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We have a chance to contribute to planet’s survival

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We have a chance to contribute to planet’s survival

By JAN SLAKOV

Years ago, it seemed the biggest hurdle to serious climate action was technological: human society seemed inescapably dependent on fossil fuels.

Now experts have shown that the technologies necessary to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, and even to sequester greenhouse gases already released, are viable. What’s missing is political will.

There are encouraging signs that this situation may be shifting. The Globe and Mail’s Gary Mason describes how “the entire planet is on fire, literally and figuratively” and calls for us “to do our part.” A team of international researchers called for coordinated climate action to avoid creating a “Hothouse Earth” where much and perhaps most of the planet would become uninhabitable. One of the “hothouse earth” researchers took pains to insist that “Hothouse Earth is not our destiny and [. . .] social system feedbacks are starting to move us to the Stable Earth.”

Where can we find such “social system feedbacks?” A key indicator of shift is when people step out of role limitations to embrace climate action in whatever capacity they can. I believe this was a key message of Dr. Warren Bell’s open letter to Justice Affleck, who has been presiding over the trials of Kinder Morgan/Trans Mountain pipeline arrestees. Bell wrote: “We cannot act as if the harms visited on people in other parts of the world are irrelevant to our professional role, because [ultimately] those harms will also affect us and those around us.”

This appeal to expand our understanding of our roles resonates with the key finding of the Nuremberg war crimes trials, that we cannot escape responsibility for our actions because we were “following orders.” Our professional roles cannot be used to excuse us from taking effective climate action.

The Canadian Medical Association has divested its organizational funds from fossil fuels. It invited Dr. James Orbinski (who accepted the Nobel prize on behalf of Doctors Without Borders) to provide guidance for other steps. Examples include a coal phase-out within 10 years, concerns regarding fracking, encouraging plant-based diets and leaving at least 80 per cent of known fossil fuel reserves in the ground.

Citizens Climate Lobby is an international non-partisan group dedicated to creating the political will for a livable planet. It recently reports that Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo introduced a carbon pricing bill and a recent Yale poll shows that a majority of U.S. citizens support a revenue-neutral carbon tax.

Friends and I have been doing our best to counter the misinformation and foot-dragging around climate action for decades. Please excuse us if we sound tired. Please remember what that pall of wildfire smoke represents and ask yourself how you can contribute to the concerted mobilization for survival we need.

A great opportunity to come together for next steps is coming up on Sept. 11, when former Liberal leader of the official opposition in Alberta, Kevin Taft, will be speaking at Meaden Hall, starting at 7 p.m. Taft helped design and build an award-winning near-net-zero home where he lives, in Edmonton, and his most recent book focuses on how the petroleum industry has undermined democracy and prevented effective climate action. He’s honoured that author Ronald Wright and Chilliwack’s Bill Henderson will be part of the evening too.

Tickets are available at Salt Spring Books or by contacting me. We need to cover expenses but we want to make sure all those interested are able to attend, regardless of ability to pay. More info is at kevintafttour.ca.

The writer is a Salt Spring resident who is active with Citizens Climate Lobby and other groups working to make the shift towards sustainability.

“What Does Pride Mean to Me?”

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“What Does Pride Mean to Me?”

Salt Spring Pride 2018 runs from Sept. 5-9 on Salt Spring Island. Members of Salt Spring Pride’s 2018 planning committee, comprised of Diverse and Inclusive Salt Spring Island (DAISSI) members, provided their reflections on What Does Pride Mean to Me? for the Driftwood’s Salt Spring Pride pages. They are reprinted below: 

 

 

Thinking about what Pride means to me: It’s personal

By SHELLYSE SZAKACS

DAISSI PRESIDENT

I remember the first ever Pride Parade in Winnipeg, my home town, in 1987. It was unforgettable: frightening and exhilarating, coming as it did on the heels of a titanic debate about LGBTQ2S rights. 

Days before, we did not know if it would be a victory parade or an angry protest. We waited on tenterhooks to hear the decision the provincial government would make on the inclusion of sexual orientation in the new Manitoba Human Rights Code. At that time, I was the coordinator of the University of Manitoba Womyn’s Centre and had been invited to speak in support of the code at the legislative hearings just three weeks before the parade. That was an experience I will never forget.

