Harry Manx: A cloud ready to rain music
In the quiet moments between songs, the audience sighed almost audibly with wonder at Harry Manx’s unique blend of slide guitar blues and milleniums-old Indian ragas
Author Archives: David P. Ball
Athletes bring home medals
Salt Spring’s young athletes and a veteran soccer coach came away from the B.C. Summer Games last weekend with two gold medals and four bronzes
Furness fire arson – police
Evidence found at the scene of a Salt Spring Island house fire last Thursday shows the blaze was definitely arson, police said
Festival a feast high in fibre
Tomorrow’s Traditions, a fibre festival organized by the Gulf Islands Spinning Mill to promote natural fleeces, brought out the collective wisdom of the island’s active textile industry, with everything from sheep-dog trials and farm tours to a fashion show and knit-in
Motorist critical after hit by golf ball
An RCMP officer whose car window was smashed by a golf ball is concerned that the golf course is not taking responsibility for the hazard posed by stray balls
Crowe: Rich Performance at ‘second home’ Salt Spring
As Allison Crowe’s riveting Salt Spring performance came to a close last Sunday, there was an almost-tangible feeling that this was something special.
Rising prices create housing crunch
SALT SPRING ISLAND, BC – Faced with major housing shortages, people looking for affordable lodging on Salt Spring are being forced to choose between homelessness and losing their support network
Students join First Nations in urging referendum boycott
BC’s controversial referendum on First Nations treaty negotiations arrived in mailboxes over the past few weeks. Citizens are being asked to register their opinions, but key groups have launched an “active boycott”
Trek for treaties joins aboriginals & church groups
When Leonard James left a therapy session for First Nations residential school survivors in Duncan, he never expected he’d be walking all the way to Victoria to oppose the BC Liberals’ treaty referendum
Two-spirited warrior speaks
Renowned Indigenous poet Chrystos reads to a packed audience at the University of Victoria
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