Subscribe to News RSSProvince rescinds order giving ferry priority to local residents
Starting July 31, BC Ferries will return to providing equal access to all customers without reservations, with the exception of vehicles carrying essential goods and supplies.
read more...Plan to safely bring K-12 students back to class full time
The provincial government says enhanced safety measures and additional resources will enable most students in grades K-12 to return to school on Sept. 8, 2020, with full-time in-class learning as the province moves to Stage 2 of B.C.’s Education Restart Plan.
read more...First serology test shows Covid-19 infection rate in Lower Mainland at 1%
A serology study, the first of it’s kind in Canada to have the findings released, has shown the infection rate of COVID-19 in the Lower Mainland to be less than 1 in 100 people.
read more...RCMP investigating hit & run of pedestrian
On June 28, 2020 at approximately 6:30 pm, Gabriola RCMP, BC Ambulance Service, and Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department were called to the 700 block of North Road on Gabriola Island, where a young male victim was found with serious injuries consistent with being hit by a vehicle.
read more...Chamber of Commerce Summer Snapshot
It was recently announced that the Chamber has received $100,000 for further economic development initiatives, from the BC Government.
read more...Gabriola Skatepark fully funded with approval of federal-provincial grants
$567,354 in government grants approved for completion of Huxley Park
read more...LTC passes first reading for affordable housing proposal
The Gabriola Local Trust Committee has given first reading to the proposed bylaws which would see an affordable housing development built on Paisley Place.
read more...RDN putting funds into Rollo McClay Park; Huxley grants on hold with federal government
Monday, June 22, saw the summer meeting of the Parks and Open Spaces Advisory Committee (POSAC) for Electoral Area B (Gabriola, Mudge, DeCourcy).
read more...Trust Council asks travellers and locals to continue covid-19 measures
BC’s Restart Plan has entered Phase 3, allowing people to participate in smart and safe travel within BC, including the Islands Trust Area, which includes the Gulf and Howe Sound Islands.
read more...Child pornography case carried forward to September 2020
Daniel Paul Raymond Maxwell will next appear for a fix-a-date on September 29, 2020, charged with possession of child pornography.
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August 7th, 2020