I had read my draft speech to my beloved friend Michele. She astutely pointed out that I had written it in the third, not the first person. Yes, this was personal. And the personal is political, so . . . amidst TV cameras, microphones, loud groups of haters, ugly signage, I pushed through paralyzing terror and came out at the Manitoba Legislative Assembly: I spoke in the first person. Something that I would find terrifying today, I did in the context of the most acrimonious debate the province had seen since Nelly McClung led the fight to win the vote for women in 1916. If the new Human Rights Code were to be ratified, Manitoba would be the second province in Canada that gave any legal protection to our LGBTQ2S community.

For those who were not around in the 1980s, it is probably hard to imagine the precarity of the LGBTQ2S community. It was such a frightening time; how our community responded laid the foundation for the freedoms we now enjoy. It is probably hard to imagine what it was like to watch our brothers-lovers-sisters dying all around us while those whose intolerance was suddenly vindicated by AIDS condemned us all in the most vile of ways.

We were thrust into the fight of our lives. We had no legal rights. Life partners were denied access to their lovers’ death beds, while the so-called real bio-family made the life and death decisions — simple contact, never mind health benefits, empathy, were denied same-sex partners. The religious right told the world AIDS was God’s punishment, that we needed to be quarantined, thus leading the onslaught of ignorance, fear and loathing that threatened to occlude our very humanity. This climate of fear was so pervasive, even liberal-minded people were keeping a safe distance. 

Hearing the announcement that sexual orientation as prohibitive grounds for discrimination in Manitoba passed by a one-vote margin was an extraordinary moment. We were so afraid it would not pass. For me the outcome was hope, light dawning in a dark time. However the process, my personal experience of it at the age of 23 was the making of me.

I walked that parade with my best friend, co-conspirator and mentor, Michele Pujol, the bravest, smartest, most compassionate person I have ever known. She taught me that Pride is not only a political position, that Pride is personal; that when we stand in our truth even if we can’t feel our legs; speak our truth even if our voice cracks; mourn our losses and sing our joys and love despite the hate; walk arm-in-arm with our chosen family: our true family, we are truly empowered.

And since her passing, every Pride I walk, I walk with the memory of being with her in a tiny stream of love warriors, lavender balloons bubbling all around, undiminished by those wide streets edged with haters, and old edifices glazed with peering eyes towering over us, knowing that we were turning the tide of hatred and fear. And 31 years later, I can still feel the glow emanating from her. I feel her Pride. 

I walk in Pride for the many brave “others” who came before, who stepped up, risked everything to care for our sick, to develop and promote safe sex practices, to honour our dead, to explore an “other” sexuality, to stand in Pride and march and quilt and love and fight and speak and write and research and act-up and strategize, to guard our love and tend to our humanity.

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Living loud with courage

BY BILL TURNER

DAISSI VICE-PRESIDENT

To my dear Salt Springers . . . I have been asked to compose a few words on the topic of “What Does Pride Mean to Me?”

Well, as DAISSI president Shellyse Szakacs wrote so eloquently in her beautiful essay, Pride is extremely personal to me as well.

I only started to know what Pride felt like when I finally found the courage to come out of the closet at age 41. Until then I lived with huge shame and guilt for being born gay.

One of the biggest regrets of my life is not being able to tell my beloved mother my truth for fear that I would see disappointment in her eyes.

I console myself, however, by my belief that she would be proud of a son who finally had the courage to live authentically and perhaps be an example to others struggling like I did. In fact, one of the greatest compliments I have ever received was from a friend who told me that I inspired her to tell her mother that she is lesbian after I told my story to her.

I now live loud and proud and am happy that I was born gay. I wouldn’t have it any other way.  Shakespeare said it best: “To thine own self be true . . . .”  Through my work with DAISSI (and GLOSSI) I have found purpose and a sense of achievement that has meant so much to me, not to mention a huge circle of friends who have great parties!

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Pride: it’s about people claiming their right to be

BY THE REV. JULI MALLETT

PRIDE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBER

To exist is itself a perilous thing. To be able to exist, to have the opportunity to thrive, ought to be a given, an inalienable thing, an indestructible thing.

