Gabriola Sounder

New year, new projects to support through Village Food Market Community Card program

Rainbows helps children experiencing grief

The HOPE Centre is offering the RAINBOWS program to any school aged children experiencing grief.

Go GERTIE gathering gets good news on mil rate funding

The mil rate required to fund GERTIE with local tax dollars will be close to $12.50 per $100,000 assessed property value (as compared with the $14 announced earlier).

Fishing Report for January 19, 2016

Intel is so important to local fishermen, and the lack of it in the wintertime can be frustrating.

Registration open for Gabriola 4-H

Come and learn life skills with the 4-H (Head, Heart, Hands and Health) program – safety at home, on farm and bicycle, public speaking, demonstrations, animal care, responsibility (caring for your project) and so much more.

Routine HIV testing now an option for patients admitted to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

Starting January 11, 2016, patients admitted to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital through the Emergency Department will be offered a HIV test as part of their admission bloodwork.

$30,000 addition complete at Rollo Seniors’ Centre

GIRO Matters: the latest on recycling steel

Last October GIRO placed an article in the Sounder explaining how the global economy is effecting GIRO’s steel metal bin service.

No passengers on board for GERTIE slide into ditch

As many islanders noted, one of the black GERTIE Sprinter buses took a slow slide into the South Road ditch outside Good Earth this past week, due to snowy conditions on the road near the Dogwood intersection.

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