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Editorial: Get ready to vote

Driftwood Staff - March 25, 2025

A healthy democracy is not a given. Indeed, the most recent Global State of Democracy report issued by the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and...

Nobody Asked Me But: Justin Bieber protest method one of Canada’s options

Shilo Zylbergold - March 25, 2025

It can’t happen here, can it? Can the tensions rising from the jockeying of global trade agreements escalate to the point where countries are...

The American girl, her dad and the barbecue . . . .

Contributed Article - March 18, 2025

By CHRIS RIDEOUT And That Was When columnist A long time ago, when I was in my teens, there weren’t any barbecues. At least I don’t...

Editorial: Goverment penny pinchers appreciated

Driftwood Staff - March 18, 2025

After months of intermittent deliberations, the Gulf Islands’ two major governing bodies have finalized their budgets for the coming year. The Islands Trust passed an...

Dock Talk Column: HASSI ready for spring

Contributed Article - March 18, 2025

By PER SVENDSEN for Harbour Authority ofSalt Spring Island Finally it looks like the weather might be in our favour. As the days get longer it...

Islands Trust Council must acknowledge needs of working islanders

Contributed Article - March 12, 2025

The following was adapted for print from a presentation given March 11 as part of the Trust Council quarterly meeting in Nanaimo. By ERIC MARCH When...

Elizabeth May succeeds across party lines

Contributed Article - March 12, 2025

By NANCY WIGEN In this time when our security and future are threatened, I heard someone say, “I’ve always voted Green, but now we need...

Driftwood Editorial: Purse power

Driftwood Staff - March 12, 2025

Reading glasses have been more de rigueur than usual among island shoppers, as we peer into the fine-print origins of every purchase not wearing...

Editorial: Dinner event supports Ukraine

Driftwood Staff - March 6, 2025

As the bad reality TV show that has become the U.S. government continued last week, islanders were asking how its impacts could be countered. Despair,...

Viewpoint: Diplomatic skills of a rattlesnake

Contributed Article - March 4, 2025

By MIKE STACEY I have known Eric Booth for 60 years and have always admired his God-given talent for getting people all stirred up at...

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