Volunteer with cortes radio

by | Mar 1, 2023 | About Us, CKTZ News

DJ Have an idea for a radio show? We’ll provide training, access to music and equipment, a timeslot, and help you develop the show that’s right for you. Community Announcer Multiple openings for volunteers to read community announcements over the air. We’ll train you on how to find the information, read into a microphone, play with the equipment, and keep people safe with instructions and information during emergency type situations. Time Commitment: 1 hour per week to 1 hour per month. 30 Second Audio Ad Producer We don’t really have advertising on CKTZ, but we do have 30 second masterpieces, incorporating the sounds and voices of the island, that promote DJs, events, local businesses and community organizations. Producing audio ads is fun and easy and let’s you explore your creativity in a structured manner. Full training provided. Time Commitment is up to you. Market Tabling We are recruiting volunteers who want to spend their Friday’s at Mansons Market, helping the radio station sell t-shirts, hats, stickers and other swag. It’s a great way to spend a few hours, meet a lot of people, and raise money for the station. Friday’s June to September Cortes Island News / Cortes Currents / Folk U. Join one of our excellent public affairs programs. We need researchers, administrative support, studio operators, field reporters, interviewers, and audio post production support. Full training provided. Must be comfortable with computers, open to feedback, and working to deadline. Studio Operator. Want to be on radio but not on the microphone? Support one or more DJs by operating the board in the studio, managing phone in guests, playing...
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by | Jan 15, 2023 | Buy Local

Buy Local New Artists New Tracks All Canadian Early Sunday Morning Edition January 15, 2023 Artist Track Audio Boffins Gem Lake Eleanor Make Sense Tissa Rahim Better Off Alone Loon Town Doesn’t Matter Fontine Homemaker Kings of our Kin 10:45 Naduh Mysogynisticexpialidocious Mariel Buckley Shooting At The...
FOCI’S FORAGE FISH MONITORING PROJECT

FOCI’S FORAGE FISH MONITORING PROJECT

by | Sep 23, 2022 | Cortes Currents

[Repost from February 11, 2022] At the January 20th Annual general meeting of the Friends of Cortes Island society, or FOCI, Arlene Tompkins gave a presentation on the Forage Fish Monitoring project. Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fishwhich are preyed on by larger predators for food. Predators include other larger fish, seabirds and marine mammals. Typical ocean forage fish feed near the base of the food chain on plankton, often by filter feeding. They include particularly fishes of the order Clupeiformes (herrings, sardines, shad, hilsa, menhaden, anchovies, and sprats), but also other small fish, including halfbeaks, silversides, smelt such as capelin and goldband fusiliers.  Historically they have been a commercially harvested order on this coast and globally still account for about a 3rd of the fish catch – which is primarily used for raising livestock. Arlene described the goals of the project as intended to determine the location, timing and habitat preferences of spawning forage fish, especially surf smelt and pacific sand lance. Additionally, the effort is intended to bring awareness to these important fish and encourage their protection from impacts by humans through pollution and habitat destruction through shoreline development. The team monitors two sites at Manson’s Landing Provincial Park and one at Smelt Bay. Samples of sand are taken, reduced, filtered and then examined under microscope to find the eggs. So far the team hasn’t found any surf smelt eggs, but has found pacific sand lance eggs many times.  The fish around Cortes seem to spawn a little earlier in the year than the rest of the Salish Sea. FOCI’s...
‘Justice for Jared:’ Family of Indigenous man killed by RCMP demand justice a year later

‘Justice for Jared:’ Family of Indigenous man killed by RCMP demand justice a year later

by | Jul 27, 2022 | CKTZ News

“Love is forever,” says Alunaye Laura Holland, Wet’suwet’en of the Laksilyu House. Martha Martin (left) and Laura Holland (right) stand together at a memorial for Jared Lowdnes, Holland’s son. Photo by Odette Auger. Note: This story contains accounts of police violence, racism and hate against Indigenous people that could be triggering. Please listen with care. Laura Holland, of the Small Frog house, Wet’suwet’en, sets up the hall at Homalco Nation for a memorial on July 7. The day marks a year since her son Jared (“Jay”) Lowdnes was killed by Campbell River RCMP. The walls are decorated with banners marking the monthly anniversaries up until this twelfth one. The first one is raw—spray paint on fabric. As the months pass, the banners become detailed with meticulously stitched appliqué letters. Holland’s grief work has included handwork, such as her beaded “Justice for Jared” belt. Alongside her personal grief work, Holland’s work is holding the RCMP to account. “Naming the shame that the RCMP have done, because I don’t feel any shame,” she said. “I don’t feel ashamed of who I am. And I don’t feel ashamed of who my son was. And I think a lot of times, people would like me to feel that they would like me to feel like a horrible person, like a horrible mother and that we deserve this. But I know different.” She’s mustering all her strength to carry her through this, she says. “I have enough power to do this. I’m going to turn my rage into action, and pain into power.” Holland explains that there needs to be changes: all the services need...