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Apple festival celebrates agricultural heritage - Gulf Islands …
WEB9 hours ago · September 22, 2024. It’s time to get ready for the 2024 Salt Spring Island Apple Festival, with its theme of “Celebrating the Amazing Apples of Salt Spring Island.”. Salt Spring Island has a long and rich agricultural tradition — with the first farming activities taking place in 1859 — and it was once British Columbia’s prime apple ...
Events from August 31 – October 26 - Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEBAug 29, 2024 · A fun weekend of camping, games and live music at the Salt Spring Farmers' Institute, and the Toy Run Ride (on Saturday, Aug. 17). Saturday's schedule: 9:00 am - Ride Registration opens 11:00 am Sharp - Toy Run Ride begins 1:00 pm - Motorcycle games kickoff & Beer Gardens open 5:30 pm- Bands start playing: […] 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.
News Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEB5 days ago · 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...
Burn ban lifted on Salt Spring - Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEB2 days ago · September 20, 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 once again permitted throughout the Coastal Fire Centre’s jurisdiction. And despite another challenging season for fire crews in B.C., on Salt Spring Island the picture was of a ...
Garden bench raffle supports Greenwoods - Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEB5 days ago · The 2024 bench was created by Salt Spring artisan Luke Hart-Weller of Copperwood Gallery, and is crafted from salvaged Gulf Islands cedar, embellished with charred cedar and copper flowers. The annual fundraising raffle of a handcrafted garden bench to benefit Greenwoods Eldercare has been a tradition on Salt Spring since 1998.
Opinion Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood
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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 ...
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 ...
Salt Spring water: a developing storyline - Gulf Islands Driftwood
WEBDec 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 ...