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More photos highlight Fall Fair fun | Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEB6 hours ago · September 25, 2024. The Driftwood’s Harvest Time publication featuring Salt Spring Fall Fair photos and trophy winners was published Sept. 25, but Driftwood freelance photographer Rob Lowrie captured so many more great photos that we’ve made an extra album here. A super photo of Marishka and her prize-winning cabbage taken by Dorothy ...
News Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEBSep 18, 2024 · The province-wide ban on outdoor burning enacted July 12 has ended, according to fire officials, who continue to urge caution even as burning is...
ON TOUR, ON ISLAND - Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEBFeb 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 ...
Events Archive - Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEBSep 1, 2024 · Events Archive - Gulf Islands Driftwood. Salt Spring's biggest weekly garage sale organized by the Lions Club of Salt Spring Island at Hart Bradley Memorial Hall on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Donations accepted during …
Repair Cafe’s a hit - Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEB1 day ago · The first two TSS Repair Cafes were held in February and May, with about 60 people attending the first and 80 the second. The next one is set for February of 2025. Cafe services are free but donations are appreciated. In the meantime, a clothing swap is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 19 and a toy swap in early December.
Editorial: Taken for a ride - Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEB1 day ago · The plan comes with a price tag of $10.3 million per year to start; $339,00 for Salt Spring and $51.12 for the owner of an average-assessed Salt Spring residential property. The proposed bylaw allows for almost twice that amount to be requisitioned. For comparison, Salt Spring has its own transportation service requisition — for sidewalks ...
‘Berry with benefits’ growing on Salt Spring
WEBApr 10, 2024 · By Marcia Jansen Have you heard of the haskap berry? No? You’re not alone. 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.
About us - Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEBThe 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 ...
Island Life Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEBSep 17, 2024 · By MARILYN MCDOWELL for SALT SPRING CFUW Educate a young woman and you educate a whole family. So believes the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW).
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