Viewpoint: Balance and fairness, please
I read with interest letters from former fire district trustees Ron Chamney and Mary Gillies in last week’s Driftwood. I was at the same meeting and I support professional development, but I feel the...
View ArticleLGBTQ Voices is unofficial Pride fest opener
A different kind of poetry reading is being offered at the Salt Spring Public Library when local poet Julian Paquette leads an interactive evening with a slate of guest authors on Wednesday, Sept. 9....
View ArticlePhotos push the medium
Members and guest artists of Salt Spring’s PhotoSynthesis group come to the table with a certain level of experience and skill; they have mastered the basics of photography and are now busy exploring...
View ArticleFire committee seeks savings
Salt Spring Fire Protection District’s finance committee is midway through an accelerated meeting schedule as it works to complete a draft budget before the next board meeting on Sept. 21. Line-by-line...
View ArticleStudents return to fundamentals
While school districts across the province will be grappling with the mysteries of a new BC curriculum this fall, students entering their first year at Gulf Islands Secondary School will be taking a...
View ArticleQuestions cloud Project Play results
Repeated requests for Kraft Project Play organizers to release vote tallies from last month’s competition to win $250,000 have left many Salt Spring residents with more questions than answers. “I don’t...
View ArticleGaliano residents share ferry dismay
Galiano residents have joined the chorus of island communities outside Salt Spring who feel they have a lot more to lose than to gain from the new schedules proposed by BC Ferries. Brian Hollingshead,...
View ArticleLNG pipeline plan passes Salt Spring
The company behind a proposal to build a floating natural gas terminal in Saanich Inlet announced plans Tuesday to work with an American company on a 75-kilometre LNG pipeline between Washington and...
View ArticleLender files Channel Ridge lawsuit
Failure to seal a deal on the sale of Channel Ridge has prompted the project’s main lender to launch a lawsuit against the North Salt Spring Waterworks District, Salt Spring Island Water Preservation...
View ArticlePolice apprehend distraught driver
A dramatic weekend standoff resulted in an injured RCMP officer, two smashed police cars and a 35-year-old Salt Spring man being taken into custody under the Mental Health Act. “It’s an abnormal event,...
View ArticleDead beavers prompt investigation
A B.C. government wildlife veterinarian is calling for more information about any dead beavers found on Salt Spring after two were discovered in the Cusheon Lake watershed last month. The request does...
View ArticleIslander explores conflict zone
Armed with a humanitarian’s compassion and a revolutionary’s zeal, a young Salt Spring man finds himself at the heart of an emancipatory movement that stands to redraw politics in the Middle East. Cody...
View ArticleB.C. advocate to meet local seniors
B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie will be on Salt Spring this Tuesday, Sept. 15 to hear from seniors and their family members. Islanders are invited to meet Mackenzie and let her know what is...
View ArticleWater restrictions stay in place
September’s rainfall to date is nowhere near enough to make up for the long, dry summer that dropped water levels in St. Mary Lake to a record low. Despite the long weekend’s precipitation, for...
View ArticleSeawalk wish lists explored
As dreams of a completed boardwalk in Ganges Harbour inch closer to reality, landowners along the proposed route are laying out their demands. Four property owners along the potential boardwalk path...
View ArticlePoint Gallery celebrates SSNAP
Excitement around the introduction of Salt Spring’s first major art prize and national show coming later this month has already reached the island, with a special exhibition of three local artists...
View ArticleBouffon clown returns to stage
An interactive theatre experience that is terrifying and delightful in equal measure will be back on the ArtSpring stage this Saturday, Sept. 12 after first thrilling local audiences five years ago....
View ArticlePush through to wholeness
Unlike other animals, we creatures on two legs have, if our environment lovingly fosters our most basic needs, the gift of self-actualization. This refers to the ability I have to experience and...
View ArticleTime to celebrate Pride ‘15
Pride and Joy, the theme for Pride 2015, Salt Spring’s multi-event celebration of all things queer and diverse, kicks off this Thursday, Sept. 10 and continues to Sunday. This will be a four-day...
View ArticleVOGEL, Richard Hunter QC
Richard Hunter Vogel, QC Lieutenant Commander (retired) Richard Hunter Vogel, QC passed away on August 28. He was at peace in his home on Salt Spring Island surrounded by those who loved and cared for...
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