Community Articles
General News · 24th January 2025
Jennifer for Mansons Hall
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24: Friday Market
Our winter Friday Market is ON! We’ve got homegrown goodies by a bunch of crafty sellers each and every week. Come on out and see what’s new at the Mansons Hall Friday Market, doors open at noon! 🍪 🧶 🧼 🎁 🤩
For more information about our fabulous Friday Market, or to inquire about becoming a vendor, contact officemansonshall.org or call (250) 935-0015.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24: Thrift Store
The SCCA Thrift Store is open during the Friday Market 12-3 pm with plenty of gently-used merchandise available at clothing items for the entire family to choose from. You will find it down the hall to the Pioneer Room. All items are sold by a suggested donation to the SCCA.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24: Climate Café
The new Cortes Climate Action Network is hosting its first event:
Climate Café!
Friday Jan 24, 1–3PM in the Pioneer Room at Manson’s Hall.
Free coffee, tea, cookies and conversation!
The aim of our first café is to start a conversation about the climate and resiliency implications of the DRAFT zoning bylaw revisions published in December.
We will offer a very brief overview of the proposed changes. Then, we’d like to focus on our Rural Zone. What are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing more density in the wilder parts of Cortes? How might more homes — and people — on our most rural properties affect our climate impacts and community resiliency in these changing times?
Lastly, based on the overview of the proposed changes, we’ll take your feedback on what other topics within the zoning bylaw update you’d like to put that climate and resiliency lens on at near-future cafés.
Hope to see you there, but if you can’t make it and want to converse or provide input, you can reach us at cortesclimateproton.me. You can also reach out directly to the SRD at https://srd.ca/feedback-cortes-zoning-bylaw-review-project/
This event is being paid for through a generous microgrant awarded by the Cortes Foundation.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24: Dance Temple Cortes
Main Hall, 7:00- 8:30
With DJ Anastasia
An inclusive, safer, and sacred community space to explore authentic non-verbal expression through ecstatic dance and movement for the purpose of health and transformation.
Dance Temple is an invitation to tune in to your body, join with other dancers, celebrate, meditate, express and unwind. It is an open dance floor for you to explore different rhythms, sounds, patterns of movement and whatever arises in your inner journey.
All ages, all genders, all bodies, and all parts of YOU are welcome.
Regular Temple Guidelines:
1. Move however you wish
2. No talking on the dance floor
3. Respect yourself and one another
Dance Temple is a smoke-free, alcohol-free and scent-free space. Please also refrain from phones and outdoor shoes.
The facilitators of Dance Temple hold a strong intention to honour movement and dance as an essential and powerful expression of self and connection to others. We acknowledge the healing and creative nature of movement and recognize that fun, play and humour are vital to this practice.
Please contact connieaquaylegmail.com if you are interested in volunteering in exchange for free admission.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25: Information Session on Construction in Mansons Landing
Presented by the Cortes Housing Society
SCCA
Cortes Island Community Foundation and
Cortes Pickleball Society
You are invited to Manson's Hall on Saturday, January 25th from 10-Noon to learn about all the new building projects starting in downtown Manson's this spring.
Saturday, January 25th from 10 am to 12 pm, Main Hall.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25: Benji’s Pub Quiz
Hi Friends,
This Saturday I will be bringing a brand new edition of the Pub Quiz to Manson's Hall.
As ever it will be an entertaining, riveting romp suitable for any one who likes to laugh, play and work as a team!
Top team wins the Cortes Quiz Cup and a hamper of delights!
Doors at 7:00pm and the Quiz starts 7:30pm.
Tickets are $20 available on the door or in advance at all the stores.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26: Surya Namaskar
“Beginning January 12th, I will be offering a new yoga class at Om Studio from 8:15-9:30AM. This is a traditional Sun Salutation sequence intended to meet the rising sun and create connection with this great source of energy in ours lives. This class is drop-in and will be ongoing for the next 3 months. Suggested donation is $10/class.
With love,
Rainer”
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 & THURSDAY, JANUARY 30: Yoga with Kelly
Kelly Benson is currently offering two yoga classes weekly at Mansons Hal
Vinyasa Flow Sundays 11:00 am and Thursdays 5:30 pm. All classes are in the Om Studio. For more info email kbrocks55yahoo.ca
MONDAY, JANUARY 27: Somatic Awareness For Women hosted by the Womens Centre
10-11:30 am, Main Hall, Mansons Hall.
(Next sessions will be held February 17 and March 17.)
These sessions ( 1 1/2 hours) are to allow us the time to feel, to sense, to pay attention to what our organisms/our bodies are saying. To listen. to allow. to respond --- if we want. To come to peace with ourselves.
Sensory Awareness is the basic foundation of all somatic work. Judyth has been studying this since 1968, and authorized to teach since 1985. She is happy to be able to share it.
Open to all women. No obligation to continue or to pay.
Donations to the Womens Centre are welcome.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28: Free Movement and Mobility Class
Free Movement and Mobility for seniors or anyone with mobility issues - 11 am - Om Studio
This class will focus on small isolated movements and exercises to help keep mobility and movement in the joints.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28: Parents & Tots
All caregivers and little ones (ages 0 to 4+) are invited to drop in for playtime and community connection.
