Wednesday, May 1, 2024
May 1, 2024

Opinion

Editorial – Volunteer power

National Volunteer Week runs from April 15-21, and it’s the ideal time to say thank you to all the volunteers who keep our community...

Editorial: Let’s make Salt Spring clean and green again

Salt Spring Island is a beautiful place to live. If you happen to start taking the greenery for granted, a quick visit to the...

Making the case for Site C and clean energy

By ANDREW OKULITCH In his Viewpoint article last week, Tom Mitchell made a heartfelt and sensible plea against hydrocarbon energy systems. Then, towards the end,...

Local village committee organizes Earth Day weekend clean-up

By JEREMY MILSOM I would like to send a hearty “thank you” to Rowena Dixon for echoing in last week’s paper what I have...

Viewpoint: Wake up soon for the children’s sake

By TOM MITCHELL Last Friday I found myself with many Salt Spring Islanders and others, standing with Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of...

Editorial: Protesting’s alive and well

Protesting has been in the news of late. Most dramatically, a group of high school kids from Parkland, Florida have mesmerized the world with...

Nobody Asked Me But . . . Farewell to Blue Yota, a champion island beater

I guess it was inevitable. I just never imagined it would happen a week before Christmas, practically right here in my own backyard on...

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