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TreeFrog Daycare needs post-flood support

Gail Sjuberg - January 27, 2026

TreeFrog Daycare in Fulford has filled a vital community role for more than three decades, facing its share of “character-building” challenges, including its most...

Baker Beach petition against LTC dismissed

Robb Magley - January 27, 2026

Chiding Salt Spring’s Local Trust Committee (LTC) about its process, a B.C. Supreme Court justice nonetheless dismissed a petition for review from three islanders...

Maxwell water plant cost jumps 14 per cent

Robb Magley - January 21, 2026

A multi-million dollar jump in the expected price of a new treatment plant vexed trustees and sent North Salt Spring Waterworks District (NSSWD) staff...

Commissioners punt on Baker Beach interpretive signs

Robb Magley - January 21, 2026

Salt Spring’s Local Community Commission (LCC) is steering clear of an advocacy group’s proposal to place interpretive signage at an island beach that has...

Policy Statement session draws crowd

Gail Sjuberg - January 21, 2026

A standing-room-only crowd filled the Crofton Room at the Harbour House Hotel last Tuesday night to learn more about the Islands Trust Policy Statement...

BCF waves off local traffic boarding priority

Robb Magley - January 21, 2026

BC Ferries has released a “what we heard” report summarizing the company’s Salt Spring Island engagement for the Crofton and Vesuvius terminal upgrade projects...

CRD simplifies island building permit process

Robb Magley - January 21, 2026

Permitting for construction projects within the electoral areas will soon be more straightforward, according to Capital Regional District (CRD) officials, but projects valued at...

New submarine cable to improve islands’ hydro connection

Robb Magley - January 14, 2026

Work will begin this spring on overhead power line upgrades that will support a new underwater cable connecting Salt Spring and North Pender Island,...

Crews readying for winter shutdown at Cusheon Creek project

Robb Magley - January 14, 2026

Two-way traffic across Salt Spring Island’s newest bridge will have to wait a few more weeks, according to officials, while crews complete final safety...

Southern Gulf Islands Tourism Partnership Society looks back and to the future

Contributed Article - January 14, 2026

The Southern Gulf Islands Tourism Partnership Society (SGITP) has operated for several years, but raised its profile in the last year with the release...

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