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Let’s Demystify the Salt Spring Island Foundation and How It Works
Salt Spring Island Foundation on September 9, 2026
If you’re wondering how to give back to community, but aren't sure where to focus your efforts, it might be the perfect time to learn more about Salt Spring Island’s community foundation. Affectionately referred to by locals as “the Foundation”, how it serves and supports this community is still a mystery to many islanders. Simply […]
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Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission (LCC) Meeting Report for August 20, 2026
Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission on September 9, 2026
Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission (LCC) Meeting Report for August 20, 2026 The Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission (LCC) held its regular August daytime business meeting on Thursday, August 20, at 9:00 am at the SIMS Board Room (streaming online with TEAMS). The full 71 page agenda package, including minutes of the previous […]
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Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission (LCC) Special Budget Meeting Report for August 13, 2026
Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission on September 9, 2026
Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission (LCC) Meeting Report for August 13, 2026 The Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission (LCC) held a special budget meeting on Thursday, August 13, at 9:00 am at the SIMS Board Room (streaming online with TEAMS). The full 183 page agenda package, including presentations, staff reports, and supporting documentation, […]
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Welcoming MLA Botterell to Discuss Disturbing Legislation as Well as Local Challenges and Progress
ASK Salt Spring on September 9, 2026
Please join us this Friday, September 11, 11-1, in the SIMS classroom next to the Boardroom to welcome Susanna Haas Lyons and David Norget to lead a frank, and open conversation about respectful dialogue based on issues rather than personal attacks. Fifteen joined this ASK Salt Spring gathering to welcome MLA Botterell. During Rob’s Acknowledgement, […]
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Time to Talk
ASK Salt Spring on September 9, 2026
Are we “an argument surrounded by water?” This description was originally meant to be a criticism, but – characteristically of Salt Springers – it’s been adopted as a whimsical badge of honour and cover to play out our oppositional tendencies as good fun. But lately, some of Salt Spring’s arguments aren’t that productive. If you’ve […]
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BC's New Law Could Sink The Gulf Islands
Frants Attorp on September 8, 2026
BC’s Gulf islands, protected from over-development since 1974 by the Islands Trust Act, are facing manifold threats that have serious consequences for the future of their unique ecosystems and rural character—in short, everything that sets them apart from the urban sprawl of surrounding areas. Last year, the provincial government, by the narrowest of margins, passed […]
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The Trust Must Be Stopped From Moving the Goalposts
Ethan Wilding on September 8, 2026
As an Islands Trust candidate, I have been getting a lot of questions about Baker Beach since the matter came before the Local Trust Committee on August 27. I want to explain what happened in my own words. This is not just a dispute about one property. It reflects a much broader problem at Islands […]
