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Featured Opinion: Let’s get creative to solve housing and water crises

Contributed Article - March 12, 2019

BY RHONAN HEITZMANN The North Salt Spring Waterworks District has released its strategic plan for the next five years and is asking for public feedback. I...

Viewpoint: Anchorage usage damaging

Contributed Article - March 5, 2019

BY MARY LAUCKS & BRIAN SWANSON For years we have seen freighters anchored off Salt Spring’s shores. Several times we have observed oil slicks or...

Editorial: Get on the right track

Driftwood Staff - March 5, 2019

It was surprising to hear recently that Gulf Islands Secondary School has a lower-than-average graduation rate among B.C. high schools. Accomplishments of individual students or...

Viewpoint: Trust should take action

Contributed Article - February 27, 2019

By PETER LAMB There should be no doubt that the climate crisis is real and that the Gulf Islands are already seeing the impact. The...

Editorial: Ounce of prevention

Driftwood Staff - February 27, 2019

It’s discouraging to see civilizations stumble backwards after they have made progress on so many fronts. One of those areas is in the use...

Bygone orchid trade among trivial matters in writer’s head

Shilo Zylbergold - February 26, 2019

It all started innocently enough. “Is there any whipping cream in the fridge?” my wife asked as she stirred the cake batter in the...

Viewpoint: New water ideas needed

Contributed Article - February 20, 2019

By PETER VINCENT Last week’s draconian, finger-wagging proclamation by North Salt Spring Waterworks District trustee Chris Dixon in response to this newspaper’s kid-gloved reproach in...

Editorial: Windstorm sharing session

Driftwood Staff - February 20, 2019

Even though the devastating windstorm day is now two months in the past, people on Salt Spring Island are still talking about it, and...

Salt Spring not ready for moratorium exceptions

Contributed Article - February 13, 2019

By CHRIS DIXON This is a response to the Driftwood editorial of Feb. 6 titled Water Waste. Imagine that there is a tall mountain right exactly...

Editorial: Keel hauled

Driftwood Staff - February 13, 2019

It seems for every functioning vessel on the coast, a junker with no hint of life is tied up just alongside. Wrecked and abandoned...

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