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Fire district chooses hall architecture and construction management firms

Important steps to build Salt Spring’s new fire hall have been taken, with architecture and construction management contracts awarded by the Salt Spring Island...

Citizens react to signs of activity at cell-tower site

Remote cameras, “no trespassing” notices and signs of worker activity near the proposed site of a contentious communications tower have returned protesters to Channel...

Pool and CRD facility fee hike approved

For the third year in a row, entry fees and other charges at the pool and park facilities will be going up.  Salt Spring’s Parks...

Drake Road housing details shared

Capital and operating funding for a new supportive housing project on Salt Spring Island is secure, according to officials, but the construction timeline remains...

Islands Trust Council abandons attempt to get tree-cutting authority from province

Islands Trust Council (ITC) has voted to abandon earlier efforts seeking provincial authority to let individual islands enact tree-cutting bylaws.  The majority action, from a...

Island life

Next generation of responders train at Pender camp

SUBMITTED BY GULF ISLANDS FIRE RESCUE CADET CAMP Pender Island Fire Rescue (PIFR), in association with Salt Spring Island Fire Rescue and other emergency response partners including the RCMP and BC Ambulance...

Wood-burning issues, stoves and rebates explored

So many of us rely on wood stoves for our home heating on Salt Spring and the Southern Gulf Islands, but have you considered...

Earthquake expert is next Forum speaker

By GEORGE SIPOS Some 40 years ago my wife and I lived in Kew, a suburb of London under the main flight-path to Heathrow. In...

Garden club welcomes bee expert Cyr

If you’re interested in improving your fruit and vegetable yields through pollinators, the Salt Spring Island Garden Club has a guest speaker for you.  Gord...

Laundromat gift program one way to help community

A Salt Spring Island United Church program that provides Salt Spring Laundromat gift cards to people who are struggling financially is being expanded to the wider community.

Aid sought for former fire chief 

One of Salt Spring’s former fire officials could use some help from the community he served for more than 30 years.   The family of Les...

Foundation’s mental health fund capacity expanded

By SSI FOUNDATION Organizations working to improve mental health on Salt Spring Island can now benefit from an expanded fund designated for that purpose.  The Salt...

Photo of the week

Bach on the Rock Chamber Choir and Orchestra perform works by 20th-century composers in a concert at All Saints by-the-Sea church on March 11, directed by Jean-Sébastien Lévesque.

Photo by Gail Sjuberg

Do you have a photo you would like to submit for Photo of the Week? Send it to news@gulfislandsdriftwood.com. 

Opinion

Support for tourism economy questioned

The following letter written by Franz Scherubl of Seclusion Lane on Salt Spring Island was sent to Saanich North and the Islands MLA Adam...

MLA column: ICE-T deserves continued funding

BY ADAM OLSEN Saanich North and the Islands MLA Currently, the only regional economic development tool available to rural communities to financially support their local priorities...

Viewpoint: Experts be damned!

By FRANTS ATTORP The assault on the Islands Trust is gaining momentum. It is yet another reminder that elections have consequences. At the Feb. 9 Salt Spring Local Trust Committee...

Weather

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Obituaries

PRING, Macie (nee Margaret Anne Harman)

January 31, 1941 ~ February 27, 2023 Our beautiful mother is finally at peace after a 10-year journey through Alzheimer’s. She was such a beautiful...

MOWBRAY, Catherine Louise

1925~2023 The Mowbray brothers are sad to record the death of, but joyfully proud to describe the adventurous life of, their beloved mother Catherine Louise...

More news

New ferry app released 

BC Ferries invited customers to try the first iteration of their new mobile app this week, saying it was ready for use — and...

Little change in local deadly drug deaths

News of another deadly month from illicit drug toxicity in B.C. came alongside granular data showing little change year-over-year in such deaths within the...

Salt Spring Elementary class earns “kindest class” honours

A group of Salt Spring Elementary School students has been named among Canada’s kindest, according to teacher Fanny Wightman — who never had any...

Farnworth and Olsen demonstrate collaboration

Last Friday’s ASK Salt Spring session had more star power than usual, with Deputy Premier Mike Farnworth joining MLA Adam Olsen to meet with...

BC Hydro applies to BCUC for time-of-use rate 

BC Hydro has applied to energy regulators for permission to introduce a new residential electricity rate seemingly aimed squarely at electric vehicle (EV) drivers.  The...

CRD seeks more input on pedestrian, bicycle network 

Salt Spring Island’s walkers — and wheelers — are needed for the next phase of the Capital Regional District (CRD) Active Transportation Network Plan...

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