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Fishing Report for December 30, 2020
Happy New Year! Tip a glass to saying bye bye to 2020!
read more...Fishing Report for December 23, 2020
Merry Christmas to all! May 2021 be kinder, more social, more positive, more productive, and more active than 2020! All the very best to all of you! We are very lucky to live in this very special place, Gabriola, where even in pandemic, the people and place are so unique and beautiful.
read more...Library stacks re-opening for browsing on November 21
Beginning Saturday, November 21, Gabriola Island’s branch of Vancouver Island Regional Library will once again allow customers through the doors and into the stacks.
read more...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.
read more...25th Anniversary of Gabriola’s Remembrance Cairn 2020
Remembrance Day Service cancelled due to COVID
read more...Fishing Report for October 14, 2020
There were very few people fishing this week, myself included.
read more...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.
read more...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.
read more...Fishing Report for September 9, 2020
read more...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.
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