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Trust legal staff upholds single-step process for Potlatch application

According to legal advice requested by the Gabriola Local Trust Committee, the LTC is not legally required to undertake a two-step rezoning process for the proposed Potlatch density transfer proposal.

Adin Brenner back on Team Canada, heading for New Zealand in October

Adin Brenner is once again heading for an international competition as a member of Team Canada.

Island Trustees looking at two-phase approach to housing review project

The Gabriola Local Trust Committee will be taking on the first of a two-phase housing review project to commence July 2016.

New Society Publishers Earns B Corp Certification

Publishing company’s long standing environmental and social values recognized with outstanding score on B Corp Certification

Ambulance left on Gabriola at request of BCAS, not BC Ferries

BC Ferries (BCF) is saying that it was at the request of the BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) that room was not made on a recent sailing for an ambulance transporting a patient to Nanaimo.

The costs of BC Ambulance taking patients on BC Ferries

Since April 1, 2015, the Gabriola ambulance, operated by BC Ambulance Service, has transported 292 patients to Nanaimo on BC Ferries. Fifty-six of those trips have been since April 1, 2016.

RCMP talk crime prevention with local businesses

About a dozen of Gabriola’s local businesses came out for the event, which was organized by the Gabriola Chamber of Commerce.

Membership has dropped 42% in five years at Gabriola Golf and Country Club

In 2010, there were 186 playing members. In 2016, there are 107 playing members.

Dead and dying cedars cause of concern for Fire Chief

Gabriola’s Fire Chief Rick Jackson says he is worried about what could happen if cedar trees continue to die off around Gabriola.

Nanaimo Foundation grants $13,000 to Gabriola