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Viewpoint: Legal Does Not Mean Just

Contributed Article - February 26, 2020

By JAN SLAKOV On Twitter someone asked, if it’s OK to block rail lines, isn’t it OK then to block abortion services? Let’s see: First, like...

Nobody Asked Me But: Hunger for fake news stories just won’t abate

Shilo Zylbergold - February 26, 2020

You check your favourite social media site and you read “MILLIONS DYING.” Your heart palpitates for an instant and you can feel the hackles...

Editorial: Fishy facts

Driftwood Staff - February 26, 2020

Art and science merged beautifully at the Salt Spring Arts Council’s Against the Current: Salmon and Orca exhibit at Mahon Hall this month. Artwork on...

Anchored ships prompt air quality concerns

Contributed Article - February 20, 2020

BY PETER OMMUNDSEN Record numbers of commercial cargo ships recently have been observed anchoring in the southern Gulf Islands, with some 27 ships anchored simultaneously,...

Viewpoint: Dark underbelly showing

Contributed Article - February 19, 2020

By CAM ROBINSON Over the weekend, while enjoying the facilities at Centennial Park with my grandson, I witnessed a man urinating on a police officer’s...

Editorial: Middle Ground

Driftwood Staff - February 19, 2020

Education theories and practices are always evolving, as with any discipline. School District 64‘s configuration review, initiated in the fall of 2018, provides an opportunity...

Viewpoint: Education funds lacking

Contributed Article - February 12, 2020

BY DEBORAH NOSTDAL As many of your readers are aware, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation is working to negotiate a contract. Our last contract expired in...

Editorial: Love for the library

Driftwood Staff - February 12, 2020

Salt Spring’s public library has come a long way in 60 years. From its origins in a room in Mouat’s store with 1,300 books to...

Viewpoint: Islanders do have a voice

Contributed Article - February 5, 2020

By GAYLE BAKER On Friday, 29 people came to ASK Salt Spring to express their concerns about our roads to three Emcon managers (our new...

Editorial: Cabin Fever

Driftwood Staff - February 5, 2020

Acquiring affordable, warm, safe housing on Salt Spring has never been easy, or at least not for many years. But the lack of rental housing...

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