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General News · 12th January 2026
Helen - FOCI
Friends of Cortes Island is delighted to announce that the winner of the Jo Ann Green Environmental Award 2025 is The Klahoose Bus.
The award recognizes Cortes Islanders or Organizations who have made significant contributions to the environmental well-being of the community.
Warm congratulations to Klahoose for the outstanding and much loved Klahoose Bus, and the many significant benefits it brings to the community and local environment. Here is the nomination in full:
My very favourite service on Cortes Island is the flawlessly run Klahoose bus. From the visionaries who initiated this service, to the ever-cheerful and endlessly helpful driver, Ian Ross; from forward-thinking BC ferries execs who (finally) granted priority-loading on both ferries in both directions, twice a week, to the Klahoose membership who have opened bus use to other islanders, this is truly a community project.
A full bus can mean up to a dozen other vehicles are not taking up ferry space, are not on the road, each running around in the frenzy that is a town trip. Elders and others travelling without their own vehicle can still do off-island shopping and attend medical and
other appointments. And we can meet and visit with our neighbours on these little off-island jaunts.
The award recognizes Cortes Islanders or Organizations who have made significant contributions to the environmental well-being of the community.
Warm congratulations to Klahoose for the outstanding and much loved Klahoose Bus, and the many significant benefits it brings to the community and local environment. Here is the nomination in full:
My very favourite service on Cortes Island is the flawlessly run Klahoose bus. From the visionaries who initiated this service, to the ever-cheerful and endlessly helpful driver, Ian Ross; from forward-thinking BC ferries execs who (finally) granted priority-loading on both ferries in both directions, twice a week, to the Klahoose membership who have opened bus use to other islanders, this is truly a community project.
A full bus can mean up to a dozen other vehicles are not taking up ferry space, are not on the road, each running around in the frenzy that is a town trip. Elders and others travelling without their own vehicle can still do off-island shopping and attend medical and
other appointments. And we can meet and visit with our neighbours on these little off-island jaunts.