- September 2, 2025The Hope Bay Store complex is destroyed by fire in the early hours of Sunday, February 23rd.
- September 2, 2025Brooks Point on South Pender is acquired by the Capital Regional District (CRD) as a conservation area.
- September 2, 2025Tru Value Foods expands significantly, moving to its current location at the Driftwood Centre.
- September 2, 2025New Pender Island Community Hall opens on land donated by Karl Hamson in the mid-1990s. The women of Pender carve…
- September 2, 2025The Bedwell Harbour Resort on South Pender Island is closed and demolished. Construction on Poets Cove Resort begins. Developers face…
- September 2, 2025"Hope Bay Rising Holdings Ltd.", a group of islanders, acquires the Hope Bay Store property. A new business complex opens…
- September 2, 2025The Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, Canada's 40th National Park, is created. On Pender, it includes Mount Norman Park, Beaumont…
- September 2, 2025Greenburn Lake and adjacent properties on South Pender are acquired for inclusion in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve.


