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 easy to read number signs on your homes to help emergency service providers to get to the right place.

Damian Inwood talks to Laura Dafoe about Restorative Justice on Salt Spring Island

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 Road, Salt Spring Island

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.

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 and about new housing alternatives.

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.

Damian Inwood, host of Ask Salt Spring Answered, talks to Jamie Sterling, executive director of the Southern Gulf Islands Tourism Partnership about Gulf Islands tourism initiatives and ways the SGITP is raising money for affordable housing for employees in the tourism and hospitality trade.

Damian Inwood talks to David Forget, co-ordinator for the Mental Wellness Initiative on issues facing the unhoused on Salt Spring Island.

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 Shop, emergency broadcasting, the importance of volunteers and the 9 year journey to get on the FM broadcast air

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 gets CRD funding, will provide a matching $40,000 grant to people wishing to develop a cottage or secondary suite on their property for affordable rent.