As a kid growing up on Salt Spring, Finn Hughes played all kinds of sports — basketball, baseball, tennis, wrestling, squash — and was ...

In social media terms, if Salt Spring’s Official Community Plan and Land Use Bylaw (OCP-LUB) update project had a ...

In the wake of this summer’s surge of large vessels cruising the Gulf Islands — which included sightings of the 119-metre mega-yacht Launchpad, owned by Mark Zuckerberg — the world’s largest ...

The following is a longer version of a piece published on page 6 of the July 8, 2026 issue of the Driftwood newspaper, submitted by Kajin Goh, chair of the Chuan Society and project coordinator of The ...

Reaction to the Canada-British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement came swiftly from Canada’s only Green-held federal riding last week, as despite its potential to create an estimated $10 ...

Crews have begun the second phase of a $2-million culvert replacement and outfall stabilization project, now on Salt Spring Island’s Roland Road off Isabella Point Road. Work there began Thursday, ...

We are so excited to welcome you to the Salt Spring Island Pride Festival: Rooted in Community from July 16 th to 19th, 2026! This year at DAISSI — Diverse and Inclusive Salt Spring Island — we’ve ...

A handful of recently registered mineral claims on Salt Spring Island have been flagged as having been acquired in error, according to provincial regulators, formalized despite being located within ...

As a kid growing up on Salt Spring, Finn Hughes played all kinds of sports — basketball, baseball, tennis, wrestling, squash — and was even involved in Tsunami Circus. His father Rowan was into sports ...

Just after noon on a Thursday in June, nearly a dozen senior citizens filed through the front doors of Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS). A few minutes later, in a classroom just outside the ...

Life can be hard when you work on Salt Spring Island, and that goes double if you work and rent. And don’t take my word for it: according to the 2021 Census data, one third of Salt Spring residents, ...

All Canadians want a strong economy and recognize the importance of broadening our export markets given the current political climate. However, a strong economy also depends on a healthy, biodiverse ...