About Margriet Ruurs
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Window glass
Used windows for cottage or greenhouse: 2 panes of 16 x 45″, with screens double pane glass but with seal leak: 25 x 56″
July 20, 2018
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Large Rooster Puppet (new)
Gorgeous large rooster puppet. It is basically new. It has a stick to control body movement.
July 5, 2018
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Fisher Price Airport – vintage
Vintage Fisher Price Airport, in good condition. With cars, luggage cart, suitcase, people.
July 5, 2018
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Chinese Wallhanging
I bought this square wallhanging in Xian, China. It is hand made and reversible! About 1.5 mtr square
July 5, 2018Salt Spring Reads: Salt Spring Island Memento by Michael Levy
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. If […]
Salt Spring Reads: The Apple House by Gillian Campbell
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. The Apple […]
Salt Spring Reads: Owl’s Dream
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. Owl’s Dream, […]
Salt Spring Reads: The Performance by Ann Eriksson
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. Ann Eriksson’s […]
Salt Spring Reads: BC’s Butterflies of Concern by Robin Fitzgerald
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. Robin Fitzgerald […]
Salt Spring Reads: The Consequence of Memory by Anthony Bruce
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. The Consequence […]
Salt Spring Reads: Boundary Layer by Kem Luther
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. Boundary Layer, […]
Salt Spring Reads: Child Honouring edited by Raffi Cavourkian and Sharna Olfman
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. To have your book included, please submit a copy to Margriet Ruurs: margrietruurs@hotmail.com Child Honouring, […]
Salt Spring Reads – A Disappearance in Damascus
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. The variety […]
Salt Spring reads: Raptor Night by W. James Dickinson
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. The variety […]
Salt Spring Reads: Victoria, A Harbour Town History
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. Victoria, A […]
Salt Spring Reads: Kanaka, The Untold Story of Hawaiian Pioneers by Tom Koppel
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. Many books […]
Salt Spring Reads: Finding Lien by Bruce Logan
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. Book Review: […]
Salt Spring Reads: Writing Alone Together
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. Book […]
Salt Spring Reads: Hiking the Gulf Island – Salt Spring, The Story of An Island
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book online with others. Perhaps […]
Salt Spring Reads: The Salt Spring Chronicles
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and/or in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments. The Salt Spring Chronicles by Roger M. Brunt, […]
Salt Spring Reads: Holy Cow!, Hilarious Misadventures in India
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and/or in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments. Holy Cow!, Hilarious Misadventures in India by Stewart […]
Salt Spring Reads: Owen’s Grandmother and The Little Black Box
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and/or in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments. Owen’s Grandmother and The Little Black Box by […]
Salt Spring Reads: Sockeye Salmon, Their Lifecycle and Travels
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and/or in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments. Sockeye Salmon, their lifecycle and travels, by Brenda […]
Salt Spring Reads: Mod ’n Lavender, Salt Spring Island n the ’60’s
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and/or in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments. Mod ’n Lavender, Salt Spring Island n the […]
Salt Spring Reads: Zabel
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and/or in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments. Zabel by Pearl Gray The sub title of […]
Salt Spring Reads: Timmy the Tugboat
Any of us with young children or grandchildren will be familiar with the adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine. But did you know that we have a west coast equivalent? Timmy the Tugboat may have been written in the early ’80’s but the various adventures are still fun to share with children today, especially since […]
Salt Spring Reads: Almost a Lifetime
Almost a Lifetime by John McMahon – A young man signs up for military duty at the beginning of World War II. John McMahon, better known as Paddy Mac, lived in Scotland and was eager to do his share in defeating the enemy. He was assigned to the Air Force and learned to fly. Together […]
Salt Spring Reads: Fritz, the Cinema Cat
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book with others. Fritz, the […]
Salt Spring Reads: Life Sketches, by Robert Bateman
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments. Life Sketches, by Robert Bateman This gorgeous, inch […]
Salt Spring Reads: The Story of My Face
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book with others. The Story […]
Salt Spring Reads: Ganbaru
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book with others. Ganbaru, the […]
Salt Spring Reads: A Castle on the Frontier
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments to discuss this book with others. A Castle […]
Salt Spring Reads: Briony Penn
Salt Spring Reads is an online book club/review. For this column I try to find books that you might love to discover, books with a Salt Spring connection. Reviewed books are available at the Salt Spring Library and in local bookstores. Feel free to share your comments. Briony Penn is a well known Salt Springer: […]
Community News
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Farmland Trust Breaks Ground for The Roo...
Salt Spring Island, July 12, 2018 – This week the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust begins construction of the new local food centre The Root at 189 Beddis Road, and officially kicks off The Root community fundraising campaign. “If you love eating produce and foods from Salt Spring Island and would like to see even […]
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Winter Planting and Garden Editing
Many vegetables for harvest over the winter and early next spring should be planted at this time of year. So take advantage of the somewhat cooler weather forecast for the next few days to sow seeds of beets, chard and leaf beet, rutabaga, radicchio, kohlrabi and the small, quick growing, cabbage varieties (e.g., ‘Caraflex F1’, […]
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Salt Spring’s Firefighters – Josh ...
My wife and I and our four children moved to Salt Spring from the lower mainland in 2016. We wanted to raise our kids in a smaller community and were attracted by the beauty and pace of life here. The opportunity we needed to realize our dream came when my wife, Erin, a Registered Midwife, […]
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Video: Bike Park Build in Progress
Well Salt Spring Island families and kids are in for a real treat. The amazing local team behind the creation of the Salt Spring Lions Memorial Bike Park appears to making something really special that fits in with our community values of preserve and protect. We went and had a little tour of the land shaping […]
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Ruckle Park Heritage Conservation Manage...
The Friends of Ruckle Park Heritage Society is delighted to announce that it is receiving its first and most generous grant to guide future improvements to Ruckle Park heritage. The Heritage Legacy Fund has provided $10,000 to help with the creation of a “Ruckle Park Heritage Conservation Management Plan”, which will not only serve Ruckle […]
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Fire News: Chief’s Response Report – 201...
During the month of May 2018, the Salt Spring Island Fire Rescue (SSIFR) responded to 62 incidents. These included: 21 medical incidents, 16 open burn incidents, 7 motor vehicle incidents (MVI), 3 brush fires and 2 reports of a suspected brush fire, 4 calls for assistance, 1 structure fire, 1 reported structure fire, 2 alarms […]
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New Specialized Community Paramedic
Salt Spring has a new medical resource – a specialized paramedic who does home visits. Chris Griffiths is a rural advanced care paramedic and part of the provincial Community Paramedic Program. The program, started in 2015, is now in close to 100 rural and remote communities in the province, but only six communities have been […]
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Video: Kipp Nash, Captain Fantastic Gymn...
Kipp Nash, Captain Fantastic Gymnastics, pulled together a cycling rally for his birthday on Tuesday, July 3rd. The aim is to help get the Fulford-Ganges Road improved for cycling. This great video by Bill Warriner shows the Happy Birthday ride and some realities of cycling on Salt Spring. Stay tuned for a concerted push by […]
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Interpretive Panels Moves Forward with B...
Island Pathways is receiving a much-needed boost of $4100 to support its interpretive panels program, which will highlight the history of heritage locations and building along the Ganges Village Pathway Network. The funding comes through the Heritage Legacy Fund, the only provincial grant program that supports heritage conservation, awareness, planning and Indigenous partnership projects. Island […]