By Transition Salt Spring  Elections & Candidates, Local News – October 6, 2026 on the Salt Spring Exchange. See the original post here. All three candidates for CRD Area Director in the October 17 election responded to a Community Resiliency questionnaire sent by Transition Salt Spring in collaboration with the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust. See below their responses, verbatim,…

By Transition Salt Spring  Elections & Candidates, Local News – October 6, 2026 on the Salt Spring Exchange. See the original post here. All five candidates running for Local Community Commission Commissioner in the October 17 election responded to a Community Resiliency questionnaire sent by Transition Salt Spring in collaboration with the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust. See below their…

By Transition Salt Spring  Elections & Candidates, Local News – October 6, 2026 on the Salt Spring Exchange. See the original post here. All 5 candidates running for Islands Trust Trustee responded to a questionnaire sent by Transition Salt Spring and the Farmland Trust. See below their responses to Q1 on affordable housing. (Overall survey: https://transitionsaltspring.com/election-2026-questions/) Q1. Affordable Housing: The high…

On October 17, you will vote for one CRD Electoral Area Director, two Islands Trust Trustees, four Local Community Commission Commissioners, and three SD64 School Trustees. All the positions serve four-year terms. Here is what each one decides.

All 13 candidates running for CRD Area Director, Local Community Commission Commissioner and Islands Trust Trustee recently completed Community Resiliency questionnaires sent by Transition Salt Spring in partnership with the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust.

Transition Salt Spring built the following 10 principles from what we heard at the Common Ground Summit in May 2025, and included them in our submission earlier this year toward an updated Official Community Plan. We're offering them to candidates and to every Salt Spring resident as a shared starting point for what a livable, resilient island could look like going forward. An election is how that hope turns into direction.

Join the Climate Café on Oct 15th Feeling climate anxiety? You’re not alone. Recent polls show 80% of Canadians worry deeply about our changing climate—from soaring food costs to extreme heat and wildfire smoke. Yet, policy continues to lag behind reality. Why the silence around our shared situation, and what can we do about it…

Clothing Swap: please bring your best, not your most! DROP-OFF: Fri, Oct 23rd, 3pm-6pm FREE SHOP DAY: Sat, Oct 24th, 10:30am-2:30pm Seniors & Special Needs Early Access: 9:45-10:30am BOTH EVENTS: Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Rd (Below the Legion) Last year’s swap brought in nearly 2,000 lbs of clothing, far too much for our volunteers to…

The 30-30-30 Rule is widely used by wildfire professionals as a simple way to recognize conditions that can cause fires to grow quickly. When all three line up on the same day, vegetation and soil dry out fast, ignitions become more likely, and any fire that does start can spread quickly and unpredictably. Embers travel farther, spot fires can jump ahead of the main fire front, and firefighters face a much harder job. These are the days to take seriously.