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Fishing Report for September 1, 2015
Chinook fishing was good last week, with nice catches coming from Entrance Reef and the waterfall.
read more...City audit finds 25% of green bins contaminated by non-compostables
A recent audit of the City of Nanaimo’s green bins found almost one quarter of bins put out at the curb contain non-compostable materials.
read more...Island Health recommends making immunizations part of back to school routine
read more...Camp Miriam helps The Commons
Every summer, Gabriola’s Camp Miriam has groups of young campers, ranging in age from about 8 to 14, visiting from across Canada and the US.
read more...Hot GERTIE News
The fall schedule is in the works as this is being written, and will begin September 7.
read more...Fishing Report for August 25, 2015
The most interesting thing I heard this week was that two fish were jigged in 35 feet of water off Thrasher - very old school, and very cool.
read more...Busy Dog days for GERTIE!
The GERTIE buses are enjoying summer visitors and local adventurers, with a few fun charters to keep things interesting.
read more...Fishing Report for August 18, 2015
The yoyo effect continues with the chinook locally. Thrasher and Entrance Reef can both be hot, or suddenly go dry.
read more...Gabriola gymnast qualifies for World Championships
Needs fundraising help to get him there
read more...Fishing Report for August 11, 2015
The teener chinook seemed to get scarcer later in the week, only to be replaced by a lot of undersized from 3 to 5 pounds.
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