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Fishing Report for April 4, 2017

Last week’s column was indicative of how fast things can change in the local fishery.

the GABE Shop. How it works

Entering our fifth year of operation, The GABE Shop has become an institution on Gabriola Island. Owned and operated by the Gabriola Island Auxiliary for Island Health Care Society, The GABE Shop is a non-profit boutique thrift store.

Fishing Report for March 28, 2017

Chinook fishing is on the slow side, mostly with an occasional undersized fish being released.

GERTIE Going Greener

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.

Community Hall Mural Project artist chosen

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.

GERTIE Knows Gabriola

With spring just around the corner (which corner does she mean??)

Fishing Report for March 21, 2017

People are out jigging herring for bait using multiple red yarn hooks fished in series.

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.