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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...

Passing the shovel to a new generation of farmers

Gail Sjuberg - February 22, 2019

Kaleigh Barton wasn’t planning on becoming a farmer. The reason she came to Ruckle Farm on Salt Spring from her hometown of Port Alberni...

Help needed for Lyme battler

Elizabeth Nolan - February 20, 2019

Salt Spring’s farming community and other friends are asking for support to provide ongoing treatment for Sharon Shewchuk, an islander who is experiencing a...

Food Guide makes shift to plants

Gail Sjuberg - February 13, 2019

Canadians need to eat their green vegetables. That is the main takeaway from the recently updated Food Guide, released by the Ministry of Health...

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