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Salt Spring Island and Gulf Islands news

Cook, Hetherington, Martin predicted to win fire board election

Preliminary results for Salt Spring’s fire district election have been released, and officials are confident incumbents Rollie Cook and Mary Lynn Hetherington, along with...

Tourism season off to busy start

As the first Saturday Market kicked off an unofficial start to Salt Spring’s summer tourist season, residents and businesses might have noticed 2026’s vacationers...

CRD FOI workload doubles in one year

Statistically, the Capital Regional District (CRD) is fielding fewer Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) requests than it has in years,...

Salish Heron turns off water taps

As the recently refitted Salish Heron returned to Tsawwassen–Southern Gulf Islands service at the beginning of the month, BC Ferries warned passengers the vessel’s...

Incumbents, newcomers on fire district ballot

The election to fill three trustee seats on the Salt Spring Island Fire Protection District (SSIFPD) board takes place Saturday, April 11, with an...

Weather

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Gulf Islands life

Transition group celebrates full year of impact

Transition Salt Spring (TSS) Society members, board and staff gathered at Lions Hall on Thursday, April 2 for an annual general meeting that served...

Salt Spring becoming local government training hub

While Salt Spring’s tourist season centres on fair weather, another type of visitor is gradually becoming a year-round phenomenon — coming to the island...

Island growers needed to fill food bank shelves

Salt Spring’s market farmers — and backyard growers — have a special opportunity to help the island’s food bank this year, as organizers are...

Stepping Up: Culture of care and integrity thrives in hospice work

The Salt Spring Hospice Society is a volunteer-led, non-profit society providing compassionate support to individuals and families facing life-limiting illness and death in our...

Arts & Entertainment

Community Showcase performers gear up for April 17

By MEGAN WARREN For ArtSpring It’s time to show some love for local performers! On Friday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m., the Salt Spring Community Showcase...

Award-winning Josephine comes to ArtSpring stage

ArtSpring audiences are in for an extraordinary musical theatre treat this week as Tymisha Harris’ multi-award-winning show Josephine comes to the stage on Monday...

Digital canvas creates immersive exhibition

BY ELIZABETH NOLAN For Salt Spring Arts Council The Salt Spring Arts Council invites artists and viewers alike to expand their perception of how digital and...

Photo of the Week

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Michelle Footz and her Titano accordion at the fourth annual Jesus Christ Superstar Accordion Singalong at Beaver Point Hall on Friday, April 3. The event organized by Footz, aka Shelder the Electric Clamfish, saw some 75 people come out to hear and sing the music to the iconic 1971 musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Surprise guest musician was Vancouver accordionist Pavel Rhyzlovsky.

Photo by Wendy Webb

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Opinion

Opinion: Community needs and environmental protection must be balanced

By ERIC MARCH I’m worried about the future of the Islands Trust. I like the Islands Trust, or rather the idea of it. The idea of...

Holman announces Trust candidacy for fall election

BY GARY HOLMAN As I stated during the 2022 election, this will be my last term as Capital Regional District (CRD) director. My main motivation has...

Editorial: TSS demonstrates people power

When Transition Salt Spring (TSS) was formed 16 years ago as a climate-change response group, it identified an unhealthy trend it hoped to address...

Obituaries

STEVENSON, Judi (Judith Claire)

November 23, 1946—March 19, 2026 “When it is over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the...

GREENWOOD, Mary Sylvia (nee Ledingham)

July 24, 1932 - March 18, 2026 After losing her husband of 70+ years on February 16th, and enduring a variety of age related health...

More Gulf Islands news

Incumbents, newcomers on fire district ballot

The election to fill three trustee seats on the Salt Spring Island Fire Protection District (SSIFPD) board takes place Saturday, April 11, with an...

Athletes finish first leg of ’round-island’ swim

Salt Spring’s Special Olympic athletes like a true challenge.  In recent years that has seen swimming and bocce teams train and travel to attend competitions...

New island projects ‘not viable’ with solar rates: advocates

BC Hydro’s plans to shift how it pays rooftop solar customers for electricity they generate has been approved by the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC),...

Three bands play for Odinfest benefit Thursday

Community members have already stepped up to help a young island man and his family face brain tumour treatment with a GoFundMe campaign, and...

Fastpitch field work begins

Construction on the new fastpitch baseball diamond at Salt Spring Island’s Hydro Field has begun, thanks to contractors identifying works that could be completed...

Bus fare hikes part of ‘middle ground’ revenue-raising plan

Local officials voted to raise bus fares across all rider categories for the first time in more than a decade last week — and...

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