- January 18, 2026The Gulf Islands National Park Reserve acquires the old fish reduction plant site at Shingle Bay, for use as a…
- January 18, 2026Driftwood Centre renovations are completed with upgraded facade and new hardware store building. Gas pumps are replaced and electric vehicle…
- January 18, 2026A planned multi-year redevelopment of the Port Browning Marina Resort gets under way.
- January 18, 2026Capital Regional District (CRD) provides $50,000 towards a full-sized gym in the Pender School, which had opened in 1976. The…
- January 17, 2026John Blake Bridge (“JB“) becomes the Postmaster at Port Washington.
- November 12, 2025John Tod, retired Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company, becomes the first white landowner on what will later become…
- November 12, 2025The Port Washington Store is demolished in July. Thankfully, many artifacts from the store had been donated to the museum.
- October 20, 2025Royal Engineer George Turner surveys North Pender, noting “there are two men living on this island besides some Indians who…
October 15, 2025Reef-net fishing emerges as a technology unique to the Salish Sea, where it is a way to intercept salmon runs…- September 2, 2025The region is under as much as 1,600 metres of glacial ice.
