Fire, floods and Fulford-Ganges Road construction notwithstanding, 2025 brought a bump in visits to the Salt Spring Island Visitor Information Centre (VIC) — a ...

Dec. 4, 1968 - Nov. 7, 2025 Heidi May Twa passed away after a long hard journey with Huntington’s Disease. Born on Salt Spring Island, Heidi ...

This week marks the first instalment of the Driftwood’s Stepping Up focus on island volunteers and groups who need more of them.

The Salt Spring and Mayne Island Lions Clubs teamed up for the second year to keep the Gulf Islands Santa Ship tradition alive. Santa visited kids on Mayne and Saturna Islands on Sunday, Dec. 7 and ...

The obituary in the Feb. 1 Driftwood said that my friend, Norm Elliott, had died. But it didn’t speak about the difference his life had made to our island community. A bit of a rough diamond, with a ...

Next year’s shift to two-ferry service on the Vesuvius-Crofton route may mark the end of homeporting the Quinsam on Salt Spring, but the change shouldn’t reduce the number of staff who live and work ...

New Year’s Day Polar Bear Swims took place at Vesuvius Beach and Fulford Harbour on Salt Spring Island this year, with other people doing personal dips at other beaches. Dave French and John Denniston ...

At Central Hall. 2 p.m. We are pleased to welcome back Rocky Sampson for the second talk in his series “All My Relations”. Rocky first spoke for the Historical Society at Central Hall in the early ...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce on July 24th, with his wife Christy, daughter Larissa and two kittens Clover and Peanut by his side, Rick lost his second battle with cancer. He was born on ...

As the upcoming second annual Indigenous Peoples Weekend will demonstrate, First Nations presence on the Gulf Islands is vibrant and very much alive. More than 20 different arts, culture and community ...

Two-way traffic across Salt Spring Island’s newest bridge will have to wait a few more weeks, according to officials, while crews complete final safety and embankment work ahead of a planned winter ...

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