Gabriola Sounder

May 7th event brings awareness of mental health for children and youth to the forefront

Would you recognize a child or youth struggling with their mental health? Would you know how to talk to them, or who to turn to for support?

GERTIE Crew Report

On Monday, April 18, the GERTIE crew met like a three-part Venn diagram – some members of Island Futures (the original GERTIE gang) along with the directors of the Gabriola Community Bus Foundation, and Trevor Gear, our newly-hired coordinator.

Fishing Report for April 26, 2016

Just when I thought it was getting good the chinook seem to have diminished again. Hopefully this is just a moon phase, or planetary alignment, because it should get very productive, very soon.

Golf Report for May 3, 2016

Frank Gregg won the K.P. on hole #16 with a hole-in-one!

Golf Report for April 19

Behind the Scenes: Fay Weller, a volunteer with a vision

Behind the Scenes is an ongoing Sounder series, looking at individual volunteers on Gabriola who are making a difference on the island.

Trevor Gear is GERTIE’s New Coordinator

The GERTIE crew is thrilled to announce that Trevor Gear has been hired for the key operational position of Coordinator for our Community Bus Service, starting May 1.

Fishing Report for April 19, 2016

The chinook have finally started to come through our waters. Bottombouncing in 160 to 180 feet from the Grande through Whalebone produced fish up to 15 pounds from the SilverBlue this week.

Big Brothers & Big Sisters Gabriola information night April 22

Fishing Report for April 12, 2016

I attended the Avid Anglers salmon DNA meeting on Wednesday, and was fascinated by some of the revelations by renowned scientists Dick Beamish and Brian Riddell.