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Ganges Hill upgrades detailed

This may be the last year pedestrians and cyclists take their lives in their own hands by choosing to head up or down Salt...

Campfires banned effective Thursday 

As dry conditions in the Gulf Islands persist — and as a record-setting wildfire season is shaping up across the province — campfires will...

‘Counter petition’ seeks approval for housing borrowing

For once, according to elected officials, the best way to help might be to do nothing.  A new Capital Regional District (CRD) initiative allowing the...

Water quality reports mandated

A refocused effort targeting disinfection byproducts has Island Health officials and staff at Salt Spring’s largest water district working to gather information and take...

Re-kindled underground fire startles Beddis neighbourhood 

A report of a smoky smell brought fire trucks to a waterside property near the end of Beddis Road on Monday, May 29, with...

Island life

Students explore business ideas at market fair

Salt Spring Elementary (SSE) School’s gymnasium was a hotbed of entrepreneurial energy last Thursday as grades 5 and 6 students held their first Junior Market Fair.  I had planned to...

Tent caterpillars return to island trees

If you’ve been outside in the past few weeks, you’ve seen the webs and the millions of tent caterpillars crawling up — and munching...

Bike ride and rally advocate for Salish Sea Trail Network

BY ISLAND PATHWAYS More cars on Salt Spring, or fewer cars on Salt Spring? Of course, probably everyone can agree that the island doesn’t need...

Kayla Isomura’s The Suitcase Project opens at library

A special multimedia exhibit opens at the Salt Spring Island Public Library program room this week, with the artist also providing a talk on...

New Fernwood Penelakut signage celebrated

By PHIL VERNON for Salt Spring Indigenous Signage Project team On May 17, Penelakut and Salt Spring communities came together to witness the unveiling of new...

Harnessing the power of horses through Equine Facilitated Learning

By Juliana Brossolette Founder of Conscious Equine Connections In our fast-paced, technology-driven world, where stress and anxiety levels are soaring, a unique form of therapy has...

Student ‘Genius Hour’ projects shared at Fulford School

A student-led “Showcase of Learning” at Salt Spring Island’s Fulford School was the capstone of a months-long “Genius Hour” project — a skills-building learning...

Photo of the week

Transition Salt Spring (TSS) board chair Bryan Young presents strawberry rhubarb jam to Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Rob Fleming — a gesture of appreciation “under the $250 gift limit!” quipped Saanich North and the Islands MLA Adam Olsen, who also received a jar — at the Island Pathways/TSS safer cycling rally held on Salt Spring Friday, June 2.

Photo by Robb Magley

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Opinion

Editorial: Sparking Action

If there’s such a thing as a warning shot across the bow for wildfire season, the recent grass fire down Beddis Road must certainly...

Nobody Asked Me But: AI just part of evolutionary tale

Considering all the debate and posturing these days about the benefits and dangers of Artificial Intelligence, or AI for short, you must be asking...

Viewpoint: Mental Wellness Initiative fundraiser underway

By DAVID NORGET for Mental Wellness Initiative, Salt Spring Health Advancement Network “There is no health without mental health.” — World Health Organization Salt Spring Island is...

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Obituaries

NIELSON, Harry

Harry Nielsen passed away on April 11, 2023 surrounded by his family on Salt Spring Island. He was 7 weeks shy of 97. Harry...

LILLYMAN, Beverley Anne (Bakes)

1936 ~ 2023 Bev passed away peacefully in her sleep at Greenwoods Thursday May 18, 2023. Bev was a painter, art teacher and weaver. Bev was...

More news

Salt Spring trustees set Bylaw 530 ‘open house’ events

Plans to amend Salt Spring’s land use bylaw to allow accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are soldiering on, and the community will have yet another...

Updated: Elected commission members look forward to mission

Salt Spring Island voters have elected Gayle Baker, Ben Corno, Earl Rook and Brian Webster to serve on the island’s first Local Community Commission...

Baker, Webster, Rook & Corno are Salt Spring’s first LCC commissioners

Salt Spring Island voters have chosen their first Local Community Commission (LCC) representatives. Gayle Baker, Brian Webster, Earl Rook and Ben Corno were the top-four...

Proposed regulations worry liveaboard community

An official-looking document circulating on social media has alarmed Salt Spring’s liveaboard boater community, and officials rushed to put distance between themselves and a...

Island Health responds to hospital physicians’ letter about emergency department staffing and other issues

As Salt Spring physicians speak up to warn islanders of the severity of the medical professional shortage, the health authority has admitted plans to...

LCC voting times and voter qualifications

Salt Spring Islanders are being asked to choose four individuals to serve as the island's first Local Community Commission commissioners under the Capital Regional...

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