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 ...

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

Cindy Lou Clarke (nee Senkpiel) passed away peacefully at Lady Minto Hospital on May 2, 2026, holding the hand of her loving husband of 49 years, Bob. She was diagnosed with a devasting and aggressive ...

A new superintendent and CEO for schools in the Gulf Islands has officially signed on, according to board officials, who announced this week Jill Jensen will be filling the position effective Feb. 1, ...

Back in 2019, Salt Spring’s Peter Allan, his wife Lynda Monk and their still-in-school sons Jesse and Jackson had many dining-room table conversations about the state of the world and how to imagine a ...

Just in time for the giving season, Salt Spring residents and donors from near and far have acted in reconciliation by raising the funds needed for SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout) First Nation to complete its Salt ...

A proposal to include property into the Ganges Sewer District has given the public its first glimpse of plans for as many as 180 new units of housing, intended to be built in the most densely ...

It’s no secret that Salt Spring’s live music scene has exploded in recent years. The teeming talent pool keeps expanding, resulting in a healthy appetite for more music and places to hear it played.

Jim was born in Selkirk, Manitoba in 1934 to his parents Earle and Nora. Earle worked for the Canadian National Railway and Nora taught school. Jim was the oldest of four brothers (Kenneth, Philip and ...

A community effort to provide housing for teachers on Mayne Island is coming to fruition this week — and may be inspiring officials within the Gulf Islands School District (SD64) to get into the ...

Local officials are hoping for more rain but planning for the worst, as the region that includes every Gulf Island enters its fifth week of Level 4 drought — and Salt Spring lake levels look poised to ...