The world we live in, though, is one in which the mere act of taking up space is often criminalized, and to be the wrong kind of person or to have the wrong kind of body in public, daring to exist in the sight of others, is far too often a social crime of the highest order.

Ours is a world which expects the marginalized, the forgotten, the lonely and the impoverished to perform some act of contrition, of self-abnegation, to make some declaration of conformity and surrender and then to wait to be accepted as whole and valid, as welcome members of society. If you are an outsider, an outcast, you must wait your turn and this is a very slow thing.

Pride is to me a powerful act of public existence, of presence without being invited. “We’re here, we’re queer . . . .” has become a cliché, but it is the essence of the thing itself: Pride is about people claiming their right to be, and to be thriving rather than pathetic, to be proud rather than embarrassed. There is in that no small amount of defiance, but it is not fundamentally about opposition, not about being defined against something, but simply a community making plain the reality of its existence dispersed throughout the world.

I find in that some hope of a different world: a world in which people do not need to justify their existence, or define themselves in terms of some dominant culture; a world in which the public square rightly reflects not just the worldview of the most powerful: a life together in which nobody has to wait to be themselves, to their families, friends, and neighbours, to the community in which they live, or at the last to themselves. 

Pride is existence: here, now.

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Pride fest means we are not ‘the other’ in the room

BY JANET CLOUSTON

PRIDE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBER

I have been an openly gay person since the age of 19, when I was “outed” by my first girlfriend’s family — in a very painful and dramatic fashion. Thankfully, I have a family who were loving and supportive of me “no matter what” and thankfully they still are.

I have spent most of my adult life in long-term serious relationships, and when our federal and provincial governments showed the brave leadership to include same-sex couples in legislation to be legally wed, my partner and I were very proud to seek marriage. I think we celebrated as much getting the marriage licence as we did at the wedding. It seemed (and was) that important to us.

I have spent my working life in the business world, in and around small and big businesses, government agencies, non-profit leadership organizations, project management, on boards of directors and volunteer community groups. I have enjoyed many of the people I have worked with, and continue to feel proud of our work in making our communities better, in small ways and big ways. I am seeing the business world changing for the better, where we get to be human beings first and employees and bosses second, supporting people with families to attain work-life balance and supporting women in the workforce. More women around the board table has proven to be good for business and the bottom line.

I have also faced sexism and homophobia in the workplace many times. I have seen promotions vanish and watched as less qualified straight men get promotions I had applied for, despite my skills and commitment to my work. Being a feminist, who is not anti-male but is seeking equal rights for women, has also at times been a “mark” against me with my work colleagues. Only now can I also say I am an environmentalist without getting dirty looks. The times they are a changin’.

I have managed to succeed through hard work, developing my skills, by trying to be the most positive and enthusiastic person in the room, saying “yes” to taking on more, and striving to treat each and every person I meet with kindness. I have loved and have been loved, and in very many ways I am blessed. 

What Pride means to me is that for a few days every year I am not “the other” in the room.  I am surrounded by friends and strangers who are just like me and for a little while we are the 90 per cent and not the 10 per cent — what a relief! We get to share our stories of pain and joy, take over the streets for a few hours with friends and neighbours, dance to music from the ‘80s and ‘90s that led our revolution, hug and cry and send a burst of love up into the universe from Salt Spring Island. 

And at the end of the day, my hope is that all of us will realize that by embracing our differences and accepting and celebrating all of “the others” around us, the world is a better place for each and every one of us. 

 

Back to school means reduced fees for some parents

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Back to school means reduced fees for some parents

Two new child care funding programs from the provincial government are set to make a positive impact on family bank accounts this month.

A group of six Salt Spring daycare and preschool providers are among facilities across the province who have been approved for the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative. Introduced in April 2018, the program provides enhanced funding to licensed child care providers who care for infants and toddlers and for children ages three to kindergarten, and a resulting decrease to family costs.

Salt Spring Early Learning Centre, Tara Brown’s Family Daycare, Tree Frog Daycare, The Little Red School House, Little Blue Early Learning Centre and Topham Family Child Care have all been approved for the program so far. All together, the six facilities are offering reduced costs for 89 child care spaces.

