Opinion Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood

Editorial: What a party!

Driftwood Staff - April 24, 2024

The next time a major milestone needs to be celebrated, we know where to look for inspiration. The ArtSpring 25th Anniversary Festival was a wildly...

MLA Column: Shipbuilding, the coastal economy, and supporting communities

Contributed Article - April 24, 2024

By Adam Olsen, MLA for Saanich North and the Islands In February 2021, I published a blog post celebrating the British Columbia coastline. It was...

Nobody Asked Me, But: Franchising mindfulness

Shilo Zylbergold - April 24, 2024

Mindfulness. It’s everywhere these days. Not so much the act. Nor the practice. Just the word. Mindfulness. You will find it printed on colourful...

Editorial: Nothing doing

Driftwood Staff - April 17, 2024

There are times when reading just a headline isn’t enough. If you look across the water at what’s happening elsewhere with short-term vacation rentals (STVRs)...

Letters: Housing frustrations, sustainable OCP

Contributed Article - April 17, 2024

Dragonfly ending housing efforts Dear editor, Dragonfly Commons Housing Society has been working for the past eight years to produce 30 individually owned units of...

Editorial: Public duty

Driftwood Staff - April 10, 2024

Salt Spring’s miniature “election season” this month is a little less crowded than this time last year. It was about now in 2023 when we...

Viewpoint: Holding Salt Spring together

Contributed Article - April 10, 2024

By Ben Corno We live in the ideal size of community. People love to tell each other, “10,000 people” or “12,000 in the summer.” That’s how...

Editorial: Paved and prudent

Driftwood Staff - April 3, 2024

The first Salt Spring Saturday Market of 2024 is on the books, and the clouds that covered Centennial Park — both literally and metaphorically...

MLA’s Column: Protection for firefighters, bear dens

Contributed Article - April 3, 2024

By Adam Olsen MLA, Saanich North and the Islands I’ve sat on a lot of committees in my time as an MLA, including police act reform,...

Editorial: On the map

Driftwood Staff - March 27, 2024

Government officials and weather experts have called the 2021 heat dome the deadliest weather event in Canadian history. Now, with climate projections tending toward hotter...

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