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Head to Head - No tragedy in solitude on St. Valentine’s Day

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday February 7, 2012

Love means putting up with your partner’s bad gas, in a sub compact, on a rainy Monday morning.

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Viewpoint - Metal recycling and our trustees

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday February 7, 2012

We produce a lot of solid waste on Salt Spring and yet we do not have a landfill.

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Editorial - Smart CRD moves

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday February 7, 2012

New senior management positions on Salt Spring has pumped some optimism into the island’s outlook for 2012.

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Editorial - Ferry tweaks

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 31, 2012

Solutions to BC Ferries' woes comes down to a simple choice

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In Depth: A southern Gulf Islands university: why not just do it?

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 31, 2012

Short of throwing ourselves collectively into the social welfare net, what, then, can we do?

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Nobody Asked Me But: Six degrees of separation — and the gerbil

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 31, 2012

It is said that there are no more than six degrees of separation between any two humans on the planet.

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Ferry review needs gov’t support

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 31, 2012

The BC Ferry Commissioner’s report has the potential of leading to a substantial reversal of the intent of the Coastal Ferry Act of 2003.

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Head to Head - Coffee shop culture needs real live chatter

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 24, 2012

At the risk of waxing nostalgic, let’s hark back to the Chatterbox Café,

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Trustees on right recycling track

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 24, 2012

The order by which the law was enacted exposes the problem.

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Charting a new course

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 24, 2012

In September 2011, B.C. Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee was on Salt Spring seek public opinion

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New energy slaves explored

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 17, 2012

Energywise, one litre of gas provides the equivalent of more than three man/woman days of work

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Editorial - Road to safety

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 17, 2012

Accident at Central is just the latest in a long string of close calls and collisions there

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Nobody Asked Me But: The dog-eat-dog world of SS auto refuelling

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 17, 2012

Columns of vehicles jockey for position as they work their way closer to the holy pumps

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Head to Head — Robin Wood's death more than a headline

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 10, 2012

There was a certain convergence in the death of Salt Spring Island’s Robin Wood.

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Viewpoint - Hoping for less greed is hopeless

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 10, 2012

Tobin Tax, Treasure Islands, Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World by Nicholas Shaxson

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Driftwood Editorial - After the shock

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 10, 2012

Robin Wood’s murder in Melaque last week was as shocking as news stories ever get in the Gulf Islands.

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In Depth: Ingenuity should be praised, not punished

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 3, 2012

I’m a great believer in the far-reaching education of experience.

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Nobody Asked Me But: Plastic bag ban trumps Garbage Patch Dolls

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 3, 2012

Back in 350 B.C., a Greek philosopher by the name of Plato wrote about a once powerful marine civilization.

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Editorial - Back to Business

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday January 3, 2012

Full slate of juicy political issues for LTC at the Lions Hall.

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Editorial - Heed all voices

Gulf Islands Driftwood - Tuesday December 27, 2011

People uniting for or against a cause can make a difference.

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