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Waste Management Manager retires after 13 years of service to Cortes Island

A man looks up from the foreground to admire many works of art and sculptures suspended from high ceilings.
The inside of the Cortes Island Waste Management Centre is filled with art, sculptures, and decor- curated by the retiring manager, Brian Pfeifle. Photo by Loni Taylor.
Loni Taylor - CKTZ - Cortes Island • BC | 12-12-2022
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On December 31st, Brian Pfeifle will be officially retired from his role as Cortes Island’s Waste Management Manager. Pfeifle has been a resident of Cortes for 30 years and held the position of Manager for the past nine years.

He reminisced about the many changes the centre has seen during his time: “Dova Wilshire took over and that's where all the major changes started happening with recycling and how it's managed.”

After working with Dova for 3 years, Brian took over as manager. Pfeifle’s affinity for art permeated his time at the Waste Management Centre, curating an art gallery on the inside walls of the centre’s main building.

Aaron McCulloch-Gary, whom has been working at the Waste Management Centre for almost 4 years, will be stepping up as the new manager on January 1st, 2023.

To hear more about Pfeifle’s legacy at the Waste Management Centre, listen to the CKTZ News Update below:

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Photos taped together to display images of an old dump with 2 incinerator silos.
Photos of the old dump on Cortes Island include two tall incinerators, the images are displayed in the gallery of the Waste Management Centre. Photo by Loni Taylor.
A man adjusts a painting of a pussy cat on the wall of a rustic gallery.
Kathleen Pemberton painted an image of Dumpstar, the famed black fluffy cat that used to live at the Waste Management Centre. Photo by Loni Taylor.