Participating child care providers can reduce their parent fees by up to $350 a month for parents of children 36 months or younger in group daycares, or by up to $100 per month for kids aged three years to kindergarten. Parents do not have to enroll or apply in order to receive fee reductions as long as the facility has opted in.

While the program may not meet the promise of $10-a-day child care the NDP made in its 2017 election platform, it does provide necessary relief for struggling working parents.

“I think the new program is fantastic. I think it really does help parents get back to work faster,” said Jennifer Emekoba.

Emekoba and her husband John are the parents of three children, one of whom is currently in daycare. Their family saw their $850 monthly bill at Tree Frog Daycare decrease by $280 when the fee reduction program first rolled out in April.

Though not in a low income bracket, making the monthly payment before the funding change was still tough, Emekoba explained.   

“You look at what it costs and what you make and you have to decide what the benefits are,” she said.

The Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative includes some controls to ensure the funding is passed on to parents and not “unreasonably diluted by fee increases,” according to the Ministry of Children and Family Development. Providers who applied were asked to confirm their existing fees for each type of care, as well any planned parent-fee increases for the duration of the contract term (up to March 31, 2019).

Increases deemed to be above the regional median range, or not due to a bona fide expense that was unplanned or beyond the provider’s control, could make a provider ineligible to participate. Reasons provided by the ministry include situations such as rent increases initiated by individuals that were not at arm’s length from the provider; a decision to raise fees in response to the implementation of the fee reduction; or a decision to raise fees to match other provider’s fees without any indication that this was due to a sudden and unexpected increase in operational expenses/decrease in revenue.

The rules have made some providers leery of opting in because of fears that inability to raise fees will leave them vulnerable in unexpected scenarios. Some Salt Spring child care providers have chosen not to apply. However, as of this month around 3,000 or 88 per cent of the licensed providers across the province who are eligible to apply have been approved for the program.

Parents may also be eligible for additional savings with the new Affordable Child Care Benefit that came into effect on Sept. 1 and replaced the previous Child Care Subsidy Program.

Families with children in the infant/toddler age group attending full-time licensed child care and who have pre-tax incomes of $45,000 or less per year will receive the full benefit, up to the cost of care (for a maximum of $1,250 per month). Those who make up to $111,000 will receive a reduced amount, according to how much they earn and the amount of care required.

Tree Frog’s long-time coordinator Lisa Bleskie said there was a definite sense of relief among families when the April fee reduction program launched. The extra benefit could have an even bigger impact on those who qualify.

“For a family of a child under three, they could potentially pay just the $10 per month membership fee that we charge,” Bleskie said.

As well, some people with children in the three to five age group who would not have qualified for a subsidy before will do so now with the adjusted income threshold.

Bleskie’s feeling is the subsidy benefit may take longer to realize, though, because parents have to apply themselves rather than just seeing the reduction on their invoices. They also have to agree to release their tax information. An online application process will hopefully make things easier for people.

Emekoba said in her view, affordability has been addressed by the two provincial initiatives. Accessibility is now the top issue facing local families.

“Regardless of all this funding, there are still not adequate spaces on Salt Spring,” she said, explaining that is especially the case for the infant/toddler age group or kids that aren’t yet toilet trained.

Just a few licensed spaces for the age category exist on the island. Emekoba put her son on the wait list for a full time spot when he was just a few months old and didn’t get a space until he was 21 months.

“My hopes are that now we look at how to develop services for families — not just give funding to what little bit is already there — to make sure families’ daily needs are met,” Emekoba said. “What’s really needed here is another daycare facility. Something in town and something that works for parents.”

Walker’s Hook update

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Walker’s Hook update

Repairs underway at the Walker’s Hook Road washout site are progressing.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure reports the project to rebuild the road and reinforce the slide area against erosion is roughly 30 per cent complete.

The Jan. 29  slump closed that part of the road to all but local traffic. It is expected to be reopened by the fall.

Local RCMP champion BC Safe Place program

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Local RCMP champion BC Safe Place program

Salt Spring Island is the latest community in British Columbia to join a program that unites the RCMP, local businesses and other organizations in an effort to create a safe and welcoming place for people in the LGBTQ community.

