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Viewpoint: What are election candidates’ positions on protecting ancient…
By BRIAN SMALLSHAW
The federal election announced on Aug. 15 will be the climate change election, and as a…
Nobody Asked Me But: Buzzwords unpack a lack of linguistic imagination
Here are the first couple of lines of a song written approximately a century ago: “Pack up all my cares and woes,…
Trans youth offered support in community
BY THE DAISSI BOARD
We on the board of Diverse and Inclusive Salt Spring Island, our island’s LGBTQ2SIA+…
NSSWD should explore merger with CRD
By GARY HOLMAN
SALT SPRING CRD DIRECTOR
I’d like to respond to several opinion pieces in last week’s…
Viewpoint: What is rural sprawl?
BY MAXINE LEICHTER
Rural sprawl in the Gulf Islands is being wrongly used to justify higher densities.
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Efforts to preserve Rural character and boost self-reliance needed
By MEROR KRAYENHOFF
The Islands Trust was launched in 1974 to preserve and protect, among other things, the…
Editorial: Three years later the housing crisis is worse than ever
When does a “crisis” demand an immediate response?
More than three years ago, the following was written…
Viewpoint: Galiano is playing with fire
By CARMITA DE MENYHART
In 2006, Galiano Island experienced the biggest wildfire in modern history on the Gulf…
Nobody Asked Me But: Workerless society not so far-fetched
Imagine this. You pull into the Lady Minto Hospital parking lot, park your vehicle and proceed to the hospital…
Lack of housing a critical island issue
By TOBY FOUKS
I hope that people take Debbie Magnusson’s July 7 letter to heart and help raise money…