News

Burn ban effective May 30

Salt Spring Island Fire Rescue announced that most open burning activities have been prohibited on Salt Spring Island, following a coordinated press release covering...

Trust staff deny Baker Beach permit

 Islands Trust staff have decided not to grant a permit to a shoreline erosion mitigation project above Salt Spring’s Baker Beach — delivering a...

Ferries says homeport change shouldn’t reduce SSI jobs

Next year’s shift to two-ferry service on the Vesuvius-Crofton route may mark the end of homeporting the Quinsam on Salt Spring, but the change...

UPDATE: Primer, asphalt re-scheduled for Fulford-Ganges Road

Update: Northridge Excavating Ltd. Project manager Bob Mitchell has reached out to inform the public of a rain delay; asphalt paving has been rescheduled...

Province turns down Trust review request – again

The government of B.C. has responded to the Islands Trust Council’s latest request for a governance review — and in a word, the answer...

LCC chooses Chuan Society for Phoenix lease

Salt Spring’s Local Community Commission (LCC) has voted to enter into a 12-month lease with the Chuan Society for a portion of the former...

Factors merge for rough traffic day

Eight months into a 10-month road work project, it might seem surprising it took just a few days of extended backups before Salt Spring...

Trustees criticize housing report

Those seeking insight from a provincially mandated report on housing needs within the Islands Trust should prepare for disappointment, according to local trustees.  An interim...

Second Ganges Harbour roundtable hoped for fall

Salt Spring elected officials are planning an end-of-summer return to the roundtable on Ganges Harbour management, hoping to build on common ground — if...

Tuesday Farmers’ Market goes for early start

Submitted by the Tuesday Farmers' Market group Spring is in the air and the Tuesday Farmers’ Market is gearing up for a great start to...

Weather

Salt Spring Island
light rain
10.4 ° C
10.8 °
10.4 °
87 %
1kmh
100 %
Tue
14 °
Wed
15 °
Thu
17 °
Fri
16 °
Sat
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