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Support mental health during difficult times

Contributed Article - May 6, 2020

By DAVID NORGET I have felt so many things during this unfolding time of the COVID-19 pandemic — the challenge of adjusting to the unknown;...

Editorial: Reach out for mental health wellness

Driftwood Staff - May 6, 2020

May 4 to 10 marks Mental Health Week in Canada, coming at a time when more people than ever are suffering from anxiety, depression...

Editorial: Stand together to bolster community’s economy

Driftwood Staff - April 29, 2020

Hope that the COVID-19 virus “curve” is being flattened has been ignited by fewer new cases being reported in B.C. Except for two major...

Nobody Asked Me But: Emergency prep food supplies come in handy

Shilo Zylbergold - April 29, 2020

In the film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays an egocentric television weatherman who is fated to relive the same day again and again an...

COVID response and recovery plan takes shape

Contributed Article - April 22, 2020

By COVID-19 Business and Farm Emergency Response and Recovery Task Force If there is one thing that has become clear in the first weeks of...

Viewpoint: Avoid risky behaviour

Creative - April 22, 2020

BY DAVID RAPPORT In this pandemic crisis, there are a lot of unknowns: How long will it last? Will we develop herd immunity? Will the...

Front line: A perspective from the grocery store

Contributed Article - April 15, 2020

By Noémie Desbiens Riendeau I work at one of the island’s grocery stores, and let me tell you, these are stressful times for anybody who...

Therapist offers tips for staying sane in current crisis

Contributed Article - April 2, 2020

By ROWAN PERCY In this COVID-19 health crisis, practising support skills — especially kindness, patience and mindfulness — is especially vital as we face new...

Editorial: Believe it’s here and act accordingly

Driftwood Staff - April 1, 2020

On Salt Spring Island, people have wanted confirmation that someone living here is sick with COVID-19. It is understandable to want “evidence” before accepting...

Michael Ableman: Thinking Like an Island

Contributed Article - March 25, 2020

By MICHAEL ABLEMAN Every spring for the last 43 years I have followed the same routine. I turn under green manure crops, spread compost, prepare fields,...

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