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Creative Clay Classes for March Break
March Break is upon us! If you are looking for something fun for the kids to do which will give them life time skills and introduce them to the art and fine craft world Clay Classes would be a good choice.
Recently back from a vacation in the Jungle, visual artist and art therapist Tracy Harrison [...]
Community to Community Film & Discussion
Saturday February 20 at 7 pm, Mahon Hall Salt Spring Island. Join filmmaker Gary McNutt and writer Andrea Palframan for an evening of stories and images from brightest Africa.
The evening is a fundraiser for the Phelisanong (Together we Work for LIfe) project in Lesotho. Hear about how this group of disabled and HIV positive villagers [...]
Positive Discipline Can Transform A Child
February 4, 2010 – “Positive Discipline can transform a Child.” Dr. Joan Durrant is the first speaker at the Centre for Child Honouring on Salt Spring Island.
Submitted by Deirdre Rowland
Dr. Joan Durrant, Professor of Family Social Sciences at the University of Manitoba, will speak at the Centre for Child Honouring on Thursday, February 4th. Dr. [...]
Exchange News: How to Modify or Stop Your Listing
We’ve created this short video tutorial on how to modify, stop or remove your listings from the SaltSpringCommunity.com Exchange. Enjoy!
Hooper Family Christmas CD at Fables Cottage
Salt Spring Island’s Hooper Family band presents a seasonal CD with home-made versions of holiday classics and some brand new holiday songs. Featuring Owen Hooper’s original song “It’s Christmas Time” available to download for free below, and nine other tracks. The Hoopers are: Shane 12, Owen 14, with Dad and Mom, Tom Hooper and Suzanne [...]
Legion Christmas Craft And Collectibles Fair
Saturday 12th December 10am – 4pm: The first annual Legion Christmas Craft and Collectibles Fair at Meaden Hall, Royal Canadian Legion, Blain Street, Saltspring Island (right behind the RCMP station)
Everyone welcome!!!
Jewelry, art, pottery, crafts, comics, collectables.
You name it we just might have it!!
Food and fun.
Come one come all and buy your Christmas gifts right here [...]
Shop at SOLID for Chistmas!
Holiday Hours: The SOLID Exchange located at 125 McPhillips Avenue next to the library is opened Wednesday through Sunday from 10:30 to 2:30 until Christmas.
Submitted by Simon Rompre
We are a non profit community run store that focuses on raising money for the many projects SOLID is involved in various parts of Africa (for more info go [...]
World Council of Churches’ Bell Toll for Climate Action
December 13th – 11 am. Everyone is welcome to come to any of the churches on December 13th and stand in solidarity with us for climate justice. And bring your bells!
Article Submitted by Dale Storm
Parish Secretary, Anglican Parish of SSI
World Council of Churches’ Bell Toll Sun Dec 13th 11am at All Saints Church (110 Park [...]
List News: The Words of Our Community as Art
Wordles are a tool for generating “word clouds” from content within SaltSpringCommunity.com and from the SaltSpringCommunity.com List. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear most frequently. You can see some interesting rhythms in language that the community here on the island are using to describe what we’re interested in, what is happening, what [...]
Pleasure Craft Operator Card Course Offered
Dec 1 and 2 – Gulf Island Marine Rescue Society is offering courses to help boaters obtain the now-mandatory Pleasure Craft Operator Card.
Submitted by Andrew Ross Collins
September 15th was the deadline for anyone who drives a motorized pleasure craft (even electric) to obtain their Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC). This is true if the vessel is equipped [...]
