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Affordable Housing and the Environment: My Record on These Complementary Goals
Gary Holman on 14 hours ago
I have been stating in this campaign that the housing goals and policies in our OCP do not conflict with, but rather complement other objectives. This is not just campaign rhetoric – there are substantive linkages between these goals, and I’ve worked on them for decades here as a community activist and elected official. Current […]
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Why an Island Facing So Many Issues Can’t Afford Either/or, Us/them Politics
Bryan Young on 16 hours ago
By Bryan Young, Candidate for Islands Trust Local Trustee Islander Margarite Sanchez wrote to me this week with a question others may also have on reading Ron’s opinion piece published on Tuesday on the Salt Spring Exchange, so I’m sharing our correspondence here, with Margarite’s permission, as my reply to her and to my island […]
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Here We Go
JesseJule on 16 hours ago
Hello Islanders, Here we go! The final days of the local election. First, thank you to everyone who made this election happen. Many islanders and many hours go into this process. Credit to every candidate too, it takes a lot of courage to put yourself in the public light and a lot more will to […]
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Local Elections Are Decided By Very Few People; Let’s Change that on October 17
Transition Salt Spring on 16 hours ago
I find it unfortunate and troubling that local elections on Salt Spring get decided by very few people. We need more voices heard than the 31.9% of voters who voted in the last local election. Typically, only about half the people on Salt Spring who vote in federal and provincial elections, turn out for local […]
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Welcoming All Our MLA Candidates
ASK Salt Spring on October 14, 2026
Correction to Last Week’s Report: During our conversation, we spoke briefly about laws and strata rules that do not meet the needs of seniors. The implication of one example, the inability of those living in some senior communities to legally share/rent their home to a younger occupant, was that it was a law when, in […]
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The Campaign Nears its End
Brian Webster on October 14, 2026
There’s been a lot of election talk on Salt Spring over the last few weeks. As usual, much of it has been around land use issues and the Islands Trust. I’m hoping you’re also thinking about the rest of our local government, as you can see evidence of its importance all over the island. In […]
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Housing Facts, Myths, Progress, and My Commitments
Gary Holman on October 14, 2026
The Islands Trust Housing Needs Assessment (2025) estimated a 5 year need of about 820 units for market and non-market housing - 80% of which is comprised of expected population growth (new migrants to SSI). Local housing needs included the unhoused, those in extreme core need (housing that’s unsuitable or needing major repairs), and suppressed […]
