Salt Spring and Gulf Islands news

SȾÁUTW̱ land project plans shared

The SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout) First Nation has announced plans for its reserve lands in WENÁ,NEĆ, also known as Fulford Bay, including a campground project, initially,...

LCC, LTC advance integrated housing strategy

A cross-jurisdictional attempt to sort a list of possible actions toward improving housing attainability on Salt Spring painted a picture of two island governmental...

Level 4 drought declared

Predictions for a hot, dry summer for the Southern Gulf Islands are beginning to materialize, as federal and provincial agencies sharpen their warnings —...

GISS senior girls take 6th spot in B.C.

By MARCIA JANSEN Driftwood Contributor The Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) Scorpions senior girls soccer team returned home on the weekend with a sixth-place finish from...

Gulf Islands life

First Battle of the Books a blast

BY VIOLET PENNER Grade 7 student, Fulford Community Elementary School At 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, at Fernwood Elementary School, the second of what we hope will...

Northwest Passage trek recounted in Keough presentation

By MARGRIET RUURS for Salt Spring Trail & Nature Club The Salt Spring Trail and Nature Club (SSTNC) invites everyone to vicariously voyage the Arctic’s fabled...

Lions Club volunteers continue tradition of service

Salt Spring’s Lions Club has been around since 1958, and has done a huge amount of good since its inception, as described in our...

Donation enables GISS minibus purchase

ARTICLE COURTESY GISS Students at Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) rely on more than just the classroom to learn and grow. From athletics and...

Arts & Entertainment

Black battalion story highlighted in multi-media performance

BY SALT SPRING HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND ARCHIVES Some stories take a long time to return home. This year we are learning that the story of...

Pride Month celebrated with potluck and Queer as Funk dance

By JANE SHAW for ArtSpring “Creating a living room for the community” is how ArtSpring RoundTable chair Lisa Black describes the finale of this season’s events. On...

Artcraft’s new season opens on musical note

BY ELIZABETH NOLAN Artcraft Manager The Artcraft Gallery will offer a distinctly musical experience when it opens this June, with photography celebrating Salt Spring’s live music...

Photo of the Week

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Queer as Funk electrifies a packed house at ArtSpring Saturday, June 6 with a two-hour high-energy set and a message to “reach out to people who are different from you and be curious,” part of a community potluck and dance celebrating Pride 2026.

Photo by Quin

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Opinion

Trustee Laura Patrick: Toward a more inclusive and resilient future for Salt Spring

By LAURA PATRICK After nearly eight years in public office as one of your two Salt Spring Island local trustees, I have decided that I...

Viewpoint: The politics of exclusion

By Frants Attorp Salt Spring trustees recently announced that work on our new Official Community Plan (OCP) will continue until the Trust elections in October....

Editorial: Chance of rain in housing realm

You used to hear it often: “You can’t conserve your way out of a drought.” A few farmers might still mutter it skyward with hope,...

Weather

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Obituaries

WEBB, Donald Bruce

May 18, 1942 – Apr 15, 2026 Don suffered a cardiac arrest at home on April 15, managing to avoid the sense of disbelief he...

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...

More Gulf Islands news

Fed’s water grant could top $6M

Details about a major grant toward a drinking water project on Salt Spring Island have begun to dribble out, with ratepayers in the North...

TSB: lightning hit on helicopter unforeseeable 

An investigation has concluded pilots of a helicopter hit by lightning over South Pender Island three years ago could not have known conditions were...

Society to unveil Japanese Canadian Memorial Story Project at Peace Park

This weekend marks the unveiling of a project that hopes to illuminate a largely invisible part of island history, as the community is invited...

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...

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