2 Ladies, 32 Issues, 12 Months, 730 Days of Events, 448 Pages and 36 prematurely gray hairs later we have made it. A world of thanks to all of our advertisers, columnists and readers for making The Fishbowl such a great addition to the local pulse of Salt Spring Island in only 2 short years. [...]

When I walked up the hill to Gerda Lattey’s studio at 827 Rainbow Rd., it was a cold and partly sunny day. The bit of sun that was out danced amongst the vast curves and corners of her basalt sculptures. Although man made they seemed strangely in place in the forest scattered amongst her wide array of grinders and chain saws, including [...]

Soma Mallard
Soma was born on Isabella Point Road in a little shack. She was home schooled through Elementary then a few years at Phoenix school before entering into GISS.
Soma was bitten by the travel bug straight out of school. Her first adventure was to Central America. She backpacked from Costa Rica [...]

Like so many of us I was a rebellious youth. When I was 16 I was ready for a tattoo…or so I thought. I was obsessed with the Thundercats comics (also an animated show that was on before He-Man.) I was sure my Thundercat tattoo would be the most original thing ever. And boy was [...]

Reg Aaftink has quietly and graciously been cleaning up our public streets, parking lots and parks. He began in December of 2009 a few months after moving here. His job as a landscaper had come to an end (due to the time of year) and Reg was in need of an income. He may have [...]

Many of you may know about-and feel helpless to prevent-the takeover of an entire city block of downtown Ganges by a big box chain store. No, wait, BIG BOX? That has got to be a mistake!! Not on Saltspring, right?!
Well, unfortunately it is true. Plans are going ahead to displace Admirals Specialty Foods, Windflower Moon, [...]