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August 24, 2023 – BC Supreme Court Upholds Galiano Land Use Bylaw
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August 23, 2023 – September Islands Trust Council Meeting Program Announced
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June 20th, 2023 – New Conservation Area on Lasqueti Island Protects Mature Forest for Species at Risk
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May 23, 2023 – June Islands Trust Council Meeting Program Announced
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April 13, 2023 – Islands Trust Receives Provincial Grant to Support Engagement with First Nations
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March 10, 2023 – Islands Trust Council Approves 2023/24 Budget
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March 7, 2023 – Islands Trust Conservancy – species and ecosystems at risk in the Salish Sea get federal funding boost
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February 27, 2023 – Islands Trust Releases Draft 2023/24 Budget
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February 1, 2023 – March Islands Trust Council Meeting Program Announced
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December 13, 2022 – Link Island donated to Islands Trust Conservancy – highest valued land donation in Conservancy’s history
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November 25, 2022 – Islands Trust Council Chair Appoints New Chairs of Local Trust Committees
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November 19, 2022 – Islands Trust Council elects new Executive Committee and Islands Trust Conservancy Board members
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November 17, 2022 – Islands Trust Conservancy provides $5,400 Opportunity Fund grant to support a new nature stewardship program on Thetis Island
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October 26, 2022 – Thetis Local Trust Committee approves legal action to respond to unsafe property conditions
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October 20, 2022 – Island Trustees Begin Four Year Term
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October 12, 2022 – Introducing Moss Mountain covenant – one of Salt Spring Island’s newest protected areas
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August 16, 2022 – September 2022 Islands Trust Council Quarterly Meeting Announced
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July 28, 2022 – Islands Trust Announces New Director of Planning Services
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July 26, 2022 – Notice of annual proactive enforcement of unlawful vacation rentals on Salt Spring Island
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July 19, 2022 – Islands 2050 Engagement Results and Next Steps
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July 15, 2022 – Trust Council Requests Province to Review Islands Trust Act
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July 7, 2022 – Islands Trust Conservancy gives $6,000 funding boost to support overwhelming interest in nature stewardship on Gabriola Island
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June 24, 2022 – Islands Trust announces recipients of the 2022 Community Stewardship Awards
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June 3, 2022 – Islands Trust Conservancy contributes funds to protect KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest on SDȺY¸ES/North Pender Island
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May 17, 2022 – Islands Trust Council June 21-23, 2022 Quarterly Meeting Announced
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May 4, 2022 – Islands Trust announces nominees for the 2022 Community Stewardship Awards
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April 19, 2022 – Islands Trust Conservancy introduces Woodpecker Forest Covenant on SDȺY¸ES / North Pender Island.
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March 11, 2022 – Islands Trust Council Approves 2022/23 Budget
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March 7, 2022 – Islands Trust is inviting community members to share their views on proposed draft Policy Statement changes
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March 2, 2022 – Salt Spring Island philanthropist Susan Bloom continues her conservation legacy…
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March 1, 2022 – Islands Trust 2022 Community Stewardship Awards Nomination Now Open
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February 25, 2022 – Islands Trust Council launches third phase of Islands 2050 public engagement
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February 19, 2022 – Third phase of public engagement for the Islands 2050 Policy Statement Amendment Project starts
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February 18, 2022 – Island Trust Council will review governance review report at the March 2022 quarterly meeting in Nanaimo
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February 3, 2022 – March Islands Trust Council Meeting Program Announced
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January 28, 2022 – Groundwater Licensing Program Information February 3, 2022 Webinar
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January 21, 2022 – Islands Trust seeks input on its proposed 2022/23 budget
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November 1, 2021 – Extensive Policy Statement engagement planned
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August 23, 2021 – September 2021 Islands Trust Council meeting program announced
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August 20, 2021 – Engagement Plan in Development
