News

Portlock Park plan halted

Regular users of Portlock Park are pressing Capital Regional District (CRD) staff to go back to the drawing board with master plan concepts for...

Sandwich board signs removed

A miscommunication may have started a rumour that new bike lanes were imminent at Portlock Park, but it’s the long tail of an old...

Islands Trust, U.S. counterparts to meet in Victoria

The Americans are coming.  Next month, and for the first time in years, members of the San Juan County Council (SJCC) will take part in...

Water district preps for election season 

Unlikely as it may seem, at least one organization on the island is already thinking about an upcoming election: the North Salt Spring Waterworks...

Housing agreement stripped from Brackett Springs land

A Rainbow Road property’s disposition has become an object lesson in dotting I’s and crossing t’s — and, possibly, in the value of a...

LTC lands on ADU compromise

Salt Spring officials may have found a way to accomplish one housing goal for the island — and if the details pencil out, the...

Fulford Creek coho run impresses

A record number of coho salmon have been spotted this year returning to Salt Spring Island’s Fulford Creek, according to volunteer counters.  Island Stream and...

Remembrance Day unfolds under clear skies

Salt Spring’s Remembrance Day ceremony may not have taken place in exactly the same spot as planned due to construction that began in Centennial...

Delayed Drake Road project draws MLA’s ire 

As a supportive housing project on Salt Spring Island remains stalled, the provincial agency in charge has increasingly come under fire from local officials...

Beta-tester shares self-driving car experience

By JIM STANDEN EV-OLUTION COLUMNIST I really enjoyed Shilo Zylbergold’s humorous take on self-driving cars in his Nobody Asked Me But column in the Sept. 27...

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