Opinion Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood

Editorial: Trail of dreams

Driftwood Staff - December 3, 2025

We expect many islanders will join us in having positive-if-mixed feelings about a built-out bicycle and pedestrian path that could link the Fulford and...

MLA Botterell presses for House decorum

Contributed Article - December 2, 2025

The following is a letter sent to Hon. Raj Chouhan, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and filed with the Driftwood for publication. By ROB BOTTERELL MLA,...

Editorial: Support IWAV’s Norton Road purchase

Driftwood Staff - November 26, 2025

One reason affordable housing hasn’t been built to scale on Salt Spring — as elsewhere — is simply that it isn’t easy to do. Several...

Viewpoint: Tough to answer some visitors’ questions

Contributed Article - November 26, 2025

By ROB ROOK In need of a plumbing part one Friday last August, I dashed downtown to purchase it from our local hardware store. Outside...

Nobody Asked Me But: Seed catalogues can be scary places

Shilo Zylbergold - November 26, 2025

Just as you realize that it is almost time to put the garden into “hibernation mode” for the winter, you stumble across a stack...

Editorial: Company town

Driftwood Staff - November 19, 2025

Salt Spring’s housing shortage is not just a physical problem; it’s an economic one. There is some housing available on-island, just not enough that’s affordable...

Viewpoint: Work across party lines

Contributed Article - November 19, 2025

By ROB BOTTERELL MLA, Saanich north and the islands Not a day goes by without a new disturbing and polarizing Trump Truth Social post. How I...

Viewpoint: Time for Salt Spring pathway has arrived

Gail Sjuberg - November 12, 2025

By Robin jenkinson Island Pathways A three-metre-wide, separated walking and cycling trail linking Fulford and Vesuvius — and connecting Salt Spring with the regional trail networks...

Editorial: Talking it up

Driftwood Staff - November 12, 2025

How much are an average islander’s thoughts worth? For the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee, the amount is $40,000 higher, which is how much they...

Comment: Thinking like an island

Contributed Article - November 12, 2025

By MICHAEL ABLEMAN In the early 1970s while living in California, I became aware of two visionary initiatives in a faraway place called British Columbia:...

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