All Episodes
Ep. 52 Fire Chief Jamie Holmes
Damian Inwood from CHIR-FM speaks with Jamie Holmes, Salt Spring Fire Chief about the fire smart program for residents, the new $13.3-million fire hall and putting eas...
Ep. 51 Restorative Justice: Laura Dafoe
Damian Inwood talks to Laura Dafoe about Restorative Justice on Salt Spring Island
Ep. 50 Kajin Goh, The Chuan Society
Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Kajin Goh, Chair of the Chuan Society about the new Hearth pilot project at the portable at the former Phoenix School site on Drake R...
Ep. 49 Salt Spring Exchange
Damian Inwood talks to Leslie Ash and Colin How, the new owners of The Salt Spring Exchange about the challenges of running a community platform and plans for the future.
Ep. 48 Cherie Geauvreau
Damian Inwood talks to Cherie Geauvreau of the Salt Spring Copper Kettle and the Wagon Wheel Housing Society about helping the islands needy and homeless population an...
Ep. 47 Andrew Gaetz
Damian Inwood talks to Andrew Gaetz, South Vancouver Island operations manager for Emcon, which hadles repairs and maintenance of Salt Spring Island's road network.
Ep. 46 Jamie Sterling
Damian Inwood, host of Ask Salt Spring Answered, talks to Jamie Sterling, executive director of the Southern Gulf Islands Tourism Partnership about Gulf Islands touris...
Ep. 45 David Norget
Damian Inwood talks to David Forget, co-ordinator for the Mental Wellness Initiative on issues facing the unhoused on Salt Spring Island.
Ep 44 Damian Inwood
We talk to Damian President of Gulf Island Community Radio Society about various issues surrounding the launch of CHIR FM (107.9) including programming, The Record Sho...
Ep. 43 Justine Starke
Ep. 43 of Ask Salt Spring Answered in which we talk to Justine Starke about a Capital Regional District pilot project called the Rural Housing Program which, if it get...
Ep. 42 Gary Holman
Ep. 42 Gary Holman talks to Ask Salt Spring Answered about the Drake Road housing project, increasing speed limits in Ganges and other issues.
Ep. 41 Elizabeth May
Ask Salt Spring Answered's Damian Inwood talks to Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May about a variety of topics including foreign interference, environmental raci...
Ep. 40 Adam Olsen
Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Adam Olsen, MLA for North Saanich and the Islands about his decision not to seek re-election and his plans for the future.
Ep. 39 Chuan Society's Kajin Goh
Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Kajin Got, chair of the Chain Society about feeding the unhoused, harm reduction, the warming centre and other issues facing marginal...
Ep. 38 Matthew Quetton
Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Matthew Quetton, new Executive Director of the Salt Spring Chamber of Commerce about new directions and a new business directory.
Ep. 37 Laura Patrick
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 P...
Ep. 36 Rollie Cook
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.
Ep. 35 Jon Cooksey
Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Jon Cookey, a board member of the Farmland Trust about food security on Salt Spring Island
Ep 29 Brian Pyper
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...
Ep 28 Adam Olsen
Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Green MLA Adam Olsen about why he was opposed to the NDP's latest housing policies.
Ep 27 David Forget
David Forget of the Mental Wellness Initiative talks about the program and how it works on Salt Spring Island.
EP 26 Gayle Baker
Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Gayle Baker of the LCC about road line painting and the Ganges boardwalk.
Ep 25 Julia Wagner - The Fab Lab
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.
Ep 34 Andrew Gaetz
We speak with Andrew Gaetz, operations manager for Emcom, the company that maintains roads on Salt Spring Island.
Ep 24 Grow Local
Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to Polly Orr of Grow Local about food security on Salt Spring.
Ep 33 Sgt Clive Seabrook
Ask Salt Spring Answered talks to RCMP Sgt. Clive Seabrook, detachment commander, about policing on Salt Spring.
Ep 32 Nora Layard
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 t...