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August Storywalk
FUN FOR ALL AGES! Enjoy a walk through the park, while reading picture book pages posted along the path. This self-led walk starts at the […]
August 11, 2017
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Alchemy of the Soul Art Exhibit by Nikki Me...
NIKKY MENARD’S exhibit includes paintings in mixed media, Gelli plate, pen and ink watercolours, and soul star paintings. Nikki is intrigued by our inner knowing, […]
August 10, 2017
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Salt Spring Island Library Book Club
Come out to the library program room August 24th at 1:00PM to join us for the library book club! We will be discussing Elena Ferrante’s […]
August 9, 2017
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Creating the Story Dragon with Tracy Harris...
TRACY HARRISON, a local multimedia artist and clay sculptor, will discuss the creation of a paper clay architectural ceramic installation she created with local school […]
August 9, 2017
Libray Volunteers Wanted!
Salt Spring Library is proud to be a volunteer-run library. Our current vacancies of highest need are: Orientation Manager A volunteer to introduce new volunteers […]
August 4, 2017
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Summer Reading Club 2017!
Go Fish! Summer Reading Club Week 6 kicks off August 23th with fun ocean related activities and crafts! Drop in to attend this free program […]
July 25, 2017
Found- Iphone
Silver iphone and charging chord found in the Library approx. June 20th. If yours, please come to the Library Information desk and describe details of […]
July 25, 2017
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Family Movie Matinee
Come to the library for a family oriented movie matinee featuring your favourite movies based on books! Fridays at 1:00 PM July 28th-Aug 25th drop […]
July 21, 2017
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Storytime at the Market
STORYTIME is moving OUTSIDE! Family StoryTime in the Park in the Centennial Park Gazebo on Saturdays July and August 12:30 September 12:00 All ages welcome, […]
July 17, 2017Community News
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Incorporation: Response to Open Letter t...
A group of ex-Fire Board Trustees have written a letter to the current trustees chastising them for not coming out in favour of incorporation after an attempt was made to strong arm them to do so. Our current trustees sensibly waited to hear what the “no” folks had to say. That group didn’t ask the […]
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Twisted Town Hall
What a hoot it was! Community members gathered at the gazebo in Centennial Park, drawn by the danceable dance tunes, the day’s last warm rays on the grassy hillock, and the frolicking and giggling clowns. It was the Twisted Town Hall ― a Referendum Social for In-Co-operation. Organized and hosted by Nomi Lyons and Robert […]
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“A World of Pride” on Diverse and Inclus...
This year’s Salt Spring Island Pride Festival ― the 13thth annual ― is going to be yet another incredible celebration of diversity and inclusion. Join in from September 6 to 10 for one of BC’s most unique Pride events! This year’s theme, A World of Pride, welcomes you to join in on the celebration of […]
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Incorporation: Taryn Muldoon on Voting N...
Young spoken word poet and activist Taryn Muldoon explains why she is voting NO.
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Incorporation: North Salt Spring Waterwo...
The North Salt Spring Waterworks District (“NSSWD”) is, by far, the largest water Improvement District on the island with well over 2,000 connections including commercial properties in Ganges, schools and the hospital. Faced with a major investment program to meet provincial regulations, including new treatment plants at St. Mary Lake and Maxwell Lake and raising […]
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Incorporation: How a ‘Farmer’ Mayor Chan...
I went from a staunch YeSS! voter to a PosNo voter … and then the more I supported the PosNo’s position and saw how much they want to preserve and protect (which I do), prevent rampant development (which I do as well), save our precious farmers (love buying local!) and prevent runaway tax increases (yeah, […]
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Incorporation: Ron Cooke on Voting Yes
Ron Cooke is involved in a number of affordable housing projects. He is voting yes. “I have lived on Salt Spring for 29 years, raised a family here and worked as a carpenter and later in home design – quite often in conjunction with Rammed Earth. I serve on the Board of Directors at Salt […]
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Incorporation: It’s Now or Never f...
The sheer size of Salt Spring is its “achilles heel” in any plan to incorporate and grow as a municipality. Large size means a large road network, which means high annual road costs, which means much higher taxes for all residents if Salt Spring incorporated as a municipality. In short, we simply do not have […]
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Incorporation: A Municipal Engineer̵...
This article is written for those who are currently undecided relative to the upcoming incorporation referendum, and are interested in reading a Municipal Engineer’s perspective before making a decision. I am not one who writes articles to local papers; however, after having received the Positively No flyer in the mail I thought it prudent to […]