An overnight effort successfully retrieved a pair of stranded hikers from steep, sliding terrain on the west side of Salt Spring’s Mount Erskine Wednesday,

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The videos posted to Instagram begin the same way each day: with a close-up view of a young man riding a bike saying, “Day XX of biking 13,600 kilometres

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Salt Spring’s on-again, off-again relationship with campfires this summer is back off, as island fire officials followed suit with the province and expanded a

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Salt Spring has a new way to celebrate its natural bounty, artistic nature and rural culture as the first Salt Spring Island Farm Stand Festival takes place

BY ROBIN JENKINSON

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,

A new trustee joined a successfully re-elected incumbent on the board of Salt Spring’s largest water district on Wednesday evening — and that may not have

The newest owners of a 230-acre waterfront property at the remote southwest end of Salt Spring Island hope to develop a private retreat centre there — and

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Preliminary results for Salt Spring’s fire district election have been released, and officials are confident incumbents Rollie Cook and Mary Lynn

Salt Spring’s market farmers — and backyard growers — have a special opportunity to help the island’s food bank this year, as organizers are launching a Grow

Community members have already stepped up to help a young island man and his family face brain tumour treatment with a GoFundMe campaign, and now an event at

Island firefighters struck gold at a closed-bid auction last week, officials said, and Salt Spring’s fire district will put its first-ever ladder truck into

As some clients behind a legal threat over the Islands Trust’s draft Policy Statement (TPS) publicly identified themselves, staff revealed the sheer volume of

Two organizations are teaming up to learn more about how islanders manage wildfire risk — and there’s a chance of a cash prize for residents who help out.

After several years of discussions between the Galiano Island Local Trust Committee (LTC) and Penelakut Tribe, the Islands Trust’s executive committee has

BY STEVE MARTINDALE

Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) senior girls Scorpions basketball team is hosting the AA-level North Island championship tournament from Feb. 3 to 5.

TreeFrog Daycare in Fulford has filled a vital community role for more than three decades, facing its share of “character-building” challenges, including its

Chiding Salt Spring’s Local Trust Committee (LTC) about its process, a B.C. Supreme Court justice nonetheless dismissed a petition for review from three

A multi-million dollar jump in the expected price of a new treatment plant vexed trustees and sent North Salt Spring Waterworks District (NSSWD) staff digging

After visiting Daria Zovi at her Quarry Collective farm on a sunny last afternoon of 2025, I spent the rest of the day wishing I was 10 or 20 years younger

“I mean, right now we wash our hoses out in the parking lot.”

The 3D printers at Salt Spring’s public library are humming along with fresh purpose, according to staff, as the fabulous FabLab has expanded its programming

When it comes to building affordable housing on Salt Spring Island, the importance of finding the right piece of property cannot be overstated.

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One of Salt Spring’s favourite annual fundraisers is just around the corner, which means as you read this story, all hands are on deck getting mountains of

If weather allows it — and that’s a big “if,” contractors agreed — Salt Spring commuters this time next week will see smooth asphalt and fresh striping paint

Rain notwithstanding, road crews are expected to be working on the Fulford-Ganges Road project this weekend, according to the project’s contractor — but

The sixth biennial Salt Spring National Prize (SSNAP) event concluded over the weekend with $52,000 in awards disbursed, including the top prize going to a

A second planned community information meeting on Salt Spring Island about the Islands Trust’s Policy Statement revision project has been cancelled —

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As the academic year enters its seventh week, Gulf Islands School District (SD64) planners have yet to receive clarity from BC Ferries about how any of the

Salt Spring Island has a long and rich agricultural tradition — with the first settler farming activities taking place in 1859 — and it was once British

Pender Island is still vibrating in the aftermath of a “pop-up” concert with local youth band The Dip and indie rock “jizz-jazz” star Mac DeMarco that raised $46,000 for Doctors […]

A $10-million luxury oceanfront retreat — featured last fall in the New York Times — has been sued by Salt Spring Island’s Local Trust Committee (LTC), which alleges the owners […]

Island road planners are all ears, so to speak, and Salt Spring residents have a unique opportunity to sound off on crosswalks in Ganges village — what works, what doesn’t […]

Salt Spring Island’s most celebrated photography group marks a milestone 25th anniversary this year with a special exhibition featuring works from both current and “alumni” members. Since 2000, the is...

BC Ferries lost another bit of “heavy metal” overboard this week, as travellers on an Aug. 12 Salish Heron sailing said a runaway anchor event put several tonnes of costly […]

BY PHIL VERNON Special to the Driftwood “Some people can talk about their residential school experience. Others may be willing to tell their story one day. Then there are those, […]

Back for another year, the Mosaic Arts & Culture Festival presented by Ptarmigan Arts will take place for the second time in the pine forest behind the Pender Community Hall, […]

Asphalt paving on Fulford-Ganges Road between Beddis and Cranberry roads is on-schedule for this week, according to the project contractor, who said the intersection work at Beddis will kick off […]

An unprecedented spike in manganese levels in the Highland/Fernwood Water Service Area has prompted the Capital Regional District (CRD) to issue a water quality advisory for the entire service area. [...

The following letter was sent to BC Ferries and filed with the Driftwood for publication. BY CAROLE EYLES I am shocked and dismayed by the recent announcement that non-functioning electric […]

Hundreds of Gulf Islands electric vehicle (EV) owners were left feeling uniquely stranded by BC Ferries this week, as the company made public a new internal policy prohibiting EVs that […]

A 911 call warning of a structure fire — and an aircraft report of flames and black smoke rising above Salt Spring — sent firefighters racing up Mount Maxwell Road […]