Salt Spring and Southern Gulf Islands news and information
网页While it was easy for people to make jokes about “door crasher sales” and the like on social media when a truck crashed into... Southern Gulf Islands news along with arts and entertainment, sports, community and lifestyle information published online and in print by the Gulf Islands Driftwood.
About us - Gulf Islands Driftwood
网页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 ...
News Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood
网页2024年9月18日 · 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...
Apple festival celebrates agricultural heritage - Gulf Islands …
网页2 天之前 · 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 ...
Big Growth Spurt Measured on Gulf Islands
网页2022年2月9日 · On May 11, 2021, 11,635 people were residing on Salt Spring, compared to 10,557 five years earlier. Populations on the other Gulf Islands grew at much faster rates, however. Mayne Island saw the largest jump, from 949 to 1,304 residents, or 37.4 per cent. Galiano Island’s population grew from 1,044 in 2016 to 1,396 in 2021, or 33.7 per cent.
ON TOUR, ON ISLAND - Gulf Islands Driftwood
网页2024年2月18日 · 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 ...
SS Archives completes Driftwood digitization
网页February 28, 2018. A 10-year project of the Salt Spring Archives has nearly drawn to conclusion with the complete scanning of more than 3,000 issues of the Gulf Islands Driftwood. The project, overseen with great patience by archivist Frank Neumann, puts 67 years’ worth of newspapers into an easily accessible and searchable database.
Obituaries Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood
网页2024年8月28日 · CLIBBERY, James Brett & PACKWOOD, Sarah Justine. August 14, 2024. Two months ago, I spoke to my father of 39 years. He talked about his upcoming journey with his wife, Sarah.
Farmstand Light Up & Tour map ready - Gulf Islands Driftwood
网页2023年11月29日 · Organizers of the 4th annual Salt Spring Farmstand Light Up & Tour have been busy putting together the must-have map of participating stands and extra details, which can be downloaded here and printed.. This year’s self-guided tour runs the weekends of Dec. 2-3 and 16-17.
Events from August 31 – October 26 - Gulf Islands Driftwood
网页2024年8月29日 · 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.