Cortes Currents

Odette Auger/Cortes Currents - Tla’amin weaver. Sosan Blaney is an Indigenous woman, artist, mom, wife. She's also a very talented Tla’amin weaver. Sosan came to Klahoose to teach weaving workshops before COVID-19 interrupted. In this story we'll catch up with Sosan and what she's been doing during COVID-19.

photo of women weaving L-R: Gail Blaney, Elsie Paul. Photo Credit: Sosan Blaney.

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A hearing date has been set for Noba Anderson vs the Strathcona Regional District, in the Supreme Court of British Columbia courthouse at #500 – 13th Avenue, Campbell River, B.C., sometime during the assize week starting November 23, 2020.

Regional Director Anderson is seeking court costs from a frivolous lawsuit brought against her last year. The SRD refuses to pay and, according to Anderson’s affidavit, censured her for showing confidential SRD documents to her lawyer while seeking his legal advice. Director Anderson seeks to have that motion of censure quashed.

Anderson’s lawyer filed her suit on July 13th.

The lawyers for both sides agree that the hearing will take 3 days.

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A hearing date has been set for Noba Anderson vs the Strathcona Regional District, in the Supreme Court of British Columbia courthouse at #500 – 13th Avenue, Campbell River, B.C., sometime during the assize week starting November 23, 2020.

Regional Director Anderson is seeking court costs from a frivolous lawsuit brought against her last year. The SRD refuses to pay and, according to Anderson’s affidavit, censured her for showing confidential SRD documents to her lawyer while seeking his legal advice. Director Anderson seeks to have that motion of censure quashed.

Anderson’s lawyer filed her suit on July 13th.

The lawyers for both sides agree that the hearing will take 3 days.

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A short interview with the NDP candidate for North Island, Michele Babchuk

photo credit: pedicab passing in front of BC legislature byJoe Mabel via Flickr (CC BY SA, 2.0 License)

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A short interview with the NDP candidate for North Island, Michele Babchuk

photo credit: pedicab passing in front of BC legislature byJoe Mabel via Flickr (CC BY SA, 2.0 License)

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Managing Director Jane Newman talks about one the Cortes Museum's biggest loses really during the pandemic.

"We miss our community. We had a lot of visitors this summer, most of them from Vancouver Island or [other parts of] British Columbia and we had some people from Cortes Island - but we really do miss that regular interaction," she said. "The culture of the museum is a gathering place and story telling space."

In a normal year, people drop in when they go shopping, or visit the health centre etc.

"A lot of people didn't do that this year. People had an adversity to enclosed spaces, which I totally understand. We were lucky to see 50% of our [normal] numbers this summer, but there were fewer locals and more visitors to the island."

She misses the story telling and regular visits from people who have been members of the museum for years.

"It was mask wearing and a lot of people are uncomfortable with that. You don't spend as much time talking when you are wearing a mask. If you don't want to wear one, you wouldn't even come to the museum because we did require everyone to wear a mask."

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Managing Director Jane Newman talks about one the Cortes Museum's biggest loses really during the pandemic.

"We miss our community. We had a lot of visitors this summer, most of them from Vancouver Island or [other parts of] British Columbia and we had some people from Cortes Island - but we really do miss that regular interaction," she said. "The culture of the museum is a gathering place and story telling space."

In a normal year, people drop in when they go shopping, or visit the health centre etc.

"A lot of people didn't do that this year. People had an adversity to enclosed spaces, which I totally understand. We were lucky to see 50% of our [normal] numbers this summer, but there were fewer locals and more visitors to the island."

She misses the story telling and regular visits from people who have been members of the museum for years.

"It was mask wearing and a lot of people are uncomfortable with that. You don't spend as much time talking when you are wearing a mask. If you don't want to wear one, you wouldn't even come to the museum because we did require everyone to wear a mask."

Ashley Zabatany and team/Cortes Currents - The September 22nd

ZOOM townhall meeting /Cortes Radio broadcast with our MP, Rachel Blaney. Back-up team consisted of Manda Aufochs Gillespie, Ayton Novak and Roy L Hales.

Ashley Zabatany and team/Cortes Currents - The September 22nd

ZOOM townhall meeting /Cortes Radio broadcast with our MP, Rachel Blaney. Back-up team consisted of Manda Aufochs Gillespie, Ayton Novak and Roy L Hales.

Manda Aufochs Gillespie - Cortes Currents/Folk U - What can going back to school in a pandemic teach us about the future of education? Five Educators from the live listening area of Cortes Radio chime in to discuss what their districts are doing to get kids safely back to school and how the future of education in our area may change forever from what we learn in this time.