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Two young island leaders take action
Gabriola Ocean Watch was launched three weeks ago by 14-year-old Kalena Mackay, who felt a strong desire to be actively engaged in helping the environment; especially in the neighbourhood where she has lived her entire life.
read more...Fishing Report for July 3, 2019
We fished Thrasher exclusively this week, and had three outstanding trips, one good one, and one somewhat mediocre.
read more...Fishing Report for June 19 and 26, 2019
Well, as predicted, Buddha must be having a giggle fit watching people fish over the “could have been” Father’s Day derby weekend!
read more...Fishing Report for June 12, 2019
The Chinook salmon just keep piling through! This is perhaps the best fishing I’ve seen in twenty years. In depths of 180 to 220 feet at the waterfall, there is loads of bait and fish.
read more...Fishing Report for June 5, 2019
Chinook fishing has been electric over the past week. I had the best Chinook fishing trip I’ve ever experienced on Gabriola on May 28th.
read more...The legacy of a volunteer coordinator extraordinaire
read more...MamaHood to MamaMood Reducing isolation and creating support
read more...Fishing Report for May 29, 2019
Chinook fishing is superb from Grande to waterfall, and offshore Thrasher to Entrance.
read more...Vet bills got you down? Pet Friends Gabriola can help
Two local friends, Penny Sidor and Lisa Millard, got together in October to create a slush fund to assist animal owners with big bills. So far, Pet Friends has made 12 donations, ranging from a badly-needed grooming to several hundred for emergencies and ongoing problems.
read more...Fishing Report for May 1, 2019
There are huge amounts of Chinook traveling “the Highway” from Thrasher to Entrance, in water depths of 600 to 800 feet.
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