Cortes Currents

More people participated. At its peak, seventy listeners connected to the conference by computer or phone and an unknown number listened to the radio broadcast. Yet Cortes Island’s first virtual town hall meeting was essentially a continuation of the recent online conferences Regional Director Noba Anderson has been having with local businesses and organizations.

Max Thaysen/Cortes Currents - An interview in which Greenpeace co-founder Rex Weyler states his belief that the underlying condition of COVID 19 is Overshoot.

Max Thaysen/Cortes Currents - An interview in which Greenpeace co-founder Rex Weyler states his belief that the underlying condition of COVID 19 is Overshoot.

Cortes Health Centre Staff, Tahmeena Ali, MD—visiting doctor—and Isabelle Laplante, RN—new staff nurse— speak out about all anyone is talking about, COVID-19, and what it means for the people of Cortes Island.

Cortes Health Centre Staff, Tahmeena Ali, MD—visiting doctor—and Isabelle Laplante, RN—new staff nurse— speak out about all anyone is talking about, COVID-19, and what it means for the people of Cortes Island.

On Saturday March 14th, the monthly Cortes Currents news/talk show featured an interview with Mark Lombard, contract manager for the Cortes Forestry General Partnership. This podcast explores what the “Community Forest” is, and how it works. Did you know that CFGP’s license now covers far more hectares of Cortes Island than the MMB/IT/Mosaic license? This and many other interesting details are discussed in our program (such as what “MMB” and “IT” mean).

On Saturday March 14th, the monthly Cortes Currents news/talk show featured an interview with Mark Lombard, contract manager for the Cortes Forestry General Partnership. This podcast explores what the “Community Forest” is, and how it works. Did you know that CFGP’s license now covers far more hectares of Cortes Island than the MMB/IT/Mosaic license? This and many other interesting details are discussed in our program (such as what “MMB” and “IT” mean).

“It takes a community to raise a village,” it says on the Cortes Community Housing website (at cortescommunityhousing.org This has clearly been the case on Cortes Island with two upcoming housing initiatives undergone by the Housing Committee of the Cortes Island Seniors Society.

“It takes a community to raise a village,” it says on the Cortes Community Housing website (at cortescommunityhousing.org This has clearly been the case on Cortes Island with two upcoming housing initiatives undergone by the Housing Committee of the Cortes Island Seniors Society.

On the morning of Friday, February 7th, the RCMP moved in to raid the second of four camps along the gravel road that passes through the Wet'suwet'en Nation, Gidimt'en Territory. The RCMP were enforcing a court injunction that prohibited anyone from blocking access to anyone working on the Coastal GasLink pipeline. I was a legal observer for that raid – a collector of information for the purposes of legal defense.