News

SD64 facing budget pressures

Gail Sjuberg -
Parents of Salt Spring Island Middle School music students have asked the Gulf Islands School District to reconsider funding choices related to the SIMS...
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Laundromat spaces explored

Elizabeth Nolan -
Salt Spring community members are being asked to participate in an anonymous survey around laundry needs while the Wagon Wheel Housing Society continues to...
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Dead Boats Society wants your derelicts

Gail Sjuberg -
With the controversial Ganges Harbour wreck Castle Finn now signed over to authorities for proper disposal, the founder of the nonprofit Dead Boats Disposal...
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Lasqueti floated as pipeline terminus

Elizabeth Nolan -
Lasqueti Island is one of the more remote communities in the Islands Trust Area, boasting passenger-only ferry service, stands of old growth forest, no...
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Dam plan outcry heard

Gail Sjuberg -
Capital Regional District plans to decommission the Gardom Pond dam on North Pender Island have caused local public outcry, and an Islands Trust trustee...
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Province declares Level 3 drought for islands

Driftwood Staff -
Dry conditions have prompted the Provincial Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development to declare a Level 3 drought for the...
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Howe Sound Queen makes final B.C. run

Elizabeth Nolan -
It was with mixed emotions that passengers, BC Ferries staff and former crew members said goodbye to the Howe Sound Queen on Tuesday evening. The...
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Treated effluent discharged into Ganges Creek

Driftwood Staff -
The Capital Regional District posted a notice on a downtown Ganges village beach Wednesday, noting that treated effluent was unexpectedly discharged into the ocean...
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New Orca calf spotted with J pod

Elizabeth Nolan -
The Center for Whale Research is announcing potential good news with the birth of a calf to the southern resident killer whales’ J pod....
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Climate Action Plan in review

Gail Sjuberg -
Transition Salt Spring has declared June Climate Awareness Month on the island and has started a review process for the Salt Spring Island Climate...
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