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 ...

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 ...

Seconds after the Islands Trust voted against Ethan Wilding’s proposal to cover Baker Beach with a few metres of sand and gravel, there was a pause, and then Ethan asked, “What happens next?” Well, we ...

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 ...

It’s been open for about six weeks, but you can still stand inside and watch islanders break out into happy, surprised little smiles as they walk into Windsor Plywood’s new building for the first time ...

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 ...

People are invited to the second 2026 Salon Sundays event at Stonewell Farm this weekend, with three sites full of music, stories and performance unfolding throughout the day. The family-friendly ...

This position is responsible for maintaining case files, conducting inspections, investigating complaints and undertaking patrols with a view to achieving compliance with applicable bylaws including ...

Peter McCully, a former publisher of the Driftwood newspaper, now runs The Pulse Community media site in the Parksville-Qualicum area. He shared a link to a recent interview with Salt Spring Island ...

The Galiano Literary Festival is excited to announce our upcoming two-day festival Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19. This year, we have an eclectic line-up featuring novelists, women in the trades, ...