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Adult slo-pitch season starts April 26
The Gabriola adult coed softball season starts on Sunday, April 26. We are thrilled to have eight teams participating this year.
read more...Fishing Report for April 14 2015
Chinook fishing is still slow, with the very occasional fish being caught. Dougie caught a 15 pounder off the Fingers last week, but things are scarce.
read more...Broom chipping coming April 26 Cut Broom in Bloom!
The Gabriola Garden Club, in cooperation with Wild Rose Nursery and Island Firewood, are going to be operating two four-hour “Broom Chipping by Donation” opportunities for island residents this spring.
read more...Fishing Report for April 7, 2015
Chinook fishing is still slow, both off Nanaimo and Gabriola.
read more...Solar project at the Commons takes delivery of panels
Gabriola is getting greener, and not because of all the rain.
read more...New April 1 Schedule for GERTIE (No Foolin’)
By the time you read this, the new spring GERTIE riders’ guides will be distributed to all 31 Gabriola locations and the ferry booths at the Nanaimo terminal. The website: www.gertie.ca will also have immediate and future schedule changes.
read more...Fishing Report for March 31, 2015
Chinook fishing is still slow locally. There are loads of herring making the transition from the spawning shallows to their deep water haunts off the Grande to the waterfall, and at Thrasher.
read more...Off the Grid: Re-assembling Domestic Life By Phillip Vannini and Jonathan Taggart
Readers may be surprised, as I was, at the fine literary quality of what is technically a textbook, but one that I hope will be bought, shared, and borrowed from the library by as many people as possible.
read more...Will the land provide? Island farmers speak out
Grow, buy and eat locally. This was the main theme that emerged in discussion among 90 participants at a public forum on the future of food production on Gabriola, organized by the Gabriola Historical and Museum Society at The Haven’s Phoenix Auditorium on March 8.
read more...Fishing Report for March 24, 2015
It’s that time of year again for my annual tirade against the commercial herring fishery! This year the Flat Top Islands, Gabriola Pass, Whalebone, and even Silva Bay hosted this event, with dozens of gillnetters hugging the shorelines sucking up the roe sticks.
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