Island Life

Salt Spring Hospice improves quality of life

With National Hospice Week drawing to a close on Saturday, now is a good time to get acquainted with the local island organization that...

Heritage farming a “Labour of Love”

People from Salt Spring and beyond came out to Ruckle Provincial Park on Sunday to help celebrate the island’s farming history at the 29th...

New Salt Spring Emergency Program team welcomed  

The Salt Spring Island Emergency Program is following recent tradition in hosting an Emergency Fair this Saturday, May 11 as the anchor event of...

Pass It On group hosts Sparkfest

Performers are lined up and dessert menus are being finalized for Sparkfest, with the annual event hosted by Pass It On participants all set...

Galiano food program flourishes

The Galiano Island Food Program sees the island’s small size and close-knit community as a way to thrive. The program, which started out of...

Salt Springers do the work on Earth Day

Although the island had no official Earth Day festival this year, Salt Spring Islanders still took to the streets and schools to do their...

Intuitive intelligence informs eco-friendly land

All Bastien Simoneau wants to do is leave his daughter with land that is functional, beautiful and sustainable. He is in the process of transforming...

Child Honouring path made accessible online

For people feeling powerless to change the world for the better, Salt Spring-based children’s singer and social activist Raffi has a solution.  Raffi and some...

Salt Spring Island farms burst with new life

Spring is here, and on Salt Spring that means it is time for farms to start welcoming baby animals. Windsor Farm is home to at...

Artist Mark Lauckner reaches eco-milestone

Sometime last week on Salt Spring, artist Mark Lauckner would have melted his 250,000th pound of scrap window glass at The Glass Foundry and...

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