News Archives - Page 29 of 160 - Gulf Islands Driftwood

Appeal court upholds Galiano LTC’s bylaw authority

Robb Magley - January 28, 2025

B.C.’s Court of Appeal has dismissed an attempt by a group of Galiano Island property owners to reverse the 2023 dismissal of their lawsuit...

Fire district starts planning for elections

Robb Magley - January 28, 2025

Two of the seven Salt Spring Island Fire Protection District (SSIFPD) trustees are at the end of their three-year terms this year, and officials...

Brackett Springs land likely changing hands

Robb Magley - January 22, 2025

A former Salt Spring Land Bank Society property is unlikely to be available for future affordable housing development, according to one island official, who...

LCC gets update on geotube pilot

Robb Magley - January 22, 2025

A liquid waste “dewatering” test using geotube technology on Salt Spring is complete, according to Capital Regional District (CRD) staff, who hope to have...

Commission mulls washroom hours

Robb Magley - January 22, 2025

A spirited discussion of washroom hours at Ganges’ signature public park will be spilling over to a special budget meeting at the end of...

Plans get underway to ‘decarbonize’ SIMS

Robb Magley - January 22, 2025

A single Capital Regional District (CRD)-operated building on Salt Spring contributes two per cent of all of the regional government’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,...

Trudeau biographer up next at forum

Driftwood Staff - January 18, 2025

“Will Trudeau’s resignation save the Liberal Party?” Featuring remarkable timing, the Salt Spring Forum will welcome author Stephen Maher to Mahon Hall Sunday, Jan. 26,...

May says federal election outcome not preordained

Robb Magley - January 15, 2025

There’s no inevitability in a democracy, according to one elected official –– and the greatest power remains rooted in each vote. Responding to questions at...

LCC budget presented at town hall

Robb Magley - January 15, 2025

Salt Spring’s Local Community Commission (LCC) held its second annual presentation on the upcoming year’s budget, offering an opportunity for taxpayers to sound off...

Funds needed to preserve huge Saturna acreage

Robb Magley - January 14, 2025

Organizers have targeted an expansive waterfront parcel at the southeastern-most tip of Saturna Island for conservation –– and say time is running out on...

News

Weather