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Over 50 books and 23 years later, Naomi Wakan retiring
Nanaimo’s inaugural poet laureate and the Federation of BC Writers inaugural Honorary Ambassador, the 85-year-old has decided to ease up on publishing and spend a little more time tending to her 25 fruit trees on her Gabriola property where she lives with her husband, sculptor Elias Wakan.
read more...Community Hall Mural Project artist chosen
read more...Skatepark design workshop full of “passion and experience”
The future of the skatepark component of Huxley Community Park looks brighter than it has for many years.
read more...GERTIE Knows Gabriola
With spring just around the corner (which corner does she mean??)
read more...Fishing Report for March 21, 2017
People are out jigging herring for bait using multiple red yarn hooks fished in series.
read more...Reitkerk takes Gabriola lessons to Pacific Agricultural Show
Jeff Reitkerk, Gabriola farmer of nut trees and former arborist, presented at the Pacific Agricultural Show on January 25, 2017 in Abbotsford, BC.
read more...Learning to live life to the fullest
Want to know how to feel better, right now? Living Life to the Full is coming!
read more...Iain Lawrence's Skeleton Treet shortlisted for BC Book Prize
read more...Fishing Report for March 14, 2017
Chinook fishing is same-same. Porlier, Thrasher, Grande to waterfall, and Neck Point/Fingers all have some fish showing, with mostly undersized in the mix.
read more...GES students’ drug prevention and life skills training
Central Island RCMP Cpl. Dave Cusson, who offers Strategic Prevention Services, was invited to Gabriola Elementary School (GES) by Principal Dave Travers on February 17, 2017, to make presentations to the Grade 5, 6 and 7 classes about drug prevention and the tools to be true to themselves.
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