About Salt Spring Island Conservancy
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2nd Annual Art & Nature Fest
Join us for the 2nd ANNUAL ART & NATURE FEST: An Afternoon of Performance, Play and Picnic! (This is our re-scheduled event as the first […]
July 18, 2018
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Family Adventures in Nature at Blackburn La...
Youngsters, bring your adult(s) to come for a day of family fun and “Vitamin N”! If you and your family like to play games, participate […]
July 16, 2018
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The Art of Photographing Wildlife
Join Simon Henson at Blackburn Lake Nature Reserve for an evening workshop in The Art of Photographing Wildlife. Simon’s workshop will teach photographers how to […]
July 10, 2018
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2nd Annual Art & Nature Fest
CANCELLED due to RAIN. We will RESCHEDULE at a LATER DATE. Join us for the 2nd ANNUAL ART & NATURE FEST: An Afternoon of Performance, […]
June 28, 2018
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Build A Labyrinth!
Interested in learning how to create a labyrinth with natural materials? Join Tisha Boulter and others to create a labyrinth based on ancient labyrinth patterns. […]
June 23, 2018Announcing A New Nature Reserve
A new nature reserve—a forested 62-acre area near Ford Lake, including small streams flowing into the headwaters of Fulford Creek—is now in the hands of the Salt Spring Island Conservancy. The Howard Horel Nature Reserve has been created largely thanks to a generous anonymous donor, with some grant support from Environment and Climate Change Canada […]
Community News
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Farmland Trust Breaks Ground for The Roo...
Salt Spring Island, July 12, 2018 – This week the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust begins construction of the new local food centre The Root at 189 Beddis Road, and officially kicks off The Root community fundraising campaign. “If you love eating produce and foods from Salt Spring Island and would like to see even […]
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Winter Planting and Garden Editing
Many vegetables for harvest over the winter and early next spring should be planted at this time of year. So take advantage of the somewhat cooler weather forecast for the next few days to sow seeds of beets, chard and leaf beet, rutabaga, radicchio, kohlrabi and the small, quick growing, cabbage varieties (e.g., ‘Caraflex F1’, […]
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Salt Spring’s Firefighters – Josh ...
My wife and I and our four children moved to Salt Spring from the lower mainland in 2016. We wanted to raise our kids in a smaller community and were attracted by the beauty and pace of life here. The opportunity we needed to realize our dream came when my wife, Erin, a Registered Midwife, […]
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Video: Bike Park Build in Progress
Well Salt Spring Island families and kids are in for a real treat. The amazing local team behind the creation of the Salt Spring Lions Memorial Bike Park appears to making something really special that fits in with our community values of preserve and protect. We went and had a little tour of the land shaping […]
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Ruckle Park Heritage Conservation Manage...
The Friends of Ruckle Park Heritage Society is delighted to announce that it is receiving its first and most generous grant to guide future improvements to Ruckle Park heritage. The Heritage Legacy Fund has provided $10,000 to help with the creation of a “Ruckle Park Heritage Conservation Management Plan”, which will not only serve Ruckle […]
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Fire News: Chief’s Response Report – 201...
During the month of May 2018, the Salt Spring Island Fire Rescue (SSIFR) responded to 62 incidents. These included: 21 medical incidents, 16 open burn incidents, 7 motor vehicle incidents (MVI), 3 brush fires and 2 reports of a suspected brush fire, 4 calls for assistance, 1 structure fire, 1 reported structure fire, 2 alarms […]
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New Specialized Community Paramedic
Salt Spring has a new medical resource – a specialized paramedic who does home visits. Chris Griffiths is a rural advanced care paramedic and part of the provincial Community Paramedic Program. The program, started in 2015, is now in close to 100 rural and remote communities in the province, but only six communities have been […]
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Video: Kipp Nash, Captain Fantastic Gymn...
Kipp Nash, Captain Fantastic Gymnastics, pulled together a cycling rally for his birthday on Tuesday, July 3rd. The aim is to help get the Fulford-Ganges Road improved for cycling. This great video by Bill Warriner shows the Happy Birthday ride and some realities of cycling on Salt Spring. Stay tuned for a concerted push by […]
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Interpretive Panels Moves Forward with B...
Island Pathways is receiving a much-needed boost of $4100 to support its interpretive panels program, which will highlight the history of heritage locations and building along the Ganges Village Pathway Network. The funding comes through the Heritage Legacy Fund, the only provincial grant program that supports heritage conservation, awareness, planning and Indigenous partnership projects. Island […]