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Nobody Asked Me But: Pandemic can be licked if we all pull together

Shilo Zylbergold - March 25, 2020

You all remember Nostradamus, the 16th-century French astrologer, physician and seer into the future. Among his many prophesies, he is credited with predicting the...

Editorial: Everyone must stay home

Driftwood Staff - March 25, 2020

Driftwood columnist and island performer Shilo Zylbergold once penned a song called If You Love This Island, Please Don’t Come. While it was a tongue-in-cheek...

All of the news is not bad

Contributed Article - March 18, 2020

By Linda Starke Thirty years ago I wrote a book entitled Signs of Hope: Working Towards Our Common Future. It was a follow-up to Our...

Editorial: Life on pause

Driftwood Staff - March 18, 2020

What a difference a week makes. Just over a week ago some of us may have harboured fantasies of life as we know it...

Letter from islander in an Italian ‘red zone’

Contributed Article - March 11, 2020

By TAELOR LAY It’s a sunny Sunday morning, streets bustling with couples young and old out for morning walks, families taking their children for bike...

Viewpont: Abandon TUP Bylaw 471

Contributed Article - March 11, 2020

By MAXINE LEICHTER Our elected Local Trust Committee is considering an ill-advised and harmful bylaw that would create a gigantic loophole poised to negate our...

Editorial: Equality still elusive for women

Driftwood Staff - March 11, 2020

Women’s lives have improved dramatically in the western world in the past century and especially since International Women’s Day was instituted as March 8...

Serious planning needed to address climate change

Contributed Article - March 4, 2020

By MEROR KRAYENHOFF So we’ve accepted that there is a climate emergency and we need to plan for the things that will change around here....

Editorial: Soap stars

Driftwood Staff - March 4, 2020

“It’s a miracle.” An ecstatic Cherie Geauvreau of the Wagon Wheel Housing Society kept repeating those words while sharing the latest news of efforts...

Viewpoint: Estuary at a crossroads

Contributed Article - March 4, 2020

By Anne Gunn and Frants Attorp Fulford estuary is a magical and treasured element of Salt Spring’s diverse and varied ecology, culture and history. It...

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