Gabriola Sounder

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.

RCMP Report: Mar. 6 - Mar. 12

Housing options project will allow secondary suites in accessory buildings

Suites only to only be allowed where accessory cottage is already legal

Gabriola Chamber to conduct Commercial Demand Forecast with $10,000 BC Rural Dividend Fund

The Gabriola Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that it has received a grant for $10,000 from the BC Rural Dividend Fund to hire consultants to do a Commercial Demand Forecast for Gabriola.