Every Tuesday from 10:30 to 12:30 at Manson’s Hall, Main Hall.
Hope to see you there!
Free, by donation. Location: Main Hall
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29: T’ai Chi Ch’uan
T’ai Chi Ch’uan is a low-impact exercise that is ideal for seniors. These slow, gentle movements can improve balance, strength, flexibility, and range of motion and decrease the effects of common degenerative diseases and pains. It is a standing/moving exercise that can be done anywhere, anytime and doesn’t need special clothing or shoes.
Judyth Weaver received permission to teach TCC from the school of Grand Master Cheng Man-Ch’ing in 1971, and she has been teaching it regularly around the world since then.
The class will be offered on Wednesdays, from 11 am till noon in the Om Studio.
The classes are free. Donations to the SCCA and CISS are welcome.
If you have any questions before class, please contact Judyth at 250-935-8500
All are welcome to join the class.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30: Health Centre Information Session for the Cortes Community Health Association
11am, Main Hall
The Cortes Community Health Association, as a member of the Discovery Islands Community Health Centre planning team, is hosting presentations by Marguerite Vickery, our project lead, and Val St John and Catherine Aw, leaders from BC Association of Community Health Centres.
All of the above are partners of the DICHC planning team along with reps from both First Nations groups on Quadra and Cortes, the CCHA, SNCA at Surge, QI Health Society, and the Primary Care Network from CR Division of Family Practice.
These presentations are about the DICHC project to develop an application to the Ministry of Health for a multi campus CHC using the present health facilities and programs already inplace on our islands, and about Community Health Centres in BC in general.
On Thursday, January 30th, we are planning two information session for the Cortes Community. 11am at Manson's Hall and 1:30pm at the Klahoose First Nations Health Centre.
If you have questions or concerns you can direct them to me or Marguerite the project manager.
margueritesaanichtonsystemsconsultants.com
We hope you are all able to attend and discuss new options and ideas about stabilizing the future of health care in our Island Communities in this area.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30: Sew Much More
Om studio 2-4 pm
bring a project to work on, get sewing coaching, sit and mend.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30: “Screenagers” Film Screening
The Screenagers Movie is coming to Cortes! There will be a FREE screening of the original film on Thursday evening, January 30 at Manson's Hall.
7pm, Main Hall. Doors at 6:30.
Sponsored by the CCHA Family & Youth Programs and the SCCA.
For more information about our programs at Mansons Hall contact officemansonshall.org or call (250) 935-0015.
Mansons Hall Office Hours: M-F 9-3.
Our winter Friday Market is ON! We’ve got homegrown goodies by a bunch of crafty sellers each and every week. Come on out and see what’s new at the Mansons Hall Friday Market, doors open at noon! 🍪 🧶 🧼 🎁 🤩
For more information about our fabulous Friday Market, or to inquire about becoming a vendor, contact officemansonshall.org or call (250) 935-0015.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24: Thrift Store
The SCCA Thrift Store is open during the Friday Market 12-3 pm with plenty of gently-used merchandise available at clothing items for the entire family to choose from. You will find it down the hall to the Pioneer Room. All items are sold by a suggested donation to the SCCA.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24: Climate Café
The new Cortes Climate Action Network is hosting its first event:
Climate Café!
Friday Jan 24, 1–3PM in the Pioneer Room at Manson’s Hall.
Free coffee, tea, cookies and conversation!
The aim of our first café is to start a conversation about the climate and resiliency implications of the DRAFT zoning bylaw revisions published in December.
We will offer a very brief overview of the proposed changes. Then, we’d like to focus on our Rural Zone. What are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing more density in the wilder parts of Cortes? How might more homes — and people — on our most rural properties affect our climate impacts and community resiliency in these changing times?
Lastly, based on the overview of the proposed changes, we’ll take your feedback on what other topics within the zoning bylaw update you’d like to put that climate and resiliency lens on at near-future cafés.
Hope to see you there, but if you can’t make it and want to converse or provide input, you can reach us at cortesclimateproton.me. You can also reach out directly to the SRD at https://srd.ca/feedback-cortes-zoning-bylaw-review-project/
This event is being paid for through a generous microgrant awarded by the Cortes Foundation.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24: Dance Temple Cortes
Main Hall, 7:00- 8:30
With DJ Anastasia
An inclusive, safer, and sacred community space to explore authentic non-verbal expression through ecstatic dance and movement for the purpose of health and transformation.
Dance Temple is an invitation to tune in to your body, join with other dancers, celebrate, meditate, express and unwind. It is an open dance floor for you to explore different rhythms, sounds, patterns of movement and whatever arises in your inner journey.
All ages, all genders, all bodies, and all parts of YOU are welcome.
Regular Temple Guidelines:
1. Move however you wish
2. No talking on the dance floor
3. Respect yourself and one another
Dance Temple is a smoke-free, alcohol-free and scent-free space. Please also refrain from phones and outdoor shoes.
The facilitators of Dance Temple hold a strong intention to honour movement and dance as an essential and powerful expression of self and connection to others. We acknowledge the healing and creative nature of movement and recognize that fun, play and humour are vital to this practice.
