Quantcast
Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

News

STOP.jpg

Four-way stop installed at Central

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Friday February 3, 2012

Salt Spring drivers are learning to adjust their habits after Salt Spring’s only four-way stop was installed Tuesday.

READ
6-walkerhookcrash1.jpg

Driver plummets off Walker's Hook Road

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday February 7, 2012

Monday night crash sends truck onto Salt Spring beach; vehicle recovered by barge and tow truck.

READ

Census pegs Salt Spring population at 10,234

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Wednesday February 8, 2012

Statistics Canada released the first population data from the 2011 census on Wednesday.

READ
6sailingclubcrane2.jpg

Updated: Crane mishap impacts Salt Spring Sailing Club dredging project

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Wednesday February 1, 2012

Vancouver Pile Driving crane mishap delays dredging operation at Salt Spring Sailing Club.

READ

Falafels and fries heat up bylaw fracas

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday February 7, 2012

Food cart owner faces bylaw challenge following complaint

READ
WORDS.jpg

Speaking Out in Canada opens Words Without Borders

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday February 7, 2012

Free-speech celebrities featured at Friday night festival panel

READ

SWOVA workshops talk about sex, respect and relationships

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday February 7, 2012

SWOVA is offering the workshop for parents and youth on Feb. 14 and 16

READ

Slegg Lumber project and produce centre plan gets first reading

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Friday February 3, 2012

Salt Spring's Slegg Lumber relocation includes produce distribution centre for community.

READ
42keesruursmug.jpg

CRD beefs up Salt Spring Island staffing

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 31, 2012

Senior manager and civil engineer positions created to address ongoing problems with CRD services.

READ
vannini-edited.jpg

Ferry culture explored in new Phillip Vannini book

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Wednesday February 1, 2012

Ferry Tales by Royal Roads University prof underlines unique rituals of BC Ferries travel and island communities.

READ

Channel Ridge owners appeal to BC Assessment

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Wednesday February 1, 2012

Homeowners in the Channel Ridge area of Salt Spring face mysteriously high housing values while the rest of the island’s values dropped.

READ

Ferry advisory group wants to see fares drop, not just a tie to inflation

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 31, 2012

Group says service cuts must be balanced by subsidy

READ

Spotlight put on island’s energy future

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 31, 2012

Oversight omits elected officials from guest list at energy event

READ

Ferry act review makes affordability pitch

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 24, 2012

Gordon Macatee’s review of the Coastal Ferry Act now in government hands

READ

Search called off for man missing from Coastal Celebration

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Monday January 30, 2012

Victoria's Joint Rescue Coordination Centre has called off the search for a man reported overboard on a B.C. Ferries vessel Sunday.

READ
5aed-2copy.jpg

AEDs set to save lives at the press of a button

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Thursday January 26, 2012

A program to increase the number of automated external defibrillators on Salt Spring Island was introduced at a meeting on Wednesday night.

READ
beaverptrdcrash.jpg

Black ice causes Fulford-Ganges truck-flipping incident

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Thursday January 26, 2012

Salt Spring emergency services responded to a single-vehicle crash on Fulford-Ganges Road near Jones Road.

READ
P1220905copy.jpg

Salt Spring Island sailboat resident drowns in harbour

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 24, 2012

Rick Legallou of Salt Spring, formerly of Calgary, victim of Ganges Harbour storm.

READ
LANNAN.jpg

Salt Spring immigration battle gains important ally

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 24, 2012

Elizabeth May to aid island family’s immigration appeal

READ

Churchill Road ratepayer opposes waterworks district’s ‘weird logic’

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 24, 2012

Deadline set for March 1 - Parcel tax questions arise before NSSWD meeting

READ
NEXT PAGE