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Editorial: Politicians’ respect lacking
Once again Salt Spring Islanders and election candidates outshone themselves in an all-candidates event at Fulford Hall last week. Questions and answers were relevant, thoughtful and delivered with...
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Thompson holds unique art show and draw
Salt Spring artist Melanie Thompson hopes to spread her artwork far and wide through an upcoming novel exhibit and sale concept. “Out into the World – towards a new work” is a pop-up art event in the...
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Election letters to the editor – April 23
Undemocratic CPC actions Wow, yet again a Conservative party member skips an all-candidates meeting. At least Cathie Ounsted is consistent. She has attended only one of six all-candidates meetings in...
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Where and when to vote on April 28
Heavy voting in advance polls occurred on Salt Spring Island as in the rest of the country, with a record 7.3 million people casting ballots nationwide during the April 18-21 period. Election day is...
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Elizabeth May keeps Green seat
Green party incumbent Elizabeth May has won her fifth straight federal election campaign for the Saanich-Gulf Islands riding. By 8:45 p.m., the vote totals were enough to give May a decisive mandate...
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Nobody Asked Me, But: gods of pain amused
My back is just killing me. Well, it’s not literally killing me, but it might as well be. Back pain has taken control of every waking hour of my life and most of my sleep time as well. It wasn’t that...
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Viewpoint: in defence of Botterell and the mandate
By JENNIFER MARGISON for Friends of the Gulf Islands Society The three Saturna trustees — two current, one former — who responded to MLA Rob Botterell in the April 16 Driftwood did not make a...
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Art on the Hall works up for 2025
SUBMITTED BY SALT SPRING ARTS Salt Spring Arts is once again turning heads with the return of Art on the Hall, its beloved annual public art initiative. From April through September 2025, the...
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Spring Repair Cafe promises fixing phenomenon
SUBMITTED BY TRANSITION SALT SPRING The Transition Salt Spring (TSS) spring Repair Café — a celebration of community, sustainability and skill-sharing, all wrapped up in one exciting event — promises...
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Editorial: Vote ‘yes’ on water
It’s not easy to whip up enthusiasm for something as practical as a water treatment plant, but we’re going to try one last time. Briefly, organic matter in lake water reacts with chlorine treatment...
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Tsunami Circus presents Metamorphosis
If she could correct one misperception about Salt Spring’s storied Tsunami Circus, lead coach Manda Hutchinson said it would be that it’s “just for kids.” “What these people can do is absolutely jaw...
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Former PM urges expanded roles for Canada
The current U.S. administration may be causing trouble for Canada and the rest of the world, but it also offers opportunities for our country, Canada’s 16th prime minister told a Salt Spring Forum...
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