Island Life Archives - Page 41 of 68 - Gulf Islands Driftwood

Lay Counselling and Peer Support Explored at Mental Health Summits

Emelie Peacock - January 6, 2022

A network that aims to co-create a community where everyone belongs will hold summits starting this month around peer support, lay counselling and how...

Reading-Crazed Class Nets $2,000 For Food Bank

Emelie Peacock - December 22, 2021

For fifth and sixth graders at Salt Spring Centre School, reading is a way to relieve stress, be creative in your own head and...

Library’s young volunteers make digital waves

Contributed Article - December 15, 2021

By LAVONNE LEONG Special to the Driftwood Many things went quiet during the pandemic. But for our library’s teen volunteers, it was a chance to branch...

Salt Springers give over $28,000 to mental health first aid, women’s support

Emelie Peacock - December 8, 2021

A worldwide phenomena with a foothold on Salt Spring has seen groups of women and men "who care" giving over $28,500 to local causes...

Study Details Salt Spring EV Targets

Contributed Article - December 7, 2021

The following is an article written by a Transition Salt Spring - EV Group co-founder. The group is also hosting a holiday gathering at...

Salt Spring’s Elly Silverman Reflects on Dec. 6 Impact and Violence Against Women

Contributed Article - December 1, 2021

SUBMITTED BY THE CIRCLE Every year, Islanders Working Against Violence and The Circle Salt Spring Education Society hold a vigil on Dec. 6, the National...

Photographer Derrick Lundy Leaves lasting legacy

Gail Sjuberg - November 24, 2021

Click here to view Retrospective - 20 Years of Derrick Lundy Photos A man who was the public face of the Driftwood newspaper for...

Survey Gathers Input for The Root

Contributed Article - November 19, 2021

By KIRSTEN BOLTON SSI Farmland Trust An all-new energetic board of directors at the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust Society promises to pick up the pace...

Former CAF Reservist reflects on ‘veteranship’

Contributed Article - November 10, 2021

By KEN JACKSON SPECIAL TO THE DRIFTWOOD I completed three years of service as a member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Reserves, specifically as a...

One Cool Island: There’s no more ‘us and them’ when it comes to our forests

Contributed Article - November 10, 2021

BY ANDREA PALFRAMAN Transition Salt Spring A German ex-regal turning a vast swath of Salt Spring’s forests over to developers. A woodland that’s been logged for...

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