by CKTZ | Nov 10, 2023 | CKTZ News
The Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island (FTCCIS) held a 24 hour Mycoblitz last week. Similar to Bioblitz, the educational community event records the biodiversity of a specific region, like Cortes Island, and the data is utilized by scientists to determine...
by Loni Taylor | Oct 12, 2023 | CKTZ News
Cortes Island is seeing Pink Salmon in three waterways for the first time in eight years. Longtime ‘Streamkeeper’ Christine Robinson has only seen pink salmon swimming on Cortes twice in the 20 years she has been observing the fish with her partner. Streamkeepers is a...
by Loni Taylor | Oct 2, 2023 | CKTZ News
Pierre Belcourt and his wife Therese have lived on Cortes for almost 40 years, but this month is the first time they have attended the Friday Market. As a boat builder, Belcourt explained his social motivation to share his skills in blade sharpening with the local...
by Louis Belcourt | Sep 15, 2023 | CKTZ News
An anonymous donor has donated around $250,000 to create a one time, experimental grant program that gives directly to the Cortes community. The Cortes Island Community Foundation (CICF) was chosen to create the program and distribute the funds in the form of one...
by Dancing Wolf | Apr 18, 2022 | Muses Garden
From The Muse’s Garden with Dancing Wolf: Mondays 5 – 6 PM; Repeats Fridays 12 – 1 PM (SCROLL DOWN FOR PODCASTS) Long have I had a Dream of combining Poetry and Music into a radio show and now sure seems like the time. Please tune in...
by CKTZ | Jul 18, 2021 | Folk U
Chief Kevin Peacey of the Klahoose First Nation presents Klahoose Success and Strong Leadership and answers neighbours questions. Then Colin Funk gives a brief update on the Cortes Community Economic Development Association and Carrie Saxifrage gives an update on the...
