News

Trash audit lifts lid on recycling

Robb Magley -
Sustainability advocates are warning high schoolers’ trash is being trucked to the U.S. rife with recyclables, as students conducting “waste audits” at Gulf Islands...
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Firefighters start ladder truck training

Robb Magley -
Firefighters will learn the ins and outs of their new-to-them ladder truck well in advance of bringing it out on an actual fire call,...
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Ruckle Heritage Farm Day on Sunday

Driftwood Staff -
One of Salt Spring’s favourite annual events is taking place right on schedule, with Ruckle Heritage Farm Day on Sunday, May 3.  Running from 10...
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Three waterworks board candidates step up

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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...
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LCC targets six of Ganges’ worst intersections

Robb Magley -
Traffic experts are proposing roundabouts be built at two of six identified intersections in Ganges, part of a laundry list of recommendations in a...
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Point no longer referred to as ‘savage’

Robb Magley -
A point on a small island off Saturna will no longer be known as Savage Point, according to the BC Geographical Names Office (BCGNO)...
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Skating rink on its way to Salt Spring

Robb Magley -
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...
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Mount Bruce tower to grow to 55 metres

Robb Magley -
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...
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Retreat centre proposed for Musgrave property

Robb Magley -
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...
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Island groups push solutions to housing gap

Robb Magley -
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...
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