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Land bank assets change hands

Emelie Peacock - April 13, 2022

While more details will come when the deal is finalized, Salt Spring Island Community Services (SSICS) will be assuming ownership of three affordable housing...

NSSWD candidates Q&A

Contributed Article - April 7, 2022

Property owners eligible to vote in the North Salt Spring Waterworks District should be receiving ballots and detailed directions for a trustees’ election in...

Community Stewardship Award nominations sought

Driftwood Staff - April 6, 2022

The nomination deadline for the Islands Trust 2022 Community Stewardship Awards program is coming up soon. People have until April 18 to nominate an individual,...

Crash events prompt investigation into Salt Spring RCMP actions

Emelie Peacock - April 4, 2022

The Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia (IlO) is investigating after a driver who fled the scene of a serious accident on Salt Spring...

Fire hall referendum process gets rolling

Gail Sjuberg - March 30, 2022

The wheels on a long-anticipated Salt Spring fire hall referendum process are finally turning in public, with a hot-off-the-press informational brochure released Friday and...

LTC rescinds support for Channel Ridge cell tower

Emelie Peacock - March 30, 2022

Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC) members have rescinded their support for a Rogers telecommunications tower at Channel Ridge and have instructed any company...

Input sought on Rainbow Road Recreation Centre site plans

Gail Sjuberg - March 23, 2022

Salt Spring Islanders are invited to weigh in on three conceptual designs for the Rainbow Road Recreation Centre site. Designs are part of the Salt...

Consultants make 15 recommendations for Trust governance improvement

Emelie Peacock - March 23, 2022

The Islands Trust has fundamental governance issues to grapple with, a $75,000 governance review found, and consultants recommended they should be undertaken before many...

Salt Spring fire department CAO to retire in April

Emelie Peacock - March 22, 2022

Salt Spring Fire Rescue’s chief administrative officer Andrew Peat has announced he will be resigning as of April 7. This is Peat’s second retirement from...

Hospital Foundation gets keys to the Seabreeze Inne

Emelie Peacock - March 16, 2022

A hearty cheer erupted in the hallway of the Lady Minto Hospital Monday as the hospital’s foundation officially took possession of a motel that...

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