Salt Spring and Gulf Islands news

180 homes planned on Ganges Hill

A proposal to include property into the Ganges Sewer District has given the public its first glimpse of plans for as many as 180...

Bicycle Bob’s legacy rides on

By Robin Jenkinson Bicycle bells rang Saturday, June 6 as family and friends gathered for the Bicycle Bob Simons Memorial Ride and sign re-installation, celebrating...

Responders train for newborn emergencies

Salt Spring’s emergency responders worked toward a rather specialized sense of shared confidence and community this month, as fire and rescue teams joined island...

Island doctor honoured for life’s work

A long-serving physician was awarded a 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence in Rural Medicine according to an announcement Monday, June 1 — and...

Gulf Islands life

New home for Indigenous Peoples’ Weekend

BY KAEN VALOISE Boozhoo! Kaen nindizhinikaaz.  That means “Hello! My name is Kaen” in Ojibwe, the First Nation culture I inherited from my father. I’ve been...

First Battle of the Books a blast

BY VIOLET PENNER Grade 7 student, Fulford Community Elementary School At 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, at Fernwood Elementary School, the second of what we hope will...

Northwest Passage trek recounted in Keough presentation

By MARGRIET RUURS for Salt Spring Trail & Nature Club The Salt Spring Trail and Nature Club (SSTNC) invites everyone to vicariously voyage the Arctic’s fabled...

Lions Club volunteers continue tradition of service

Salt Spring’s Lions Club has been around since 1958, and has done a huge amount of good since its inception, as described in our...

Arts & Entertainment

Islander pens Southern Michif children’s book

Salt Spring Island Métis Cree artist and author Sherry Leigh Williams will launch her debut children’s book, Papaashi Bufloo: The Buffalo Who Raced Horses...

Black battalion story highlighted in multi-media performance

BY SALT SPRING HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND ARCHIVES Some stories take a long time to return home. This year we are learning that the story of...

Pride Month celebrated with potluck and Queer as Funk dance

By JANE SHAW for ArtSpring “Creating a living room for the community” is how ArtSpring RoundTable chair Lisa Black describes the finale of this season’s events. On...

Photo of the Week

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Queer as Funk electrifies a packed house at ArtSpring Saturday, June 6 with a two-hour high-energy set and a message to “reach out to people who are different from you and be curious,” part of a community potluck and dance celebrating Pride 2026.

Photo by Quin

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Opinion

Viewpoint: When we walk together

By Darlene Gage I recently joined more than 100 people on the Q’ushin’tul’ Ancestor’s Walk across Salt Spring Island alongside Coast Salish Elders, youth, families...

Editorial: Giving birth

Hearing as often as we do about Salt Spring Island’s inexorable demographic waltz toward our Golden Years, it’s little wonder we rarely think of...

Trustee Laura Patrick: Toward a more inclusive and resilient future for Salt Spring

By LAURA PATRICK After nearly eight years in public office as one of your two Salt Spring Island local trustees, I have decided that I...

Weather

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Obituaries

FILTER, Douglas “Bo”

May 10, 1945 – Jan. 5, 2026 Douglas Bruce “Bo” Filter, aged 80, was born May 10, 1945, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He lived on the...

COOKE, Rev. Dr. Barry FH

May 18, 1932 - May 29, 2026 Reverend Doctor Barry FH Cooke, known to all as Barry, was born on May 18, 1932, in Kirkland...

More Gulf Islands news

SȾÁUTW̱ land project plans shared

The SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout) First Nation has announced plans for its reserve lands in WENÁ,NEĆ, also known as Fulford Bay, including a campground project, initially,...

LCC, LTC advance integrated housing strategy

A cross-jurisdictional attempt to sort a list of possible actions toward improving housing attainability on Salt Spring painted a picture of two island governmental...

Level 4 drought declared

Predictions for a hot, dry summer for the Southern Gulf Islands are beginning to materialize, as federal and provincial agencies sharpen their warnings —...

GISS senior girls take 6th spot in B.C.

By MARCIA JANSEN Driftwood Contributor The Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) Scorpions senior girls soccer team returned home on the weekend with a sixth-place finish from...

CRD, schools to partner on ballfield upkeep

Salt Spring’s first regulation girls fastpitch softball field is set to be complete by the end of June, and officials have hammered out a...

Fed’s water grant could top $6M

Details about a major grant toward a drinking water project on Salt Spring Island have begun to dribble out, with ratepayers in the North...

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