Salt Spring Island News

The tiny float-plane terminal on Salt Spring Island, B.C., is getting a temporary security screening unit for the duration of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Andy Shay of Snell's Provincial Fine Foods and Aboutcheese.ca styled this platter.

There is a definite disenchantment with our elected representatives. You can hear it from citizens in coffee shops and workplaces.

A dispute between Gabriola Radio Society and Rogers Broadcasting over the last available FM channel for the area appears to be calming down.

My family and I spent a lovely few days on Salt Spring Island in the Canadian Gulf Islands a few years ago and one of the highlights was a self-guided tour of the island's artists' studios.

A small group took over Saanich Gulf Islands MP Gary Lunn's constituency office in Sidney this morning .

TOM HAWTHORN t omhawthorn@gmail.com Yasuko Thanh sat with friends in the balcony of a theatre for the presentation of the prestigious literary awards.

This December Bob Murphy and Monik Nordine are teaming up to do three concerts; two on Vancouver Island with Ken Lister and Buff Allen and one in Vancouver as a duo.

A female fan in Australia once asked him to bite her; Salt Spring Island fans asked no less of him tonight.

A small donation will go along way thanks to Thrifty Foods Food for Families Program under way at local stores.

Home : Entertainment : Annabel Lyon wins Writers' Trust fiction prize Annabel Lyon wins Writers' Trust fiction prize The Canadian Press Date: Wednesday Nov.

The Salt Spring Island Fiddlers invite you to A Victorian Christmas Concert in Duncan Nov.

The federal government announced on Wednesday that it will provide Salt Spring Island with a security screening station in time for the 2010 Olympics.

Annabel Lyon, the only writer nominated for all three major literary awards this fall, finally walked away a winner as her debut novel The Golden Mean won the 2009 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Tuesday night.

Lori Smith and Martin LittkenmannA s Ontario Water Buffalo Co. is the first in Ontario to produce water buffalo milk that is made into high end mozzarella.

Eating together as a family not only leads to healthier eating, but it also leads to better communication skills and a stronger bond with one another, says Ginny Love, whose cookbook Simply Love is full of family-friendly recipes.

Healthcare activists armed with banners, signs and song sheets bused to the Victoria legislature on Wednesday from Salt Spring Island and throughout Vancouver Island.a Coinciding with National Medicare Week, close to 150 concerned citizens brought a unified message of discontent to the B.C. government.

"Imagine living in a high-performing green home that was built using sustainable, locally sourced, non toxic building materials, a home that naturally lasted for centuries with minimum upkeep, was quiet, fire and earthquake resistant, energy efficient, healthy to live in and kind to the environment..." --Terra Firma This 2,300 sq.

Eating together as a family not only leads to healthier eating, but it also leads to better communication skills and a stronger bond with one another, says Ginny Love, whose cookbook Simply Love is full of family-friendly recipes.

If there's an award for B.C.'s best new tourist attraction, Sidney's Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre is a shoo-in - except for one thing.