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Freedom protest attracts crowd

Elizabeth Nolan - September 8, 2021

Salt Spring Islanders gathered in downtown Ganges on Wednesday afternoon to protest British Columbia’s COVID-19 policy, in particular the vaccination requirement for non-essential services...

‘Memorial Harbourwalk’ fund launched

Elizabeth Nolan - September 8, 2021

A community fundraising campaign has been been launched in hopes of completing a long-stalled project with a timeline that has outlasted two of its...

Election candidates respond to questions

Driftwood Staff - September 8, 2021

The Driftwood posed three questions to the six candidates running in the Saanich-Gulf Islands riding in the Sept. 20 federal election. Their answers are...

Canvasback Residents push for tower reversal

Elizabeth Nolan - September 8, 2021

Residents of Canvasback Place have vowed to do everything necessary to stop a new telecommunications tower from being installed virtually in their backyards, and...

Campfires still banned in Gulf Islands

Driftwood Staff - September 2, 2021

While campfires will be allowed in some parts of the B.C. coast as of Friday at noon, Salt Spring and the Gulf Islands is...

Dock ban order surprises Islanders

Elizabeth Nolan - September 1, 2021

A ministerial order that prohibits any new applications for private docks in the Southern Gulf Islands area and the southeast shoreline of Vancouver Island...

Schools prepare for regular fall program

Elizabeth Nolan - September 1, 2021

Gulf Islands schools will resume full-time in-person schedules this September without being divided into learning groups or having a quarterly timetable, while a provincial...

Saanich-Gulf Islands all-candidates events set up

Gail Sjuberg - September 1, 2021

Salt Spring Forum has organized a virtual all-candidates debate for the Saanich-Gulf Islands riding in the federal election campaign. The event will take place on...

Ministerial order bans new dock applications in Gulf Islands

Elizabeth Nolan - August 25, 2021

An order by the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development that went into effect Tuesday will prohibit new applications...

More funds needed for new emergency department campaign

Gail Sjuberg - August 25, 2021

Lady Minto Hospital Foundation members are thrilled with community response to the emergency department campaign so far, but need the donations to keep on...

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