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Ganges Hill roadwork hours expand

Robb Magley - March 29, 2025

Construction on Salt Spring Island’s busiest road will be picking up the pace this spring, officials said. Starting Tuesday, April 1, Northridge Excavating Ltd. crews...

Drake Road top floor out of reach for firefighters

Robb Magley - March 26, 2025

A long-awaited supportive housing project finally under construction on Salt Spring has also unexpectedly become the island’s first four-storey structure, alarming fire officials who...

Salt Spring opts in to vacation rental principal residency requirement

Gail Sjuberg - March 26, 2025

Salt Spring’s Local Trust Committee (LTC) has decided to request the island be included in the “principal residency” requirement of the province’s Bill 35...

Old fire hall use review launched

Robb Magley - March 25, 2025

The old mechanic’s saying “There’s nothing more expensive than a cheap car” was likely in the minds of Salt Spring officials last week, as...

Federal election set for April 28

Driftwood Staff - March 25, 2025

The least surprising news from the past week is that a federal election has been called. Mark Carney, who became Canada’s 24th prime minister on...

Pender Canal Road closures announced as work resumes

Driftwood Staff - March 23, 2025

The Ministry of Transportation and Transit (MoTT) is advising Pender Island travellers that extended closures are planned on a section of Canal Road on...

BC abruptly ends suite program

Robb Magley - March 19, 2025

Less than a year after applications for B.C.’s Secondary Suites Incentive Program (SSIP) opened, the province’s three-year forgivable loan pilot is shutting down early,...

BC Ferries gets flak due to FAC breakup

Robb Magley - March 18, 2025

As BC Ferries looks to craft its new communications strategy, local and regional officials are clearly still smarting from the unceremonious dissolution of local...

CRD launches AAP for new region-wide transportation service

Robb Magley - March 18, 2025

Opposition grew among Capital Regional District (CRD) directors, if only slightly, to a now-launched plan to seek voter approval to establish a new regional...

Trust passes $11.2-million budget

Robb Magley - March 18, 2025

Despite efforts that successfully trimmed planned spending to a growth rate below inflation, the Islands Trust’s approved budget of $11.2 million for 2025/26 —...

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