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Uniting through the pod system: fire lessons learned

Contributed Article - August 7, 2018

By ROBERT BIRCH The day we moved in a neighbour walked down the driveway with a jar of homemade plum jam and became a life-long...

Editorial: Preparation beats panic

Driftwood Staff - August 7, 2018

A brush fire on a Beaver Point property on Friday afternoon has reset the emergency awareness clock on Salt Spring. Hot, dry summers for the...

Viewpoint: Island needs more farmers

Contributed Article - August 1, 2018

By CARLOS GROOMS Future food security is looming as one of the most pressing issues facing us today. On Salt Spring: • Our farmers’ average age is...

Nobody Asked Me But: Vitamin infusions a health topic battleground

Shilo Zylbergold - August 1, 2018

What’s with all this infusion confusion diffusing through the fitness training rooms and health spas of the nation these days? Have the forces of...

Editorial: Seeing [road lines] is believing

Driftwood Staff - August 1, 2018

Salt Spring Islanders are used to complaining about the state of the island’s roads, and for good reason. Paving of our main “highway” and...

Viewpoint: Cedar Lane water battle not over

Contributed Article - July 25, 2018

By CEDAR LANE AND AREA RESIDENTS We residents of Cedar Lane and surrounding neighbours found the Lakeside Dreams July Aqua story on the ever-contentious The...

Editorial: Control your dogs

Driftwood Staff - July 25, 2018

A dog may be considered man’s best friend, but livestock owners may not concur. In recent months, several Salt Spring farmers have reported that...

Viewpoint: Housing Crisis: Listening needed

Contributed Article - July 18, 2018

By: DERMOD TRAVIS Ever sense that you've been listening to one, or more, of these rants again and again over the past few years? "It's foreign...

Editorial: ALR cannabis rules

Driftwood Staff - July 18, 2018

Salt Spring Island’s reputation for niche craft products is all set to include marijuana come October. Judging by some of the jokes that come at...

Viewpoint: Choosing Proportional Representation is the Right Choice

Contributed Article - July 11, 2018

By BOB RANSFORD Our old first-past-the-post voting system isn’t fair. It doesn’t work to support democracy. It works for political insiders. Those insiders know how...

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