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LCC gets update on geotube pilot

Robb Magley -
A liquid waste “dewatering” test using geotube technology on Salt Spring is complete, according to Capital Regional District (CRD) staff, who hope to have...
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Commission mulls washroom hours

Robb Magley -
A spirited discussion of washroom hours at Ganges’ signature public park will be spilling over to a special budget meeting at the end of...
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Plans get underway to ‘decarbonize’ SIMS

Robb Magley -
A single Capital Regional District (CRD)-operated building on Salt Spring contributes two per cent of all of the regional government’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,...
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Brackett Springs land likely changing hands 

Robb Magley -
A former Salt Spring Land Bank Society property is unlikely to be available for future affordable housing development, according to one island official, who...
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Trudeau biographer up next at forum

Driftwood Staff -
“Will Trudeau’s resignation save the Liberal Party?”  Featuring remarkable timing, the Salt Spring Forum will welcome author Stephen Maher to Mahon Hall Sunday, Jan. 26,...
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May says federal election outcome not preordained

Robb Magley -
 There’s no inevitability in a democracy, according to one elected official –– and the greatest power remains rooted in each vote.  Responding to questions at...
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LCC budget presented at town hall

Robb Magley -
Salt Spring’s Local Community Commission (LCC) held its second annual presentation on the upcoming year’s budget, offering an opportunity for taxpayers to sound off...
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Funds needed to preserve huge Saturna acreage

Robb Magley -
Organizers have targeted an expansive waterfront parcel at the southeastern-most tip of Saturna Island for conservation –– and say time is running out on...
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Road gives way under excavator

Driftwood Staff -
An excavator was temporarily stuck at an undignified angle on Salt Spring’s busiest road Wednesday, Jan. 8, after the ground gave way beneath it...
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Rare ocular cancer experience full of surprises

Gail Sjuberg -
It was back in 2017 when Steve Lynch first noticed a little spot on the white part (the sclera) of his right eye. “It wasn’t...
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