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Burn ban expands to campfires

Driftwood Staff - July 16, 2025

As the days grow warmer and drier, officials announced campfires will be prohibited across Salt Spring Island — and across the Coastal Fire Centre...

Baker Beach DP appeal denied

Robb Magley - July 16, 2025

Unmoved by an appeal, Salt Spring’s land use officials voted to uphold a staff decision that leaves a controversial shoreline erosion mitigation project at...

Purple loosestrife detected at Cusheon Lake

Gail Sjuberg - July 16, 2025

Cusheon Lake property dweller Sandy Brainerd’s eye was caught by a “pretty purple flower” by her dock one day recently, but she soon realized...

Trust Policy Statement bylaw heads to first reading

Robb Magley - July 15, 2025

Draft language seems to have satisfied both lawyers and elected officials, and the Islands Trust now has a clear path to a midsummer first...

Water quality advisory issued for Highland/Fernwood area

Driftwood Staff - July 11, 2025

An unprecedented spike in manganese levels in the Highland/Fernwood Water Service Area has prompted the Capital Regional District (CRD) to issue a water quality...

‘Non-operational’ EVs barred from BC Ferries

Robb Magley - July 8, 2025

Hundreds of Gulf Islands electric vehicle (EV) owners were left feeling uniquely stranded by BC Ferries this week, as the company made public a...

Baker Beach property owners make appeal

Robb Magley - July 8, 2025

A group of waterfront property owners above Salt Spring’s Baker Beach have appealed an Islands Trust staff decision to deny a permit for their...

Ferries CEO suggests Crofton homeporting decision final

Robb Magley - July 8, 2025

When BC Ferries brings two-vessel service to the Vesuvius-Crofton route by 2027, both will homeport on Vancouver Island rather than Salt Spring — a...

Fire contained at Mount Maxwell Road

Robb Magley - July 8, 2025

A 911 call warning of a structure fire — and an aircraft report of flames and black smoke rising above Salt Spring — sent...

Road work continues through July

Robb Magley - July 2, 2025

At the base of a small-but-steep valley, near the bottom of Cranberry Road, a mostly hidden waterway runs beneath Salt Spring Island’s busiest roadway. And...

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