News Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood
Nov 6, 2024 · Your community newspaper since 1960 241 Fulford-Ganges Rd. Salt Spring, BC V8K 2K7 Canada Office hours: Monday–Thursday 9 am–4 pm Friday 9 am–noon
Obituaries Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood
Oct 16, 2024 · Your community newspaper since 1960 241 Fulford-Ganges Rd. Salt Spring, BC V8K 2K7 Canada Office hours: Monday–Thursday 9 am–4 pm Friday 9 am–noon
Letters to the Editor - Gulf Islands Driftwood
15 hours ago · As published in the Nov. 13, 2024 issue of the Driftwood. Riches at every turn “Astoundingly rich diversity!” exclaim Nature Salt Spring club members as they marvel at what Baker Beach has to offer for nature outings.
About us - Gulf Islands Driftwood
3 days ago · The Gulf Islands Driftwood was launched as a humble, mimeographed 10-page news-sheet full of social news and quirky tidbits on March 24, 1960 by Woody Fisher, who had lived on Salt Spring Island for five years. The paper was bought by Jim and Arlene Ward in 1964, who changed its name to the Gulf Islands Driftwood, expanding coverage to the ...
Salt Spring water: a developing storyline - Gulf Islands Driftwood
Dec 5, 2023 · Salt Spring water: a developing storyline. By Contributed Article. December 5, 2023. By John Millson, Anne Parkinson, Samantha Scott and Peter S. Ross. Freshwater is vital to life on Salt Spring Island, and to a healthy marine realm surrounding our beautiful home. Efforts to understand, monitor and protect our island’s watersheds are ...
Events from November 9 – December 14 – Gulf Islands Driftwood
Nov 1, 2024 · Winter Holiday Light-Up. See lights turn on in Centennial Park and enjoy music and other events. Organized by the Salt Spring Chamber of Commerce. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. 30.
‘Quiet’ Trust conservancy has major impact - Gulf Islands Driftwood
Jun 4, 2024 · Now when you think of the Islands Trust, think of its conservancy and all its wonderful achievements. With a sterling staff of about eight, it collects research and other data, which it shares with others, as well as protecting individual properties for the next generations.
ON TOUR, ON ISLAND - Gulf Islands Driftwood
Feb 18, 2024 · The Studio Tour’s 2023 season featured 18 stops, from glassworks and photography to wine and farm goods — one of the busiest years on record, according to Hampson-Reid, a participating artist and also the tour’s coordinator, and certainly the most action since COVID shuttered so many studios to visitors. Those visitors returned ...
CONLON, Robert "Bob" Edwin - Gulf Islands Driftwood
Oct 9, 2024 · Robert “Bob” Edwin Conlon, 81, passed away peacefully at Greenwoods Eldercare, attended by his close friend Donna, on September 16th, 2024. Bob was born on May 5th, 1943 to parents Nellie (Bawden) and Thomas Bede Conlon in Perth, Australia. As an adventurous young man, Bob travelled by ship to the west coast of Canada in the late 1960’s ...
‘Berry with benefits’ growing on Salt Spring - Gulf Islands Driftwood
Apr 10, 2024 · The ‘berry with benefits’ is brand new to British Columbia. Alex Ruurs from Hillfield Haskap Farm introduced the haskap berry on Salt Spring Island eight years ago and just started selling his haskap cordial in retail stores on the island. The haskap berry grows in the wild in every province in Canada, except for BC.