Gabriola Sounder

GERTIE to receive $77,600 for newer buses

GERTIE, the Gabriola Community Bus organization, wll be receiving $77,600 from the provincial and federal governments to be put towards replacing the current GERTIE buses.

Taylor Bay work will see some widening for pedestrian/cyclists

The roadwork being planned for this spring on Taylor Bay Road will not include any formal inclusion of cycling lanes as per the Transportation Ministry’s memorandum-of-understanding (MOU) with the Islands Trust.

RCMP Report: Mar. 14 - Mar. 19

Tax scam attempted on Gabriola by caller claiming to be with CRA

Gabriolan Manfred Tempelmayr was recently the target in a scam which continues to pop up during tax time.

FAC meets with BC Ferries and Ministry on traffic issues

On March 6 Gabriola Ferry Advisory Committee members Heather O’Sullivan, Peggy Richardson and Steve Earle met with Darin Guenette, John McDonald and Lance Lomax of BC Ferries and Stu Johnson of the Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure (MOTI).

Sounder editor a finalist in Top 20 under 40 Achievement Awards

Gabriola Sounder editor Derek Kilbourn, co-owner of Gabriola Sounder Media Inc., has been endorsed by the Gabriola Chamber of Commerce as a nominee for the 5th Annual Vancouver Island Top 20 under 40 Business & Community Achievement Awards to be held on April 8, 2017, in Nanaimo.

Salt Spring will vote September 9 on whether to become a municipality

Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Peter Fassbender called for the referendum following a recommendation from the Salt Spring Island Incorporation Study Committee concluded in their 387-page final report submitted November 2016.

Potlatch moving to community feedback stage

The Gabriola Local Trust Committee is moving into a community information meeting followed by a public hearing for the Potlatch Density Transfer proposal Bylaws 289 and 290.

Application for log storage area near False Narrows turned down by Ministry

MOTI to close one lane of Taylor Bay Road for major repairs at Ferry Hill intersection

This past week, staff from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) confirmed that the ministry will be rehabilitating a section of Taylor Bay Road.