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What's On This Week on CHIR-FM
David Minkow on September 7, 2026
Interviews with Pitchfork Social’s David Youngson and Russel Barsh of the Kwiáht conservation biology lab, a discussion how to treat dilute urine in your pets, and a segment on the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program in Victoria are among the fascinating offerings coming your way this week on CHIR-FM, the Voice of the Gulf Islands. […]
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Robin Jenkinson for Islands Trustee; Serving the mandate. Sustaining island life.
Robin Jenkinson on September 7, 2026
There is a good reason why people marvel at the beauty of Salt Spring. The Islands Trust was created with a mandate to preserve and protect these extraordinary islands and their unique amenities and environment for island residents and British Columbia as a whole. I believe deeply in this mandate. Preservation does not mean freezing […]
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Buried in the Agenda: Free Buses, a Harbourwalk, Crosswalk Lights & Other Things the LCC Is Talking About
Salt Spring Exchange on September 7, 2026
The Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission meets again on Thursday, September 10 at 5 p.m., and the agenda package is 42 pages long. We read it so you don’t have to. Here are some of the things tucked inside that might actually affect life on the island — without the motions, appendices and approximately […]
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New Pie Purchasing Policies
Salt Spring Island Women's Institute on September 7, 2026
There's good news and there's bad news. Good news for the masses of disappointed Fall Fair-goers that couldn't get their much anticipated piece of pie after 2 pm because we were sold out. Bad news for anyone wanting to buy 6 whole pies. We heard the clarion call from multitudes of people over the years […]
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Public Feedback Sought on Draft Strategy for Private Marine Docks
BC News on September 4, 2026
Summary Public survey on the draft Strategic Management Plan will be open from Sept. 3, 2026, until Oct. 18, 2026 The plan proposes guidelines for the management of private marine docks on Crown foreshore areas in southern Gulf Islands and southeastern Vancouver Island Feedback will help determine whether the draft approach strikes the right balance […]
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Let’s Bring The Rink Home!
SSI Healthy Living Society on September 4, 2026
LACE UP SALT SPRING AND HELP BRING THE RINK HOME! Generations of kids have grown up on Salt Spring without ever lacing up a pair of skates. Not for lack of wanting to. To skate, an island family has to catch a ferry, drive to a rink in another community, and come home late. That […]
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Convergence Festival Is Thriving Against the Odds, but for How Long?
Convergence Festival on September 2, 2026
It’s no secret that it’s increasingly difficult to present live music. News headlines are full of cancelled festivals, several of them local. From Salt Spring’s very own SOCS (Summer Outdoor Concert Series), to Rifflandia and Harbour Blues & Roots in Victoria, to Kaslo Jazz Fest and Vancouver Island Music Fest (Courtenay) regionally, to dozens more […]