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Defoliating moths targeted for eradication in 2024 spray program

Robb Magley - January 10, 2024

This past summer’s efforts to slow an invasive insect infestation were successful, according to provincial officials, who hope a targeted spraying this summer will...

Pair of parcels conserved on Galiano Island

Robb Magley - January 10, 2024

Two Galiano Island properties recently purchased for environmental protection marked a first for one conservation group: both were acquired without a public fundraising campaign. Galiano...

Public survey open for emergency support planning

Robb Magley - January 9, 2024

With the 2023 fire season safely in the rearview mirror, provincial emergency officials are asking for the public’s help to re-tool its approach to...

CRD launches affordable housing AAP

Robb Magley - January 4, 2024

An initiative to authorize additional borrowing in the name of “affordable, inclusive, and adequate” housing across the Capital Regional District (CRD) will proceed in...

Residential values fall in Gulf Islands

Robb Magley - January 3, 2024

Gulf Islands property owners started the new year with new assessed property values — and they’re lower, at least for most residential parcels. But sussing...

Trustees ditch Zoom for 2024 council meets

Robb Magley - January 3, 2024

As many local and regional governments anticipate tax rate increases in the double digits for 2024, the Islands Trust says it will certainly look...

Speed boards, more EV chargers planned

Robb Magley - January 3, 2024

While Salt Spring’s new fire hall is hoped to be home to the island’s first-and-only Level-3 fast electric vehicle (EV) chargers when completed, regional...

CRD greenlights transportation service study

Robb Magley - January 3, 2024

There may be a regional transportation service, and later perhaps even a regional transportation authority — but first, according to Capital Regional District (CRD)...

NSSWD seeks rate-saving path

Gail Sjuberg - December 27, 2023

The North Salt Spring Waterworks District (NSSWD) is requesting a change to B.C.’s Local Government Act (LGA) that would reduce the cost of borrowing...

Pender connector road set for repair

Robb Magley - December 27, 2023

A damaged section of roadway on South Pender Island that has languished since the heavy rain and flooding in November of 2021 is finally...

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