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Salt Spring CRD taxes up 7%

Contributed Article - February 21, 2024

By GARY HOLMAN SSI ELECTORAL AREA DIRECTOR The final CRD budget for 2024, a difficult year, particularly at the local level due to several factors, will...

LTC urged to not reconsider kennel

Robb Magley - February 21, 2024

There was little said, and no action taken by Salt Spring land use officials last week after islanders voiced their opposition to an unpermitted...

GISS Improv team fundraises for national competition

Driftwood Staff - February 20, 2024

As the Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) Improv team gears up for its first post-Covid national competition, students are focusing on fundraising to get...

CRD adopts bylaw to increase borrowing authority for housing

Contributed Article - February 16, 2024

CRD MEDIA RELEASE The Capital Regional District (CRD) Board has approved a bylaw that will increase the borrowing authority through the Land Assembly, Housing and...

Salt Spring spongy moth spray plan detailed

Robb Magley - February 14, 2024

Scientists with B.C.’s Ministry of Forests have set late April — or early May — for a targeted aerial spraying effort, hoping to keep...

LCC declines advocacy in rooster noise issue

Robb Magley - February 14, 2024

Salt Spring poultry enthusiasts worried they might run afoul of the island’s decades-old noise bylaws crowded into a meeting Thursday night, hoping for immediate...

Hospital foundation’s new executive director looks ahead

Robb Magley - February 14, 2024

Inside one upstairs office in downtown Ganges, a fresh coat of paint has dried, a handful of indoor plants have found their footing and...

Islands Trust staff offices unlikely to end up at SIMS

Robb Magley - February 7, 2024

Islands Trust staff have not pursued the possibility of moving Trust offices to Capital Regional District (CRD)-administered buildings for months, according to CRD staff,...

LCC reduces bylaw enforcement budget

Robb Magley - February 7, 2024

As alternative programs grow, Salt Spring’s Local Community Commission (LCC) is taking what it calls a small first step in shifting how bylaw contraventions...

Centennial Park revitalization work resumes

Robb Magley - February 6, 2024

A renovation project at the home of Salt Spring’s Saturday Market was set to resume this week, according to officials, and is still on...

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