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People power brought Commons Kitchen together
It was last spring, a usual Saturday work bee at the Commons. Over the previous weeks our wildly eclectic group had been working hard on the interior of the community kitchen – vapour barrier, drywall, that sort of thing.
read more...GERTIE’s a Team Player
First off, the week of March 2 to 7 was our all-time busiest week at GERTIE, with 345 passengers in total. Since January we have carried over 600 more passengers than during the same period last year.
read more...Fishing Report for March 17, 2015
The chinook fishing has been slow over the past week, and very few people have been fishing, despite good weather conditions on certain days.
read more...For the Record: Archiving the Past in the Present
Before you toss out photographs, letters, emails, maps and the like, ask yourself if these materials could “tell a story of Gabriola.” If so, the museum’s archives would like to have them.
read more...Behind the Garden Gate
The daffodils are up and blooming. On warm days the bees are already busy. It is the start of the growing season, so let’s get busy.
read more...Fishing Report for March 10 2015
Chinook fishing fell off over the past week. Bait is scarce, and the herring are preparing to spawn soon, so there will be lots of movement as the herring come inshore to spawn.
read more...Fishing Report for March 3 2015
We lost a truly beautiful soul from the fishing community when Frank Hackwood passed away recently.
read more...POSAC meeting moved to Mar.16
For anyone planning on being at the Parks and Open Spaces Advisory Commission (POSAC) meeting originally scheduled for tonight (March 3), the meeting is now scheduled for Monday, March 16. Still at 7:00 p.m., still at the WI Hall.
read more...Around the Island for March 3, 2015
Bits and Bites from around Gabriola
read more...Fishing Report for February 24, 2015
Chinook fishing has been good at the Grande and Thrasher this past week.
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