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August 12, 2021 – Partial advocacy success – Ottawa announces new system to improve marine vessel traffic flow in Southern British Columbia
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July 14, 2021 – Statement in Support of Penelakut Tribe Community
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June 29, 2021 – Lisa Baile of SDȺY¸ES/North Pender Island donates Islands Trust Conservancy’s 31st nature reserve
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June 18, 2021 – July 7-8, 2021, Special Trust Council Meeting to Consider First Reading of the Draft of the New Policy Statement
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June 3, 2021 – Gabriola, Salt Spring and Victoria Offices Open
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Islands Trust Council Statement to the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Community, Residential School Survivors, and Families
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May 28, 2021 – Strengthening our ability to preserve and protect
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May 4, 2021- June 2021 Islands Trust Council meeting program announced
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May 3, 2021 – Surge of development applications slows processing time
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March 16, 2021 – Islands Trust Council Approves 2021/22 Budget
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Feb 17, 2021 – Islands Trust Policy Statement Amendment Open House March 3
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Feb 2, 2021 – March 2021 Islands Trust Council Meeting Program Announced
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January 28, 2021 – Sandy Beach on Lhektines/Keats Island, Atlka7tsem/Howe Sound, now a protected nature reserve
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Jan 25, 2021 – Islands Trust Wins Riparian Rights Court of Appeal Case
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Jan 22, 2021 – Islands Trust Seeks Input on its Proposed 2021/22 Budget
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Jan 21, 2021 – Islands Trust Actively Promotes Regional Collaboration
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Jan 18, 2021 – Public Survey about Updating Islands Trust Policy Statement Open to February 5
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Dec 18, 2020 – Islands Trust Community Stewardship Awards Program Suspended for One Year
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Dec 18, 2020 – Islands Trust Urges Islanders and Visitors to Follow BC Public Health Officer Guidance
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Dec 7, 2020 – North Pender Island Takes Legal Action to Enforce on Derelict Vehicles
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Nov 10, 2020 – Discover an Underwater Hero in Your Own Backyard: Eelgrass
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Oct 27, 2020 – December 2020 Trust Council Meeting Program Announced
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Oct 14, 2020 – Learn From Nature, Make Your Community Resilient to Climate Change
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Sep 18, 2020 – Islands Trust Conservancy Receives an Investment of $597,000 Over Three Years to Protect Species at Risk
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Sep 16, 2020 – Rainwater Harvesting Webinar September 29
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Sep 8, 2020 – Islands Trust Climate Action Speaker Series Launching This Fall
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Aug 31, 2020 – Islands Trust Offices Reopen
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Aug 12, 2020 – September 2020 Islands Trust Council Meeting Program Announced
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July 20, 2020 – Islands Trust Releases What We Heard Islands 2050: The Future of the Trust Area Report
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July 6, 2020 – Islands Trust Welcomes Court Ruling
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June 24, 2020 – Trust Council Asks Travelers and Locals to Continue COVID-19 Prevention Measures
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June 8, 2020 – Climate Projections for the Land and Water of the Salish Sea
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May 14, 2020 – Public Invited to Islands Trust Council’s First Electronic Meeting
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May 8, 2020 – Trust Council Reminds People to Avoid Non-essential Travel to the Islands
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May 5, 2020 – Local Trust Committees Having Electronic Meetings and Public Hearings
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May 1, 2020 – Gabriola Local Trust Committee Moves to Electronic Meetings
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April 22, 2020 – Trust Council Reduces 2020/21 Budget
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April 22, 2020 – North Pender Local Trust Committee Moves to Electronic Meetings
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March 22, 2020 – Islands Trust Requests Visitors Stay Home
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March 18, 2020 – Islands Trust Offices Open But Closed to Public
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March 13, 2020 – Islands Trust Response to Coronavirus
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Feb 4, 2020 – March 2020 Islands Trust Council Program Announced
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Jan 24, 2020 – Islands Trust Seeks Input on its Draft 2020/21 Budget
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Dec 20, 2019 – Islands Trust Council Approves Strategic Plan
