Salt Spring and Gulf Islands news

Air facilities getting upgrade

The Harbour Authority of Salt Spring Island (HASSI) announced Friday it is expanding air transportation facilities in Ganges Harbour through a major infrastructure project. According...

New enforcement policy aims to protect tenants, target ‘slumlords’

A broad standing resolution that had deferred nearly all enforcement against unlawful residential dwellings on Salt Spring has been rescinded, replaced with a refined,...

Pool, park fees rising this fall

By the end of summer, most fees and charges for Salt Spring Island parks and recreation facilities will see a three to five per...

Bean Supper tradition returns to hall Sunday

BY WENDY ROSIER  For Beaver Point Community Hall Association This Sunday, May 24 sees the return of our bi-annual traditional Bean Supper to Beaver Point Hall. A...

Gulf Islands life

Q’ushin’tul’ walk ends in potluck 

By Joe Akerman and Asiyah Raesha Q’ushin’tul’ means “walking with one another” in Hul’q’umi’num, a name describing our annual re-tracing of ancestral pathways, as a...

Library hosts adventurous Sueño Bay show 

If you’ve ever wondered how a graphic novel is made, the answer is laid out in a fun and informative exhibition in the Salt...

Women, leadership and local politics in focus at Prime Minister film night

SUBMITTED ARTICLE Salt Spring is a place where people care deeply about their community, and don’t shy away from engagement. But when it comes to...

GISS student earns Team BC nationals spot

Submitted by GISS TRADES PROGRAM Grade 12 Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) welding student Antoine Gonzalez will compete with Team BC at the 2026 National...

Arts & Entertainment

Spring Rising Music Festival debuts May 30

It’s no secret that Salt Spring’s live music scene has exploded in recent years.  The teeming talent pool keeps expanding, resulting in a healthy appetite...

Release concert set for The Observer Effect

Award-winning musician Meredith Bates is promising an unforgettable night at All Saints After Dark on Thursday, May 21 when she unveils her new album...

Eclectic Visions returns to Gallery 8

SUBMITTED BY SS PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB Everyone is invited to join the Salt Spring Photography Club at Gallery 8 on Friday, May 15 from 5 to...

Photo of the Week

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Salt Spring’s PK Blinders and Galileo FC battle for the ball during the Salt Spring Island Challenge Cup tournament, which saw 40 teams compete across the island over the May long weekend; PK Blinders took the win in Men’s Rec 3-0.

Photo by John Denniston

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Opinion

Editorial: Market forces

Salt Spring Islanders have a storied tradition of rolling up our collective sleeves to tackle problems left too long unsolved.  Increasingly, as we’ve seen with...

Viewpoint: Forestry barons still rule

The following is written by a Salt Spring Islander in response to news reports of the currently shut Crofton pulp mill having interested buyers. By...

Editorial: Smoke and mirrors

No one else will say it, so we will: the BC Ferries ban on immobile EVs made no sense in the first place.  If we...

Weather

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Obituaries

CLARKE, Cindy

1956 - 2026 Cindy Lou Clarke (nee Senkpiel) passed away peacefully at Lady Minto Hospital on May 2, 2026, holding the hand of her loving...

BIRD, Dolores (née Blatter)

Dec. 5, 1936 – May 6, 2026 With great love and sadness, the family of Dolores Bird announces her passing on May 6, 2026, at...

More Gulf Islands news

Dancers excel at spring competitions

Salt Spring Island dancers are celebrating an outstanding competition season after strong results at two major Vancouver Island dance competitions this spring. The dancers, who...

EVs with ‘cosmetic’ damage cleared to board

After an abrupt BC Ferries ban last summer — that for almost a year left about 1,000 vehicle owners on Salt Spring wondering how...

Lam, Erdmer elected to NSSWD board

A new trustee joined a successfully re-elected incumbent on the board of Salt Spring’s largest water district on Wednesday evening — and that may...

Regional trail decision delayed to 2027

A $300,000 slice of the regional budget already allocated to start a “missing link” pathway is now likely to sit idle well past next...

GISS principal announces return to teaching role

The top administrator for the Gulf Islands’ largest school says he’s decided to step down from leadership — and is stepping back into the...

Report: CRD rural areas get back less than they pay

A new report has reignited the debate over fairness in funding between urban centres and rural electoral areas (EAs), as Capital Regional District (CRD)...

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