A south-end blaze destroyed a fifth-wheel trailer home Tuesday night, officials said, and while an investigation is ongoing, there were no injuries, and foul...
Heavy rain overwhelmed a culvert on Salt Spring’s Blackburn Road just above the transfer station, washing away the earth beneath the roadway and leading...
By MICHELLE GRANT
President, SSI Scottish Country Dance Club
It's hard to believe that our annual celebration of the well-known Scottish bard Robbie Burns is...
SUBMITTED BY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SALT SPRING
In collaboration with ASK Salt Spring, we warmly invite you to participate in our monthly Restorative Dialogue Circles. These...
Part of the Driftwood's Looking Back/Looking Forward series of retrospective pieces submitted by local organizations and published in the Jan. 1 issue of the...
By ROBIN JENKINSON and
PETER MEYER
This year held many great events and projects to advance safer walking and cycling pathways on Salt Spring Island.
From a...
BY STEVE MARTINDALE
For Salt Spring Film Festival Society
Fans of Jim Cuddy won’t want to miss the award-winning new documentary Blue Rodeo: Lost Together screening...
BY KIRSTEN BOLTON
For ArtSpring
Freshly back from the holidays, ArtSpring Presents’ first January performance is the always popular Victoria Baroque with a much-anticipated matinee concert...
BY KIRSTEN BOLTON
For ArtSpring
In a year full of milestones to celebrate, challenges to tackle and opportunities to connect, the highlight of 2024 at ArtSpring...
Photo of the Week
Subtitle
Vesuvius Beach Polar Bear swimmers make a big splash on New Year’s Day.
Photo by John Denniston
Do you have a photo you’d like to submit for Photo of the Week? Send it with caption information to news@gulfislandsdriftwood.com.
Conflicts of interest
Salt Spring’s leading promoters of mass development certainly remind us who they are and what they stand for, shoulder-to-shoulder in last week’s Driftwood.
Trustee...
By BRYAN YOUNG
Amid the merry babble of voices at our Christmas party a couple weeks back, a few of us independently came to the same conclusion: something has really gelled within Transition Salt Spring (TSS)’s board, staff and volunteers...
A critical cog in Salt Spring’s already stressed healthcare service wheel is under threat.
The island’s Options for Sexual Health clinic (a.k.a. “Opt”) is among...
By GARY HOLMAN
SSI Electoral Area director, and
EARL ROOK
SSILCC chair
The Capital Regional District (CRD) and Salt Spring Local Community Commission (LCC) were busy in 2024.
The...
A sexual and reproductive health clinic on Salt Spring could join dozens of others across B.C. facing closure, organizers say, unless the province comes...
Crofton-bound ferry passengers got front-row seats to a surprise marine rescue last week, as crew members from MV Quinsam diverted to assist a small...