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Dec 16, 2019 – Denman Island Local Trust Committee Takes Legal Action Against Short-Term Vacation Rental
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Oct 30, 2019 – December 2019 Islands Trust Council Program Announced
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Sep 6, 2019 – Islands 2050: The Future of the Trust Area
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Aug 29, 2019 – Galiano Local Trust Committee Takes Legal Action on Unlawful Short Term Vacation Rental
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Aug 28, 2019 – Salt Spring Island Takes Legal Action on Unlawful Short Term Vacation Rental
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Aug 21, 2019 – September 2019 Islands Trust Council Program Announced
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Aug 15, 2019 – New Protected Area on Lasqueti Island
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June 20, 2019 – Community Stewardship Awards Recipients Recognized by Islands Trust Council
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June 18, 2019 – Islands Trust Responds to Government Decision on Trans Mountain
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June 6, 2019 – Islands Trust Celebrates 45 Years of Preserving & Protecting
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May 22, 2019 – Islanders Nominate Community Stewards in the Trust Area for Recognition
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May 17, 2019 – June 2019 Islands Trust Council Program Announced
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April 4, 2019 – Bylaws to Protect Drinking Water on Salt Spring
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March 28, 2019 – Valens Brook Nature Reserve Denman
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March 25, 2019 – Islands Trust Council Declares Climate Emergency
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March 19, 2019 – Bowen Island and Sea Level Rise Workshop to be Held on March 30
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March 19, 2019 – Islands Trust Council Makes Reconciliation Declaration
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March 15, 2019 – Islands Trust Council Approves 2019/20 Budget
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March 7, 2019 – New Trustee Elected on Hornby Island
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Feb 20, 2019 – Let’s Celebrate our Community Champions
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Feb 8, 2019 – March 2019 Islands Trust Council Program Announced
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Feb 4, 2019 – Two Candidates Vie for Hornby Island Local Trustee Position
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Jan 23, 2019 – Islands Trust Invites Comments on its Draft 2019/20 Budget
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Dec 19, 2018 – March 2, 2019 Set for Islands Trust By-Election on Hornby Island
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Dec 13, 2018 – January 2019 Islands Trust Council Program Announced
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Nov 15, 2018 – Trust Council Chair Appoints New Chairs of Local Trust Committees
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Nov 9, 2018 – Trust Council Elects New Executive and Conservancy Board Members
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Nov 5, 2018 – Salish View Campaign
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Nov 2, 2018 – Hornby Island By-Election to be Held in New Year
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Oct 26, 2018 – Trustee Tony Law Resigns
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Oct 25, 2018 – Island Trustees Begin Four Year Term
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Oct 15, 2018 – Court Appeal Planned for BC Supreme Court Decision in Favour of Owners Riparian Rights
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Oct 15, 2018 – Gabriola Islands 707 Community Park is Growing
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Sep 24, 2018 – Islands Trust Calls on Ottawa to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Freighter Anchorages
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Sep 12, 2018 – New Name for Islands Trust’s Conservancy
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Sep 5, 2018 – Island Leaders in Canada and US Call on Prime Minister to Abandon Trans Mountain Expansion
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Aug 30, 2018 – Islands Trust Welcomes Court Decision on Trans Mountain
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Aug 16, 2018 – September 2018 Islands Trust Council Program Announced
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June 6, 2018 – Housing Needs Assessments Completed for Island Trust Area
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May 7, 2018 – June 2018 Islands Trust Council Program Announced
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May 3, 2018 – Fundraising Lasqueti Nature Reserve
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March 15, 2018 – Islands Trust Council Approves 2018/19 Budget
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Feb 16, 2018 – Islands Trust Welcomes Better Anchorage Management
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Feb 1, 2018 – March 2018 Islands Trust Council Program Announced
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Jan 25, 2018 – Fairyslipper Forest Protected as Thetis Island’s First Publicly Accessible Nature Reserve
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Jan 22, 2018 – Islands Trust Invites Comments on its 2018-2019 Budget Proposal
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Dec 4, 2017 – Denman Island Conservation Covenant Protects Butterfly Habitat
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