BC Safe Place is an initiative that sees businesses commit to becoming a shelter for people who are at risk of being harassed because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. A sticker indicates a place where they will be welcomed, where they can call police, and wait until officers arrive.

“The Salt Spring Island detachment is excited to be a part of this great initiative,” a press release issued last week states. “Too often members of the LGBTQ community feel there is no safe place for them if they are being threatened or harassed. By becoming a part of this program, the community of Salt Spring Island is committing themselves to be a more inclusive community, where everyone feels safe and respected.”

Salt Spring RCMP Const. Andrea Fitzpatrick learned about the program through E Division crime prevention services and received all the necessary resources, including online training videos, to implement the program locally.

“I just thought the program itself is a good fit for Salt Spring,” Fitzpatrick explained. “I think it’s a really inclusive community here, and it just adds that extra level of protection and safety.”

For more on this story, see the September 5, 2018 issue of the Gulf Islands Driftwood newspaper, or subscribe online.

Junior tennis tourney attracts off-islanders

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Junior tennis tourney attracts off-islanders

Salt Spring is proving a popular destination for young tennis players.

On Aug. 25, the 11th Annual Rogers Rookie Junior Tennis Tournament saw 10 of 12 players come from Victoria and the Lower Mainland, with Aya Soulfeather and Paulo Acevedo-Mallard from Salt Spring Island.

Early morning rain showers caused a four-hour delay in the tournament start time. With the assistance of parent and tennis club volunteers, tournament director Marianne Banman managed to squeegee, blow dry and towel off the courts so that the first of two tennis events could commence. 

Banman said a field of seven U10 Orange Ball juniors began playing their matches at 12:30 p.m. under drying conditions and cloudy skies. Cameron Furmedge and Marc Allen, both from off-island, claimed the winner and runner-up respectively of the U10 event. They were rewarded for their efforts with a Pharmasave gift card.

The U12 Green Dot Ball event was comprised of five players, all from off island.

Banman said “the U12 round- robin competition was fierce,” with the champion determined after the last match of the afternoon. Bianca Toaxen was the U12 winner with a total of 21 games and Lucien Pelletier-Slater was the runner-up with 19 games under his belt. Both players were from off-island and also earned Pharmasave gift cards.

Viewpoint – Fire district budget input wanted

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Viewpoint – Fire district budget input wanted

By STAN SHAPIRO

Salt Spring’s Fire Rescue Service keeps busy all year round.

Nothing makes this clearer than the number of emergency calls answered so far in 2018: 176 call outs were directly fire related and about the same number were medical assistance related. Another 60 involved the department in providing other forms of community assistance while a surprisingly high number of call outs, 37, were “rescue related.” 

The summer is an especially busy time for our fire service with three of the most recent fire responses involving potentially very serious wildfires that were, fortunately, put out before either anyone or any property on Salt Spring was damaged. Considerable time and effort was also spent publicizing the total burn ban and making our community increasingly “Fire Smart.” And our department was, for the second straight year, asked to send both firefighters and equipment to deal with wildfires in other parts of British Columbia.

While all this was happening, the fire board trustees elected by our community were also actively involved in providing policy direction and guidance. One of the most important tasks they carried out this summer was preparing the budget for 2019. A draft budget for next year is now ready but the fire board is looking for community input, lots of it, before that budget is finalized.

Of course, many items in any budget remain the same year after year, while others increase along with the cost of living. That’s all reflected in next year’s fire board budget, but so are some additional proposed expenditures — transfer to reserves for apparatus replacement ($137,350) and new fire hall ($300,000). These are the items on which the board especially wants your feedback. In particular, starting this coming budgetary year, should the fire board’s annual budget include an amount to be put into a reserve to help cover the costs of a new fire hall? And if it does, how much should that amount be, what is the tax increase, and how much would future fire hall borrowing costs be reduced if this is done?

Information on the board’s proposed 2019 budget and the thinking behind it will be presented to the community at a public meeting to be held at the Lions Hall on Monday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. Those attending will be provided with ample opportunity to provide feedback both on the proposed budget and its approach to funding of major apparatus replacement and a new fire hall. There will also be time for you to raise other issues related to the board and its management responsibilities,

Please do not miss the opportunity, on Oct. 1, both to receive information and to provide it. Only after the feedback received at this public meeting is carefully considered, will the fire board finalize its 2019 budget.

