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In addition to flying vessel flags at half-mast — and observing two minutes of silence on ships and at terminals at 11:00 a.m — BC Ferries is offering complimentary passenger service on Remembrance Day to customers presenting official Canadian military identification or travelling in uniform, as well as to B.C. seniors.

Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Pender Islands Conservancy have raised 70 per cent of the $2.1 million required to complete the purchase of the...

A dispute over the former Seabreeze Inne spilled over into court last week as one Salt Spring Island charitable society filed legal action against another.  

A 23-year-old Salt Spring cyclist is recovering from a collision with a vehicle last Wednesday, where riding cautiously and wearing a helmet likely saved his life.

As of Oct. 1, 2022, Salt Spring RCMP have now responded to 2,217 calls for service so far this year. In this last third quarter of the calendar year, Salt Spring RCMP responded to 857 calls and conducted an additional 400+ foot patrols in Centennial Park and other Island areas. SSI RCMP members conducted an additional 125 licensed premises checks (bar walks) and issued over 200 violation tickets and traffic warnings over this third quarter.

Despite the recent rainfall, backyard burning remains banned on Salt Spring.

A frontline harm-reduction worker on Salt Spring says the death of three people on the island due to drug toxicity within 10 days is indicative of the increasingly dangerous street drug supply.

Capacity will be reduced on the Vesuvius-Crofton BC Ferries route from Oct. 24 to Dec. 12 as the smaller Quinitsa replaces the Quinsam for that period.

Salt Spring has a new protected forest area along Sansum Narrows thanks to a covenant agreement between landowner Gay Young and the Islands Trust Conservancy.

Discovery of the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in birds on Salt Spring last week has led to much of the island being...