Salt Spring voters chose stability by voting for an incumbent Islands Trust trustee and Capital Regional District director in Saturday’s election, but also approved...
Southern Gulf Islands voters chose a few new faces to add to familiar elected officials in Saturday’s local elections.
Longtime Mayne Island trustee Jeanine Dodds...
Organizers of a grassroots fundraising effort are celebrating after raising enough money to purchase 75 acres on Salt Spring for a new park.
On Wednesday,...
Video of the event organized and hosted by the Salt Spring Forum and Driftwood, moderated by Aletha Humphreys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pPvJgpmo7M
A new men’s organization on the island is seeking tool and materials donations — and, even more importantly — new members.
The Salt Spring Men’s...
A long-running volunteer-sponsored Salt Spring event is about to gear up for the holiday season — and is seeking new members, particularly those interested...
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Salt Springers will see a creative expression of climate grief and action with a ‘community procession’ through Ganges on Saturday, Sept....
BY JIM STANDEN
Salt Spring EV Group
As early as 1996, entrepreneur Tony Seba predicted that the adoption of fully electric vehicles would be a disruptive...
Low turn-out rates in municipal/local government elections are often decried.
But it’s understandable for people to shy away from voting when they don’t know the...
Below are letters to the editor and longer opinion submissions to recent Driftwood publications on the topic of the Salt Spring Local Community Commission.
LCC...
Jesse Brown
What skills and experiences do you have that would make you a good CRD Director?
I have 10-plus years of executive director experience leading...
The Salt Spring Housing Council sent a questionnaire to all three candidates for CRD director and seven candidates for the Islands Trust. Responses were...
Observance included day-long powwow drumming and song
Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) students and staff observed Truth and Reconciliation Day early on Thursday, with a...
The seven candidates for two Salt Spring Islands Trust seats responded to three questions posed by the Driftwood. The questions are:
1. What skills and...
Input sought on pedestrian, bicycle network
If you walk or wheel on Salt Spring, the Capital Regional District (CRD) wants to hear from you.
An online...