ASK Salt Spring: Answered

Ep. 37 of Ask Salt Spring Answered, in which we talk to Salt Spring Island Trustee Laura Patrick about the Complete Communities Assessment and the Official Community Plan (OCP).

Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Rollie Cook, chair of the Salt Spring Fire Protection District about the new firehall. equipment needs, fire protection and much more.

Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Jon Cookey, a board member of the Farmland Trust about food security on Salt Spring Island

Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Brian Pyper, chair of the North Salt Spring Water District about the moratorium on new water hookups, the future of Channel Ridge and other topics related to water.

Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Green MLA Adam Olsen about why he was opposed to the NDP's latest housing policies.

David Forget of the Mental Wellness Initiative talks about the program and how it works on Salt Spring Island.

Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Gayle Baker of the LCC about road line painting and the Ganges boardwalk.

Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Julia Wagner of the Salt Spring Public library about The Fab Lab, where you can make anything using 3-D printers and much more.

We speak with Andrew Gaetz, operations manager for Emcom, the company that maintains roads on Salt Spring Island.

Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Polly Orr of Grow Local about food security on Salt Spring.

Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to RCMP Sgt. Clive Seabrook, detachment commander, about policing on Salt Spring.

Ep 32, Ask Salt Spring Answered's Damian Inwood talks to Nora Layard, chair of the Transition Salt Spring Enterprise Co-op about Green Loans and other forms of loans to fund local businesses.

Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Alexander Fischer-Jean of Salt Spring Chamber of Commerce about the Ambassador Program.

We talk to Brian Young, chair of Transition Salt Spring about the latest on the climate action plan.

Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Janey Rowland who is the co-ordinator for Housing Now, which is now on Salt Spring and puts people who need housing together with people who have it available.

Gary Holman, CRD director for Salt Spring and a member of the Local Community Commission, talks about tax hikes and new funding for housing.

We talk to CRD director Gary Holman about taxes, regional transit and absentee homeowner taxes.

Damian Inwood talks to Adam Olsen about $20,000 legislature desks, speed limits and BC Ferries

Green Party MLA Adam Olsen discusses the upcoming provincial election, secondary suite legislation and healthcare.

Ask Salt Spring Answered: Conversation with Adam Olsen, Green Party MLA about BC Ferries, Ganges Revitalization and the suggested 30k/h speed limit in the Ganges Village.

Damian Inwood talks with Alexander Fischer-Jean about the new Ambassador Program

Damian is in conversation with Brian Young, chair of Transition Salt Spring, which is a climate action advocacy group. They discuss a number of climate action ideas for Salt Spring

Gary Holman talks about "prudent use of debt" to deal with aging infrastructure repairs such as the electrical room and rotting walls at the pool. 

Minister Ron Flemings quickly goes over some of the recent transportation announcements dealing with Salt Spring, especially the Ganges Hill