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Schools to monitor attendance as a “proxy” for COVID-19 spread as students return to classrooms Monday

Emelie Peacock - January 7, 2022

As Gulf Islands students return to classrooms Monday, the school district will shift from contact tracing to monitoring attendance to see if COVID-19 is...

Power outages, essential travel only after heavy snow on salt spring

Emelie Peacock - January 6, 2022

Salt Spring Island’s emergency program is warning people to undertake essential travel only as the island remains under a winter storm warning after heavy...

GISS grad Jacob Maxwell leads award-winning engineering team

Emelie Peacock - January 5, 2022

Jacob Maxwell, a 2008 graduate of Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS), has led a team of Alberta engineering technologists in the design of an...

Up to 20 centimetres of snow On Its Way

Emelie Peacock - January 5, 2022

From 10 to 20 centimetres of snow is forecast to fall on Salt Spring and the Southern Gulf Islands Wednesday into Thursday. A winter storm...

BC Ferries staffing crunch impacts felt

Emelie Peacock - January 5, 2022

Last week’s cold weather exposed multiple structural issues affecting BC Ferries crew, says ferry union president Eric McNeely, after Salt Spring and mainland to...

NSSWD repels CRD water pressure

Gail Sjuberg - January 5, 2022

The Capital Regional District (CRD) wants the North Salt Spring Waterworks District (NSSWD) to submit an application for a federal-provincial infrastructure grant before a...

Property Assessments Soar on Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island

Gail Sjuberg - January 4, 2022

Gulf Islands property owners can expect much larger numbers on their notices from BC Assessment when they arrive in the mail this week —...

Stretcher evacuation from Mt. Erskine Salt Spring rescuers’ first call-out of 2022

Emelie Peacock - January 4, 2022

The first rescue of the year on Salt Spring took place Monday afternoon, as search and rescue crews and ambulance personnel worked to carry...

Cold weather causes sewage spill into Ganges Creek, Ganges Harbour

Emelie Peacock - January 2, 2022

People are being told to avoid contact with the waters around Ganges Creek and Ganges Harbour as clean-up efforts continue after the local treatment...

Staffing issues, cold weather hamper Salt Spring ferry sailings

Emelie Peacock - December 30, 2021

Salt Spring Island ferry sailings were cancelled Wednesday night due to staffing issues and delayed Thursday because of cold weather-related mechanical issues. On Wednesday night...

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