Island Life

Harrington launches voices for the islands

A former Salt Spring resident is returning next week to celebrate the launch of a book with stories related to this island and 16...

Transition Salt Spring kicks off Lighter Living campaign

By TRANSITION SALT SPRING Many islanders would agree that summer on Salt Spring is tough to beat. Lakes for swimming, forest trails for hiking and...

ArtSpring fair yields more than funds

BY KIRSTEN BOLTON For ArtSpring The big story for ArtSpring last week may have been the record-breaking $127,000 outcome of its most important fundraiser of the...

Vesuvius “fire” teaches important lessons about preparing for disaster

Story by Carol Volkart Photos by John Denniston The fire was fictional, but its lessons were real. When first responders descended on Vesuvius in a surge of...

Treasure Fair fundraiser breaks record

BY KIRSTEN BOLTON FOR ARTSPRING Treasure Fair, ArtSpring’s largest annual fundraiser, has smashed its own record from 2023 with proceeds now north of $125,000 being raised...

Gulf Islands online events calendar created

SUBMITTED BY SALT SPRING ARTS Salt Spring Arts (SSA) and the Southern Gulf Islands Tourism Partnership (SGITP) have collaborated to create and launch a community...

Fawn season demands extra caution

BY MARCIA JANSEN Driftwood Contributor It’s the time of year again: fawns are born and start to follow their mothers, and inevitably cross our roads. Marielle...

Book Bus campaign for Zambia underway

Salt Spring’s Margriet Ruurs is the author of more than 40 published children’s books. One of those is called My Librarian is a Camel,...

United Church music director retires

BY HELEN HINCHLIFF DRIFTWOOD CONTRIBUTOR One summer day in July 1994, Shirley Bunyan walked into Salt Spring’s United Church. Lorne Bunyan, her RCMP officer husband, had...

Judy Nurse bursaries awarded

SUBMITTED BY SALT SPRING ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY Judy Nurse was a dedicated Salt Spring library volunteer for over a decade, serving on the board of...

Weather

Salt Spring Island
scattered clouds
14.8 ° C
16.8 °
13.2 °
75 %
3.1kmh
40 %
Thu
18 °
Fri
16 °
Sat
15 °
Sun
13 °
Mon
13 °