ALL EYES ON THE BALL: Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) senior girls basketball team players, from left, Maraika McConchie, Miya deRoos, Kadence O’Dwyer, Donna De Roo and Elizabeth Innes are all part of the action during the final game of the Nairn Howe Memorial Basketball Tournament against a Dover Bay Secondary team from Nanaimo on …

14 hours ago · The Feb. 5 edition of the Gulf Islands Driftwood newspaper will be available one day late due to this week’s snowfall. The paper is normally picked up from the press in the Lower Mainland on Tuesdays for distribution on Wednesdays. Unsafe driving conditions prompted a decision to delay pick-up by ...

4 hours ago · There’s nothing like a little snow to get islanders back into thinking about emergency preparedness — however we care to define “emergency.” Thankfully, our island communities have well-formed plans for responding to those in need during short-term extreme weather events. We recently ...

As published in the Nov. 13, 2024 issue of the Driftwood. Riches at every turn “Astoundingly rich diversity!” exclaim Nature Salt Spring club members as they marvel at what Baker Beach has to offer for nature outings.

Jan 28, 2025 · Is talking face-to-face worth five figures? With a budget now expected to top $11 million in spending annually, elected officials on a committee tasked with...

Jan 29, 2025 · Is talking face-to-face worth five figures? With a budget now expected to top $11 million in spending annually, elected officials on a committee tasked with shepherding the Islands Trust’s financial management are suggesting Trust Council should again consider whether each of its in-person meetings are north of $30,000 better than those held online.

Feb 18, 2024 · The signs are scattered across the island: the word STUDIO, simple silhouettes of sheep, a number and an arrow. For 33 years now, the Salt Spring Island Studio Tour has welcomed visitors with a self-guided journey of discovery — a chance to interact with a curated selection of people and spaces, an opportunity to visit with the intentional artists that make our island their home — from ...

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Jan 14, 2025 · In a Dec. 16, 2024 piece published on the Salt Spring Exchange, Kerrie Proulx, a board member of Salt Spring Solutions, suggests abandoning the use of buildout as “the main braking mechanism” for protecting our island’s environment. She argues that the notion of buildout has no ecological ...

Mar 20, 2024 · At just three words, the shortest sentence in the Islands Trust’s 33-page-long Policy Statement reads: “Changes will occur.” It’s a 30-year-old warning that the Trust, in its mandate to “preserve and protect” the area’s environment and unique character, will have to make course corrections over time to accomplish its mission.