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Island Community Services in the spotlight

Island Community Services (ICS) — Salt Spring’s largest social service non-profit organization in terms of staff, programs and budget — has been facing unwelcome...

Past MLA and housing resident prompt ICS queries

Adam Olsen, who was the Saanich North and the Islands Green party MLA until the current election was called, has been portrayed on social...

Penelakut Chief visits Salt Spring LTC

Land-use officials on Salt Spring received a personal message from local First Nations leadership, as Penelakut Chief Chakeenakwaut Pam Jack attended the island’s Oct....

Voters pack theatre for MLA debate

From strengthening the healthcare system to childcare, affordable housing and environmental protection, a wide range of topics were touched on by MLA hopefuls at...

Update: Boil Water Advisory lifted for Highland-Fernwood water district

UPDATE: The Boil Water Advisory for Highlands Fernwood water system issued on Saturday October 12, 2024 is rescinded as of Monday, Oct. 14. Water...

Gulf Islands life

Rescue Watch: Tips from your SAR team – Layer up!

The following is the first in a series of Rescue Watch columns on how to stay safe outdoors, presented by Salt Spring Island Search...

Rev. Harold Munn book talks God for secular ears

BY ANGLICAN PARISH OF SSI The Reverend Harold Munn is no stranger to Salt Spring Island, having been a frequent visitor on holidays and a...

100 Women group heads into seventh season

BY KIRSTEN BOLTON  For 100 Women Who Care Salt Spring There is something very grassroots, effective and “Salt Spring” about the high-impact philanthropy model that...

Volunteers needed for nest box maintenance

BY SSI CONSERVANCY Old-timers on Salt Spring may remember the western bluebird, once a common breeding bird in southwestern British Columbia. Populations began declining in the...

Arts & Entertainment

Physical comedy of Underbelly comes to ArtSpring

By KIRSTEN BOLTON FOR ARTSPRING From Salt Spring’s own renowned clown, movement and performance artist Nayana Fielkov comes Underbelly, taking to the stage as an ArtSpring Presents...

Johnny Cash concert at ArtSpring Oct. 20

Canada’s premier Johnny Cash tribute band — The Men In Black — is set to perform at ArtSpring in an afternoon concert on Sunday,...

Tentacle Tribe’s Prism Bends Bodies and Minds

Visionary Montreal-based dance company Tentacle Tribe is returning to ArtSpring on Friday, Oct. 18 with its most recent production — Prism — a piece...

Photo of the Week

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Salt Spring Island Fire Rescue (SSIFR) firefighter Grant Gussie shows the 2025 SSIFR Firefighter Pets Calendar he was selling in the Saturday Market on Oct. 12, with proceeds going to the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund, as Patrick Cassidy “photobombs” the scene from behind while promoting the upcoming comedy called Sutureself in Geezer mode with Sid Filkow. That’s Grant’s pup on the cover! 

Photo by Gail Sjuberg

Do you have a photo you would like to submit for the Photo of the Week? Send it with caption information to news@gulfislandsdriftwood.com. 

Opinion

Viewpoint: Protect Baker Beach

BY DEBBIE MAGNUSSON In the late 1980s, Sheila Sayer, working for Community Services, and I started Parents for Playgrounds. As an elementary school teacher, it...

OPINION: Possible lifting of moratorium unwise

By DAVID J. RAPPORT A version of the following was sent to North Salt Spring Waterworks District (NSSWD) CAO Mark Boysen and board chair...

Editorial: Sizing up the candidates

There seems to be a particular type of voter itch that can’t be scratched online.  As the overwhelming majority of political discourse on Salt Spring,...

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Obituaries

COBHAM, Aubrey Eugene

 We are heartbroken to announce that Aubrey Cobham passed away in Hospital on Tuesday September 24th 2024. It is impossible to summarize what a...

WRIGHT, Nancy

Elsie Ann Wright (Nancy to all who knew her) passed away peacefully on 17 September 2024 at Greenwoods. Nancy was born in Detroit, Michigan, on...

More news

Second work zone set for Fulford-Ganges project

Islanders may do a double-take in the coming week, as a temporary second work zone is expected to snarl traffic further on Salt Spring...

Salt Spring all-candidates meeting video

All four candidates vying for the chance to represent the Saanich North and the Islands riding in the B.C. Legislature participated in an all-candidates...

Saanich North and the Islands candidate Q&A

Gulf Islanders are getting set to vote in the provincial election, with four candidates vying for the Saanich North and the Islands MLA seat. Information about...

Booth Bay erosion protection sought

Provincial regulators are seeking input from the public on a proposed shoreline stabilization project on Salt Spring, meant to protect a row of island...

Further CRD budget shaving requested by director

Salt Spring taxpayers can expect a double-digit increase over last year, as the island’s voice at the regional table argued for one more try...

CRD keeps options open for more Drake housing

As Salt Spring Island looks toward a future that may include more piped water connections, regional officials are hedging their bets at one property...

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