Subscribe to News RSSNDP and Greens ask where Conservatives’ commitment to the coast has been for past 10 years
Conservative candidate Mark MacDonald announced this past week that a re-elected Conservative Government will take additional steps toward protecting BC’s coast and supporting marine safety.
read more...Gabriola voters split north/south between two voting stations
For those still unsure about where to vote this coming October 19, be aware there are two voting stations on Gabriola.
read more...Mudge residents win fight to be able to vote on Gabriola
Thanks to the persistence of Scott Flemming and other Mudgekins, residents of Mudge Island will be able to vote on Gabriola Island on October 19 rather than going to Cedar.
read more...RDN withdraws from purchase of EMCON properties
Limitations on lots prevents use for recreational facility
read more...Pipelines and tankers: Nanaimo-Ladysmith candidates weigh-in
This past week, Green Party leader Elizabeth May said NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has made three speeches on climate change, but still hasn’t answered the question she asked him in the Maclean’s debate in August.
read more...AnchorRAGE update for Gabriola
Gabriola’s AnchorRAGE group has evolved into a formally recognized society. In addition to our Gabriola AnchorRAGE logo and website we are adding our new society name which is “Gabriolans Against Freighter Anchorages” (GAFA).
read more...RCMP Report for October 6, 2015
A policing focus in this area has resulted in the successful removal of 10 impaired (by alcohol) or unlicenced/prohibited drivers from the community roadways between late June to the end of September.
read more...Enough Water?
We’ve just made it through a very long and remarkably dry summer. Water wells around the island are at their lowest levels in years, and the scattered rainfalls of recent weeks have not helped much to replenish empty cisterns.
read more...Trust Council unanimously approves a resolution to include anchorage advocacy in the Trust’s Strategic Plan
The Islands Trust Council has unanimously approved a resolution to oppose the anchorages proposed by the BC Chamber of Shipping (BCCS) by way of the Pacific Pilotage Authority (PPA) and Transport Canada off Gabriola’s northeast coastline.
read more...VoteSmart Nanaimo Survey of Nanaimo-Ladysmith Voters
VoteSmart Nanaimo, a non-partisan group of citizens concerned about strategic voting and electoral reform, conducted a face-to-face street survey of 495 eligible voters in the federal riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith between Sept 19 and 21, 2015.
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Gabriola Sounder
January 18th, 2021