Lifestyle

A Very Brief Glimpse into BC’s Weird and Wonderful Liquor Industry
The history of the sale of liquor in British Columbia is a long and very windy road, with the consistent pattern of government hanging on to control. Today, even though private stores run the highest investment risk and typically carry a better product, government maintains barriers which seem to make no sense.
read more...Gabriola’s Adin Brenner bounces and tumbles to three medals at Canada Cup
BC athletes won 20 medals at Canada Cup this past weekend and one of each colour belonged to Gabriola’s Adin Brenner.
read more...VLS giving back to Gabriola through one per cent club
This spring and summer, the Village Liquor Store will be giving back to organizations in the Gabriola community through what owner Michael Brown is calling the 1 per cent club.
read more...New Emergency Notification System started from RDN
This past week, to coincide with Emergency Preparedness Week 2017, the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) launched a new Emergency Notification System.
read more...GERTIE’s Summer Schedule Begins May 23
read more...Fishing Report for May 9, 2017
Chinook fishing is more random than in the past three weeks.
read more...Got bats?
Gabriola Bat Monitoring, a part of GROWLS, is looking for help from islanders to locate bat colonies.
read more...Fishing Report for May 2, 2017
Chinook fishing is still burning hot out there. Mid-week has produced some larger fish, from the high teens to low twenties.
read more...Seed library starting on Gabriola Island
read more...Free Golf Clinics For Kids!
Ghanks to the Gabriola Recreation Society awarding the golf club with a grant, we are able to offer free golf clinics for kids eight years and older on May 6.
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