Posts

Posts

Incorporation: Video - Roads and Infrastructure Review

Brenda Guiled has done amazing research on the issue of Salt Spring roads and the looming liabilities. This is solid research on the subject. She presented this information in public meetings at the Lions Hall and Fulford Hall. Watch the video for the entire review.     .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Editors Note: We welcome and invite all members of the community to share perspectives regarding the discussion of the upcoming incorporation referendum. If you have a story, video or editorial to share on the matter that meets our moderation guidelines for opinion submissions then please be in touch with us if you would like to have it considered for publication.
Read more about Incorporation: Video - Roads and Infrastructure Review

Video Series: Tour des Iles

This is the first of the "Tour des Iles" series of videos. Tour des Iles, from June 18 - 21, featured free boat and bus transportation between and within the Southern Gulf Islands - Pender, Saturna, Mayne, Galiano and Salt Spring Islands. The purpose of the event was to share the various gifts of these islands and to demonstrate the viability of small transport connectivity. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } This is the second video in the "Tour des Iles" series. Tour des Iles, from June 18 thru 21, featured free boat and bus transportation throughout the Southern Gulf Islands - Pender, Saturna, Mayne, Galiano and Salt Spring Islands. The purpose of the event was to share the gifts of the islands and to demonstrate the viability of local transportation conne…
Read more about Video Series: Tour des Iles

Video: Solar High - Flick the Switch at GISS

Singers, dancers, donors, and the community came together to “Flick the Switch” and celebrate the commissioning of the GISS Solar Scholarship array. This community-funded project saw the installation of the 7th largest solar electric system in the province of British Columbia. The Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) is now generating green electricity. The money saved on the electricity bill will fund an annual scholarship. This project was a partnership of the Salt Spring Community Energy Group and School District 64. Thank you Salt Spring Island!
Read more about Video: Solar High - Flick the Switch at GISS

Video: Grace Islet Benefit Concert

On Saturday Nov. 22 a special Benefit Concert and Silent Auction was held to help protect Grace Islet, the First Nations burial ground in Ganges Harbour that is being desecrated by construction of a private home. Opened with a traditional prayer by highly respected Elder Luschiim (Arvid Charlie) and a song by his nephew Louis Sylvester of Cowichan Tribes, it was an extraordinary evening, shared by about 200 people of all ages. Incredibly talented performers, including Bill Henderson the Barefoot Thieves, Duck Creak, Tara McLean, Daryl Chonka, Daniel Howlett, Chris Arnett, Naomi Jason, Vaughn Fulford, Peter Prince, Phil Vernon, Wesley Hardisty, Olivia Budd, Kryztina Unity, Yael Wand, Harry Warner and Friends, and the Gaia Soul Sistah’s Song Circle provided top-notch entertainment and an evening of magical energy that few of us will forget. Technical wizard Mark LeCorre did an amazing job on sound and lights, with help from Daryl Chonka, Gord Ross, Peter Prince and other…
Read more about Video: Grace Islet Benefit Concert

Video: Grace Islet - Don't Build Your House on My Bones

Alan Moberg and The Friends of Grace are releasing Don’t Build Your House on My Bones, a song written in support of resistance at Grace Islet, on Tuesday Oct 7. The recording includes performances by noted BC musicians Bill Henderson (Chillliwack), Diona Davies (ESL, Po’ Girl) and CR Avery, among others. Songwriter Alan Moberg (member, BC Country Music Hall of Fame) has been a concerned observer of the ongoing dispute at Grace Islet, just offshore from Salt Spring Island where he makes his home. A 4200 square foot house is being built on the tiny 3/4 hectare islet, a traditional burial site of the Coast Salish. Building is ongoing despite breaches of site-alteration permits issued by the archeology branch of the BC government, and despite calls from the CRD, MLA Gary Holman, tribal elders, and concerned citizens, asking the provincial Government to halt the project. Alan Moberg has a long history of writing and singing about the BC coast and it’s traditions, notably the f…
Read more about Video: Grace Islet - Don't Build Your House on My Bones