Islands 2050

On May 30, 2024, Islands Trust trustees will be participating in a Committee of the Whole virtual meeting to review the updated draft of the Policy Statement. 

The meeting will be open to the public to watch and listen. The agenda package and meeting details are available https://islandstrust.bc.ca/event/trust-council-committee-of-the-whole/  

Additional Committee of the Whole meetings may be scheduled after the May 30, 2024 meeting.

The Committee of the Whole will contemplate providing recommendations to Trust Council on changes to the staff-prepared draft and the next steps for the project. Trust Council will then hold a meeting during which they could consider the recommendations, and direct changes to the draft.    

Public engagement on the updated draft Policy Statement will begin after Trust Council approves the document in principle. Trustees will consider public feedback on the draft and could recommend more changes to the draft document.

Learn more about the Policy Statement Amendment Project: https://islandstrust.bc.ca/programs/islands-2050/ 

Thank you to all who shared comments and ideas on the previous draft Islands Trust Policy Statement in 2021. You are encouraged to provide input once the public engagement period begins. 

Questions?  Email islands2050@islandstrust.bc.ca

https://mailstorm.islandstrust.bc.ca/campaigns/lr4936nlpo006/web-version/bz299xot5we64 

Electrician on Thetis Island Available for Electrical Work

Hi all, my wife and I moved to Thetis Island last year.

We ran an electrical contracting business for around 25 years; so I gained a broad range of experience over the years. 

If you have an electrical project such as a light fitting or a receptacle outlet to be installed, an appliance connected or disconnected, I may be able to help you.

Call or txt Brendhan at (236) 992-0025

Canucks Vs Oilers at the Pub!

Hey hockey fans,

We will be opening the pub for all of the playoff games for Canucks and Oilers
Starting Today - Wednesday 6PM Game starts at 7PM
We will open 1 hour before the game starts until the game is over.
Limited Deep fry menu on game days that we are normally closed.

Onion Rings, Yam Fries, Fries,
Chicken Strips, Perogies and Wings

Cheers from your Thetis Island Pub Team!

Sunshine and Light! May 25 Community Dinner @ Forbes Hall

Join your friends and neighbours at the upcoming community dinner shining light from our world to Ukraine. 

We are so fortunate to live in Canada on a peaceful, beautiful island, and this community dinner gives us pause to appreciate this, and an opportunity to give. 

The doors open at 6:00 pm allowing for time to mingle and enjoy beverages before dinner starts with the serving of Holbutsi, Ukraine’s traditional cabbage roll featuring kasha, followed by the dinner buffet.

No Host bar. 

Tickets $30

Available from Ellen Rush @ ellenrush@gmail.com or 250-416-0013

Payment options:

e-transfer to ellenrush@gmail.com  Memo: WRAP

or cheque – made out to Ellen Rush, Memo: WRAP

Telegraph Harbour Marina Closed Saturday, May 11th & Sunday, May 12th

The CAFE will be closed for our Family’s Wedding Celebrations.

Thank you for your understanding, and well wishes for the happy couple.

Kind regards,

All of us at Telegraph Harbour Marina

Thanks

Where else but Thetis can you borrow money at the post office to pay your store bill.

Thank you, Lis, you're a jewel.

Wayne

Thank You for the Rescue!

Thanks to the two Forbes Road heroes who rescued my car and me out of a ditch.
I am so grateful for their help and kindness in my very sticky situation.

Claire Hess

For Sale

Large metal antique gas containers. Good condition. Not rusted out.
Two larger. Two medium. These are the corrugated looking red metal ones with the handle and the spout. Really cool looking decor for the garden or garage.

The two large ones are $20 each
The two medium ones are $15 each.

Will make a deal for all 4. $60 for all 4.
Text 2502520699
Chris F

Minutes: Thetis Community Assembly April 15, 2024

Here are the minutes of the recent Thetis Community Assembly, and the Indigenous Working Group Update.

The next meeting of the assembly will be held in September 2024, date not yet set.

Ann Dickie

Co-facilitator, TCA

Minutes TCA April 15, 2024

Indigenous Working Group Update 

Neighbours Helping Neighbours Repair Fair Reminder

June 1st - 10am to 2pm

Forbes Hall inside and out

Lunch (for purchase) will be available as well as snacks and coffee.

Participants will feature a variety of activities: minor fixes, assessments, teaching, and demonstrations. For items such as home repair we are arranging for some experienced building and renovation persons to provide ideas and advise.

We are also looking at providing a range of reuse ideas and would love to display your creativity.

The number of participants and categories continues to grow, but if you have a service or skill that you think fits the theme, please contact Vicki or David.

David Reay davidreay@telus.net
Vicki Walker 250-246-9126

The People’s Apothecary Garden - Plant of the Week #6 – Motherwort

This lovely sounding medicinal plant is a massive mint (from the mint family, but definitely not of the chocolate mint variety!) is known by many herbalists as one of the best for “gladdening and strengthening the heart”. It’s quite a gnarly fellow, so don’t go pushing it around or you will get a few prickles in return!

To learn more about its medicinal uses (and for pictures), see: 

https://www.thetisislandnatureconservancy.org/single-post/plant-of-the-week

Community Climate Resilience (CCR) is Meeting Tuesday the 7th of May, 5-7p at the Hall

Last monthly meeting till September.

The Repair Fair is coming up on the 1st of June. Drop by if interested in lending a hand on the day!

6-7p. Discussion of grey water and other water-conserving strategies that members have adopted.

If you have experience to share or want to hear what others are doing, please join us.
To contact CCR or to join the mailing list:
ccr@thetisisland.net

Remembering small friends, as they go into dormancy for the dry season:
"The beauty of mosses in a temperate rain forest is much more than visual, they play a vital role in creating it...Like pillowy sandbags set in the way of a river, clumps of moss slow the passage of rain down the trunk of a tree. As water flows over mosses, much of it is absorbed into the tiny capillary spaces of the clump. Water is held in tapered leaf tips, funnelled into tiny drainpipes to the concave basins at the base of every leaf. Even the dead portions of the colony, the old leaves and tangled rhizoids, can trap moisture... In a mossy cloud forest in Costa Rica the mosses absorbed 50,000 liters of water per hectare of forest in a single rainfall. It's easy to see how flooding follows quickly on the heels of deforestation. Long after the rain has gone the mossy tree trunks remain saturated and slowly release last week's rain...In addition, the cell walls of mosses are rich in pectin, the same water-binding compound that thickens strawberries into jam. The pectin enables mosses to absorb water vapor directly from the atmosphere. Even without rainfall, the canopy mosses collect water and slowly drip it to the ground, keeping the soil moist for the growth of trees, which in turn sustain the mosses."

— Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Community Climate Resilience Group