Reviving Homegrown Dollars

Tim McSorley — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:00:40 +0000

How BC’s Salt Spring Dollars inspire community currencies the world over

SALT SPRING ISLAND—Board games form centerpieces on round wooden tables at The Gathering, a restaurant on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia. Opened in May 2013, the games-and-food restaurant is the first of its kind on the island. The establishment is also the first to pay 10 per cent of staff salaries in Salt Spring Dollars (SSD).

Sinking Ships

Tim McSorley — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:16:40 +0000

Shipwrecks, shellfish and the future of the BC coast

HARTLEY BAY, BC—The two ex-lovers who were at the helm of the BC Ferries ship Queen of the North during a routine overnight sailing from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy six years ago probably didn't expect their first reunion after a two-week separation to end the way it did.