Many Salt Spring Island residents will temporarily have no water during a rolling maintenance program starting Tuesday, April 2, according to a notice issued...
Data showing how many locals get left behind when Salt Spring’s buses fill up has island officials reexamining whether expanding service should be a...
Salt Spring’s fire department is moving to eliminate protective gear made with materials linked to increased cancer rates — and trustees for the Salt...
A gathering held in ArtSpring’s gallery on Saturday afternoon may not have been an “official part” of the arts centre’s 25th anniversary celebrations set...
BY KIRSTEN BOLTON
For ArtSpring
Get ready to be whisked off your feet by Tangomania when the South American-inspired Payadora Ensemble takes to the stage at...
BY KIRSTEN BOLTON
For ArtSpring
Vancouver-based Axis Theatre and its imaginative productions for children have become an island favourite with many appearances in ArtSpring’s programs...
Photo of the week
Two lambs from the Astill family’s Cottonwood Farm in the Burgoyne Valley.
Photo by Rob Lowrie
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Government officials and weather experts have called the 2021 heat dome the deadliest weather event in Canadian history.
Now, with climate projections tending toward hotter...
At just three words, the shortest sentence in the Islands Trust’s 33-page-long Policy Statement reads: “Changes will occur.”
It’s a 30-year-old warning that the Trust,...
With funding for outreach and designs allocated — and a consulting firm retained — Salt Spring’s new Ganges Harbourwalk Steering Committee hit the ground...
Revitalization work on Salt Spring’s busiest park is “pretty much done,” according to Capital Regional District staff, who said fences that have surrounded the...
“Administratively fair, reasonable and transparent with the aim of restoring public confidence.”
That’s the target for the Islands Trust’s bylaw enforcement policies and procedures review,...
Construction is set to begin this summer addressing the “undersized and fatigued” culverts that allow Cusheon Creek to flow beneath Fulford-Ganges Road at the...
Governance for Salt Spring’s two largest improvement districts will see changes this spring, as candidates have been nominated and an election set for trustee...
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