Lifestyle
Subscribe to Lifestyle RSS
Panel discusses how school food programs can be anti-racist
A panel discussion presented by The Coalition of Healthy School Food explored how food programs provided through schools and community organizations should embed anti-racist principles so that kids from marginalized backgrounds are treated equitably. The coalition, which in general advocates for more investment in school food programs, brought together six presenters working in public and post-secondary education as well as the non-profit sector in Canada.
read more...Time to Tackle Daphne
Winter is a good time to remove Daphne laureola, or spurge laurel, as there is no danger of spreading seed.
read more...Fishing Report for January 6, 2021
The weather was howling most of the week, but a few boats managed to get out December 31st.
read more...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...