents (May 16, 2023)
  9. RLH – SRD recommends Eli Mckenty be appointed ‘Local Assistant to the Fire Commissioner’ for Cortes Island – Cortes Currents (May 18, 2023)
  10. RLH – The Cortes Island Museum AGM, Upcoming Garden and Studio Tour & search for an Events Coordinator – Cortes Currents (May 15, 2023)
  11. AM – Indigenous couple fights for the return of their newborn daughter, taken by MCFD – repost from the Discourse (May 16, 2023)
  12. PW – A Tale of Two Co-buys – repost from qathet Living (May 15, 2023)
  13. RLH – Lunch & Learn: Growing local businesses beyond our borders – Cortes Currents (May 16, 2023)

Regions Beyond

(Trends to watch, inspirations and challenges)

  1. RSW – Vote on recommending school bus fee deferred – repost from Gabriola Sounder (May 20, 2023)
  2. MS – The last 33 caribou: fighting for the survival of a Wet’suwet’en herd – repost from the Narwhal (May 18, 2023)
  3. NB – Canada’s competition watchdog opens inquiry into Pathways Alliance ads over greenwashing allegations – repost from Canada’s National Observer (May 15, 2023)
  4. NB – Canada’s eastern Rockies risk becoming a carbon bomb – repost from Canada’s National Observer (May 17, 2023)
  5. JB – New contract already improving conditions for province’s paramedics – repost from the Valley Voice (May 19, 2023)
  6. ZV – BC Government and Its Lawyers Head Toward Unionization Showdown – repost from the Tyee (May 16, 2023)

The top podcasts this week, in terms of views, were:

Top 3 locations of viewers/plays:

  • Cortes Currents: CKTZ’s listening area – 24.95%; Vancouver, BC – 15.11%; Gibsons, BC – 7.56%
  • SoundCloud: Columbus, Ohio – 22.24%; CKTZ’s listening area – 8.09%; Vancouver – 7.72%

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Top image credit: Top image: Tree Dressing on Family Day – Photo courtesy Cortes Island Museum