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Child Honouring path made accessible online

Gail Sjuberg - April 17, 2019

For people feeling powerless to change the world for the better, Salt Spring-based children’s singer and social activist Raffi has a solution. Raffi and some...

Salt Spring Island farms burst with new life

Gail Sjuberg - April 3, 2019

Spring is here, and on Salt Spring that means it is time for farms to start welcoming baby animals. Windsor Farm is home to at...

Artist Mark Lauckner reaches eco-milestone

Elizabeth Nolan - April 3, 2019

Sometime last week on Salt Spring, artist Mark Lauckner would have melted his 250,000th pound of scrap window glass at The Glass Foundry and...

Join the second annual Greening Salt Spring campaign

Gail Sjuberg - April 3, 2019

The last of Salt Spring’s brutal winter’s snow has finally disappeared from the roadsides and ditches, revealing all the trash that has accumulated over...

Butterfly Citizen Scientists Get Training

Driftwood Staff - March 22, 2019

The Salt Spring Island Conservancy is holding a free training session in butterfly citizen science from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 24....

Fire camp gets youth charged up

Gail Sjuberg - March 22, 2019

“It’s not just playing with the trucks and hoses, it’s all aspects.” - Adrian Hanson, Pender Island Fire Department Assistant Chief

Let’s Talk communication column

Contributed Article - March 20, 2019

Laura Dafoe is a retired teacher who is dedicated to cultivating peace through the study and practice of compassionate communication. Her Let’s Talk column...

Paddlers need spot to park boat

Contributed Article - March 6, 2019

After 14 years with the same home base, Salt Spring’s dragonboat team is looking for a new spot to keep its boat. When the...

Sam Chan remembered at celebration of life

Gail Sjuberg - March 1, 2019

Meaden Hall was crowded well beyond standing room only for a celebration of life for Sam Chan on Saturday, Feb. 16. The well-loved face...

Cusheon Cove pioneer recalled

Contributed Article - March 1, 2019

BY Emma and Ian Laurenson A Salt Spring pioneer has been commemorated with a sign placed at Cusheon Cove by his great granddaughter and her...

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