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Skating rink on its way to Salt Spring

If you’ve dreamed one day to become Salt Spring’s first Zamboni driver, it may be an even longer wait than you thought. But year-round recreational...

Three waterworks board candidates step up

Three Salt Spring residents have been nominated for two available seats on the five-member North Salt Spring Waterworks District (NSSWD) board of trustees. Voting takes...

LCC targets six of Ganges’ worst intersections

Traffic experts are proposing roundabouts be built at two of six identified intersections in Ganges, part of a laundry list of recommendations in a...

Point no longer referred to as ‘savage’

A point on a small island off Saturna will no longer be known as Savage Point, according to the BC Geographical Names Office (BCGNO)...

Mount Bruce tower to grow to 55 metres

A telecommunications project planned on Mount Bruce won’t be subject to a public consultation requirement in Salt Spring’s protocol for antenna systems, as the...

Weather

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Gulf Islands life

Repair Cafés offer more than just fixing

By Lighter Living, a Transition Salt Spring Initiative There’s a particular kind of energy in a Repair Café: part curiosity, part hope, part quiet determination. A...

Klein’s Bribe, Inc. film up for Emmy

An investigative documentary film by Salt Spring’s Peter Klein — Bribe, Inc. — has been nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Business Documentary. According...

Transition group celebrates full year of impact

Transition Salt Spring (TSS) Society members, board and staff gathered at Lions Hall on Thursday, April 2 for an annual general meeting that served...

Salt Spring becoming local government training hub

While Salt Spring’s tourist season centres on fair weather, another type of visitor is gradually becoming a year-round phenomenon — coming to the island...

Arts & Entertainment

Concert bridges eras, genres and repertoire 

BY MEGAN WARREN For ArtSpring On Tuesday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m., the ArtSpring stage hosts a rare meeting of musical minds as the Juno-nominated Cheng²...

SoundGardens Festival of music and sound on April 25-26 weekend

SUBMITTED BY OF SOUND MINDS A new festival devoted to immersive sound and deep listening is set to debut on Salt Spring Island later this...

Ménestrel presents the Order of Good Cheer concert

SUBMITTED BY SALT SPRING BAROQUE In the winter of 1606, on the rugged shores of the “New World,” Samuel de Champlain founded the Order of...

Photo of the Week

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Adina Guest of Love’s Galettes with a slice of Nettle Moss Cake made for the first Salt Spring Nettlefest Potluck held at All Saints on Saturday, April 11. The event saw some 35 people of all ages gather to share in a meal celebrating the versatility of the wild nettle plant.

Photo by Rob Lowrie

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

Opinion

Editorial: Anything’s possible

Is it just us, or have a few news stories published in recent weeks had a similar flavour to our April 1 front-page gondola...

Viewpoint: Crucial exemption applies

By Frants Attorp For 50 years the Islands Trust has succeeded in keeping Salt Spring largely rural and distinct from the surrounding urban sprawl. Unfortunately, the...

Trustee opinion: Partnerships are the path forward in challenging times

By LAURA PATRICK SSI LOCAL TRUSTEE + ISLANDS TRUST COUNCIL CHAIR Across local and regional governments, difficult choices have become the norm. Councils and boards are routinely faced...

Obituaries

BARRETT, Anthony Haydn

February 5, 1970 - April 8, 2026 It is with great sorrow that I'm announcing the passing of my son Anthony Haydn Barrett, who died...

SMITH, Marilyne

1945 - 2026 With deep love, we announce the passing of Marilyne Kathleen Smith in Taber on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at the age of...

More Gulf Islands news

Retreat centre proposed for Musgrave property

The newest owners of a 230-acre waterfront property at the remote southwest end of Salt Spring Island hope to develop a private retreat centre...

Island groups push solutions to housing gap

When BC Housing finally craned modular units into place at its long-awaited project on Salt Spring’s Drake Road, the province — at almost the...

Cook, Hetherington, Martin win fire board election

Final results for Salt Spring’s fire district election have been released, with incumbents Rollie Cook and Mary Lynn Hetherington, along with Darryl Martin, to...

Tourism season off to busy start

As the first Saturday Market kicked off an unofficial start to Salt Spring’s summer tourist season, residents and businesses might have noticed 2026’s vacationers...

CRD FOI workload doubles in one year

Statistically, the Capital Regional District (CRD) is fielding fewer Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) requests than it has in years,...

Salish Heron turns off water taps

As the recently refitted Salish Heron returned to Tsawwassen–Southern Gulf Islands service at the beginning of the month, BC Ferries warned passengers the vessel’s...

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