The writer is a public member of the fire board’s communications and marketing committee.

Editorial: Making the island a safer place

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Editorial: Making the island a safer place

Salt Spring Island holds its 14th annual Pride festival this week.

While the emphasis is mainly on celebration and fun, the struggles faced by LGBTQ individuals in both Canada and around the world are never far from participants’ minds, and with good reason.

A Statistics Canada report released in June found that lesbian and gay people were twice as likely to be victims of violent crime than their hetereosexual counterparts, with bisexual individuals nine times as likely to be victims. The higher rates were even accounting for the fact that they were less likely to report such incidents. Lesbian, gay and bisexual people also reported experiencing some form of discrimination at much higher rates than the heterosexual population.

Around the world, as reported by the United Nations, progress towards equality has been made in recent years in some countries, like India and Thailand, while LGBTQ people continue to be persecuted in others, such as Nigeria and Malaysia.

As we head into local Pride activities this week, when awareness of equality issues is heightened, the timing of a new initiative called BC Safe Place couldn’t be better.

Salt Spring RCMP Const. Andrea Fitzpatrick has done the legwork to bring the program, which exists in some other B.C. communities, to the island. It sees use of stickers displayed to indicate that a business or other public premises is a safe space for people experiencing harassment due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. Fitzpatrick was set to present the idea to Salt Spring Chamber of Commerce representatives on Tuesday night. They will then communicate the concept and details to their group’s membership.

Some islanders may view such a program unnecessary due to Salt Spring’s reputation as an enlightened or educated place, but the island is not immune to hate or discrimination. The BC Safe Place program not only has a practical application in case an individual needs a physically safe space to be but it also communicates broad support for LGBTQ individuals, equality and diversity, and a lack of support for intolerance. 

Kudos to Const. Fitzpatrick for bringing the BC Safe Place program to Salt Spring. We hope it is embraced with the same kind of enthusiasm as this week’s Salt Spring Pride celebrations will be.   

Slide-show evenings aid hall upgrade project

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Slide-show evenings aid hall upgrade project

A fundraising event for Central Hall siding replacement is going back in time to exchange entertainment for donations.

Slide Shows From Years Gone By will be shown at Central Hall on the first Thursday of each month through the fall, beginning on Thursday, Sept. 6.

Louise Nye, who owned the cinema in the 1990s with her sisters Alberta and Gloria, will share photos of Salt Spring people, happenings and scenes she took between 1991 and 2001 in the hour-long presentations beginning at 7 p.m. People are encouraged to come as early as 6:30 p.m. to get the best seat, concession treats and to enjoy piano music played by Lucas Booy. Scenes of fall fair animals, displays and such will be shown during that first half hour, with slides of people reserved for the formal show at 7 p.m.

“Running the cinema was the most fun, wonderful job I had,” said Nye.

She especially loved showing the photos she had taken on the big screen before the movies started, a tradition that continues to this day.

Admission to the slide shows is by donation, with all proceeds going to the Central Community Hall Society’s re-siding fund.

Nye is passionate about helping contribute to the $50,000 needed to replace the historic hall’s siding.

“I spent so many years at the hall and it was so good to me, and I wanted to give something back,” she explained.

With almost 3,000 slides taken during the 1991 to 2001 decade, Nye has a colourful chunk of local history to share. 

For more on this story, see the Aug. 29, 2018 issue of the Gulf Islands Driftwood newspaper, or subscribe online.

Salt Spring CRD office vandalized

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Salt Spring CRD office vandalized

Street-front windows at the Capital Regional District office on McPhillips Avenue were smashed sometime before 1:15 a.m. on Sept.1.

CRD Salt Spring parks and recreation manager Dan Ovington said local RCMP were notified about the broken windows at 1:15 a.m. Saturday.

“No entry was gained to the office, and efforts are underway to repair the damage prior to the opening of our office on Tuesday morning,” said Ovington. “At this point, the cost to repair the damage remains unknown.”

Anyone with information about the crime is urged to contact the Salt Spring RCMP at 250-537-5555, or anonymously through Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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