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Pet Friends turns two

It’s birthday number two for Pet Friends Gabriola. Pet Friends, a local community partnership, has collected nearly $22,000 since its inception in October of 2018, with a perpetual bottle drive and cash donations. The organization has distributed roughly $20,000 on behalf of animals, and is going strong. 

25th Anniversary of Gabriola’s Remembrance Cairn 2020

Remembrance Day Service cancelled due to COVID

Fishing Report for October 14, 2020

There were very few people fishing this week, myself included.

Markets Still Going Strong

The board and market manager of the Gabriola Agricultural Co-op would love to give a shout out to everyone who made this season’s markets a success so far: vendors and shoppers alike.

Fishing Report for October 7, 2020

  Chinook fishing has come to a standstill over the past week. Steve caught a 12 pound Chinook bottombouncing with a Blue Meany hoochie in 200 feet of water off the Grande, and that was the only legal Chinook reported on my fishing info line. 

Fishing Report for September 9, 2020

Rethinking what is a suitable donation for GIRO

Spring and summer are traditionally busier times for GIRO as residents begin the annual task of sorting through their closets and sheds to rid themselves of items they no longer need or use.

Fishing Report for September 9, 2020

  Chinook fishing experienced a dramatic rebound off the Fingers and Hudson Rock for the jiggers on August 27th and 28th.

Fishing Report for August 12, 2020

Naturally, the winds rocketed for the 2020 Gabriola Pandemic Pro Am Derby. 

Fishing Report for July 15, 2020

Julember just keeps rolling along. Can someone turn up the heat? The good news is, by the time you read this, you can actually keep a chinook, woohoo! There is an 80cm size limit, but we’ll take what we can get from DFO’s cloudy minds. This year the 80cm maximum lasts right through until September 1.