Gabriola Sounder

Provincial grant to fund study into Gabriola Enterprise Zone

What would a positive-impact community-minded industrial-zoned property look like on Gabriola? What could Gabriolans manufacture that creates employment, enhances local resilience and is ecologically responsible? What could islanders process and produce to build local sustainability and a thriving economy?

Launch of Gabriola Home Hospice Program

People for a Healthy Community (PHC) have started 2019 by launching the Gabriola Home Hospice Program and appointing Claudia Brann as the Hospice Program and Volunteer Coordinator.

Average house assessment up $40,888 for 2019

RDN to increase funding for Gabriola organizations

Both GERTIE and the Gabriola Museum have been successful in having their funding increased for the next budget year.

Ride Free donates $8,000 for Huxley Skatepark

The Ride Free Community Association has given $8,000 to the Regional District of Nanaimo to be used to build a skatepark at Huxley Community Park.

Trust Council asking Province to amend Islands Trust Act; including an amendment for affordable housing

The Islands Trust has provided the Province with a prioritized list of Islands Trust Act amendments that could form the basis for a review of the Act by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Islands Trust staff.

"Historic" storm knocks Gabriola power out till Christmas

Repairs to Gabriola delayed due to sheer size and impact of storm to southern BC

Province says no closed season, no bag limit, on feral Gabriola turkeys

As of 2018, it is open season with no bag limit for turkeys on Gabriola.

BCF not hiring flaggers

BC Ferries will not be utilizing flagging persons for the Gabriola ferry lineup.

RDN increasing Gabriola recreation contract by $8,000

The Regional District of Nanaimo is looking to supplement annual grant funding received by the Gabriola Recreation Society (GRS) from the Canada Summer Jobs program for their Summer Student Coordinator position to a maximum combined total of eight thousand dollars ($8,000) for the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years.