Salt Spring Island News

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.

Saltspring Air estimates 2,400 passengers will be affected by a plan to divert flights during the Olympics.

I suppose every part of Bowen offers drivers a chance to drive dangerously. One of my favorite spots is the place where Miller's Landing Road meets Scarborough Road.

Ia ve collected a few knives over the years...my bread knife, my filleting knife, various paring knives, a cleaver, and a bunch of knives commonly known as chefa s knives, the all-purpose sort that can be used for most chores in the kitchen, slicing, cutting, chopping.

From the familiar log model to Swiss chalets and Swedish friggebods , cabins are the simplest of structures, made from local materials in forms that respond to climatic and cultural needs.

The Contenders, featuring Canadian singer and songwriters Valdy and Gary Fjellgaard are touring the Okanagan and Interior during George Ryga Week in B.C. On Sunday they will be at The Barking Parrot and on Tuesday at Summerland's Centre Stage Theatre.

THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO FUND AN INCORPORATION STUDY FOR SALT SPRING ISLAND WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

One thing you could count on like clockwork in the Cowichan good deeds calendar is the annual Cowichan Hospital Auxiliary Bazaar.

The Ladysmith Rotary Men's Fashion Show & Auction on Oct. 2, 2009 was a great success and enormous fun for all who attended .

Just recently I found myself in British Columbia, checking out the wares at the Tuesday Farmers' Market in the meadow beside the United Church in Ganges, on Salt Spring Island.

TRURO The Town of Truro is looking for a new fire chief. An advertisement for the position appeared in Saturday's Truro Daily News.

Robert Bateman's art show and presentations is tomorrow in the Carousel Room at Western Fair grounds.

It's a rare and fine thing when a new voice arrives, fully realized, on the music scene.