Please contact connieaquaylegmail.com if you are interested in volunteering in exchange for free admission.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25: Information Session on Construction in Mansons Landing
Presented by the Cortes Housing Society
SCCA
Cortes Island Community Foundation and
Cortes Pickleball Society
You are invited to Manson's Hall on Saturday, January 25th from 10-Noon to learn about all the new building projects starting in downtown Manson's this spring.
Saturday, January 25th from 10 am to 12 pm, Main Hall.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25: Benji’s Pub Quiz
Hi Friends,
This Saturday I will be bringing a brand new edition of the Pub Quiz to Manson's Hall.
As ever it will be an entertaining, riveting romp suitable for any one who likes to laugh, play and work as a team!
Top team wins the Cortes Quiz Cup and a hamper of delights!
Doors at 7:00pm and the Quiz starts 7:30pm.
Tickets are $20 available on the door or in advance at all the stores.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26: Surya Namaskar
“Beginning January 12th, I will be offering a new yoga class at Om Studio from 8:15-9:30AM. This is a traditional Sun Salutation sequence intended to meet the rising sun and create connection with this great source of energy in ours lives. This class is drop-in and will be ongoing for the next 3 months. Suggested donation is $10/class.
With love,
Rainer”
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 & THURSDAY, JANUARY 30: Yoga with Kelly
Kelly Benson is currently offering two yoga classes weekly at Mansons Hal
Vinyasa Flow Sundays 11:00 am and Thursdays 5:30 pm. All classes are in the Om Studio. For more info email kbrocks55yahoo.ca
MONDAY, JANUARY 27: Somatic Awareness For Women hosted by the Womens Centre
10-11:30 am, Main Hall, Mansons Hall.
(Next sessions will be held February 17 and March 17.)
These sessions ( 1 1/2 hours) are to allow us the time to feel, to sense, to pay attention to what our organisms/our bodies are saying. To listen. to allow. to respond --- if we want. To come to peace with ourselves.
Sensory Awareness is the basic foundation of all somatic work. Judyth has been studying this since 1968, and authorized to teach since 1985. She is happy to be able to share it.
Open to all women. No obligation to continue or to pay.
Donations to the Womens Centre are welcome.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28: Free Movement and Mobility Class
Free Movement and Mobility for seniors or anyone with mobility issues - 11 am - Om Studio
This class will focus on small isolated movements and exercises to help keep mobility and movement in the joints.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28: Parents & Tots
All caregivers and little ones (ages 0 to 4+) are invited to drop in for playtime and community connection.
Every Tuesday from 10:30 to 12:30 at Manson’s Hall, Main Hall.
Hope to see you there!
Free, by donation. Location: Main Hall
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29: T’ai Chi Ch’uan
T’ai Chi Ch’uan is a low-impact exercise that is ideal for seniors. These slow, gentle movements can improve balance, strength, flexibility, and range of motion and decrease the effects of common degenerative diseases and pains. It is a standing/moving exercise that can be done anywhere, anytime and doesn’t need special clothing or shoes.
Judyth Weaver received permission to teach TCC from the school of Grand Master Cheng Man-Ch’ing in 1971, and she has been teaching it regularly around the world since then.
The class will be offered on Wednesdays, from 11 am till noon in the Om Studio.
The classes are free. Donations to the SCCA and CISS are welcome.
If you have any questions before class, please contact Judyth at 250-935-8500
All are welcome to join the class.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30: Health Centre Information Session for the Cortes Community Health Association
11am, Main Hall
The Cortes Community Health Association, as a member of the Discovery Islands Community Health Centre planning team, is hosting presentations by Marguerite Vickery, our project lead, and Val St John and Catherine Aw, leaders from BC Association of Community Health Centres.
All of the above are partners of the DICHC planning team along with reps from both First Nations groups on Quadra and Cortes, the CCHA, SNCA at Surge, QI Health Society, and the Primary Care Network from CR Division of Family Practice.
These presentations are about the DICHC project to develop an application to the Ministry of Health for a multi campus CHC using the present health facilities and programs already inplace on our islands, and about Community Health Centres in BC in general.
On Thursday, January 30th, we are planning two information session for the Cortes Community. 11am at Manson's Hall and 1:30pm at the Klahoose First Nations Health Centre.
If you have questions or concerns you can direct them to me or Marguerite the project manager.
margueritesaanichtonsystemsconsultants.com
We hope you are all able to attend and discuss new options and ideas about stabilizing the future of health care in our Island Communities in this area.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30: Sew Much More
Om studio 2-4 pm
bring a project to work on, get sewing coaching, sit and mend.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30: “Screenagers” Film Screening
The Screenagers Movie is coming to Cortes! There will be a FREE screening of the original film on Thursday evening, January 30 at Manson's Hall.
7pm, Main Hall. Doors at 6:30.
Sponsored by the CCHA Family & Youth Programs and the SCCA.
For more information about our programs at Mansons Hall contact officemansonshall.org or call (250) 935-0015.
Mansons Hall Office Hours: M-F 9-3.