Gabriola Sounder

Exemptions reminder as MMBC regulations come into effect

Coinciding with the new recycling program, which began in most B.C. communities this week, B.C. has updated the Province’s recycling regulation to ensure small producers of packaging and printed paper are exempt.

Fishing Report for May 26, 2014

Chinook fishing has ranged from good to fabulous over the past week. On May 21, we fished Thrasher and hooked 14 fish.

Medical Health Officer reports 19% of SD68 children living in poverty

Fishing Report for May 19, 2014

Chinook fishing has been superb over the past week both offshore at Thrasher and North of the Fingers.

Gabriola Islander eternally grateful for gift of sight

Vladimir Yakimov reluctantly began to abandon many of his retirement activities six years ago when a hereditary condition caused a serious decline in his eyesight.

An intimate journey of personal and political discovery and a call to action

Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

Author talk on Edythe Hembroff, Emily Carr’s good friend and sketching partner, at Gabriola Library May 24

Fishing Report for May 12, 2014

The chinook have piled into South end Gabriola waters, with offshore fishing very lucrative.

New HIV/AIDS testing guidelines for all B.C. adults

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall has released new HIV testing guidelines for health-care providers in B.C. to encourage all British Columbian adults to get tested.

Fishing Report for May 5, 2014

True to recent form, fishing is fabulous off the Fingers, and the chinook are distributing our way.