News Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood

Islands Trust tax increase firms up

Robb Magley - January 28, 2026

As both federal and provincial agencies continue to announce job cuts and other belt-tightening measures, finance-focused officials at the Islands Trust hope they can...

Fire district creates Fulford hall pond

Robb Magley - January 28, 2026

South-end firefighters have a new tool at their disposal: a recently completed 750,000-gallon water supply pond, now in service at the station serving Fulford. Salt...

TreeFrog Daycare needs post-flood support

Gail Sjuberg - January 27, 2026

TreeFrog Daycare in Fulford has filled a vital community role for more than three decades, facing its share of “character-building” challenges, including its most...

Baker Beach petition against LTC dismissed

Robb Magley - January 27, 2026

Chiding Salt Spring’s Local Trust Committee (LTC) about its process, a B.C. Supreme Court justice nonetheless dismissed a petition for review from three islanders...

Maxwell water plant cost jumps 14 per cent

Robb Magley - January 21, 2026

A multi-million dollar jump in the expected price of a new treatment plant vexed trustees and sent North Salt Spring Waterworks District (NSSWD) staff...

Commissioners punt on Baker Beach interpretive signs

Robb Magley - January 21, 2026

Salt Spring’s Local Community Commission (LCC) is steering clear of an advocacy group’s proposal to place interpretive signage at an island beach that has...

Policy Statement session draws crowd

Gail Sjuberg - January 21, 2026

A standing-room-only crowd filled the Crofton Room at the Harbour House Hotel last Tuesday night to learn more about the Islands Trust Policy Statement...

BCF waves off local traffic boarding priority

Robb Magley - January 21, 2026

BC Ferries has released a “what we heard” report summarizing the company’s Salt Spring Island engagement for the Crofton and Vesuvius terminal upgrade projects...

CRD simplifies island building permit process

Robb Magley - January 21, 2026

Permitting for construction projects within the electoral areas will soon be more straightforward, according to Capital Regional District (CRD) officials, but projects valued at...

New submarine cable to improve islands’ hydro connection

Robb Magley - January 14, 2026

Work will begin this spring on overhead power line upgrades that will support a new underwater cable connecting Salt Spring and North Pender Island,...

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