Gabriola Sounder

If we want data specific to Gabriola, more islanders need to take the provincial COVID-19 survey

Gabriola’s Recovery

As businesses, facilities and parks begin to follow the provincial recommendations for re-opening, the public has, once again, new information to absorb.

Deer poached on Coats Drive

On May 16, 2020 Gabriola RCMP received a report from a resident of the Coats Drive area of Gabriola Island, of a deceased adult male deer, that appears to have been deliberately killed and had its antlers removed.

RDN Report for May

Tennis courts open / Spring Beach Ramp installed but closed / 707 Camping temporarily prohibited / Village Way Trail moving ahead for 2020 construction

Recreational boaters asked to avoid unnecessary travel May long weekend

Joint request from Canadian Armed Forces, Canada Border Services Agency, Canadian Coast Guard, Indigenous Services Canada, Parks Canada Agency, RCMP, Destination BC, Emergency Management BC, and the United States Coast Guard.

PHC needs monthly donors to meet needs of Gabriolans

COVID19 has created new vulnerabilities for many Canadians, including Gabriolans. People for a Healthy Community’s (PHC) food programs have seen a high demand since the pandemic began. 

Campfires prohibited on Gabriola - cooking fires allowed

A cooking fire can be an outdoors fire measuring 12 inches by 12 inches, burning for two hours only, then extinguished.

Trust and BC Ferries advise people avoid non-essential travel this May Long weekend

The Islands Trust, and BC Ferries, have both issued press releases ahead of the May Long Weekend asking visitors to stay close to home, and avoid non-essential travel.

Gabriola Emergency Committee asks people to please stay home - for now

Bylaws to amend zoning for Affordable Housing to be drafted

The Gabriola Local Trust Committee (LTC) has instructed Islands Trust staff to move forward with drafting bylaws for the Gabriola Housing Society’s proposed affordable housing project at Paisley Place.