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Gabriola Talks: Reducing our climate impact

At the upcoming Gabriola Talks session on climate change (Sunday March 8th) we’ll be asking Gabriolans to map out specific strategies to reduce our collective climate impact. The main topic areas will be transportation, food, and consumption and waste.

Gabriolan named to national rugby squad

A Gabriolan will be playing his heart out on a rugby pitch in Portugal this month. 

Fishing Report for February 5, 2020

Fishing Report for January 29, 2020

Try fishing Thrasher to green can, or Grande to the waterfall bottom bouncing in 135 to 200 feet in depth. The Cookies and Cream or Evil Eye spoon, T-Rex or Blue Meany hoochie, or anchovy in Rhys Davis teasers are best baits. Remember to release the undersized Chinook very gently, keeping handling to a minimum!

‘Bread basket’ of Gabriola adds salt to the mix

In the winter time, when the air is cold and the tide is high, Emma Carter wades into Lock Bay. She’s there to harvest sea salt for her nascent Gabriola company, Salt & Co.

GIRO raises $1,133.70 in book donations to support Hot Lunch Program

Four years ago, GIRO Re-Store Manager Janice Ursaliak spearheaded an initiative to donate the money collected from book sale donations at GIRO for the month of December to PHC to support the hot lunch program.

Fishing Report for January 15, 2020

The weather just did not cooperate this week! High winds, rain, and generally unfit conditions kept people off the water, so I have no intel to report.

Fishing Report for December 4, 2019

Chinook fishing remains good off the Cannery out to Snake Island in 180 to 250 feet of water.

Have you seen this missing marker?

The Gabriola Museum is trying to find the historical marker put up at Gabriola Sands Provincial Park, aka Twin Beaches, in 2018

Results of GaLTT’s Beach and Trail Accessibility Survey

Last spring, Gabriola Land and Trails Trust (GaLTT) conducted a survey about the accessibility of natural spaces on our island.