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Scott Steer sentenced to six years in prison for illegal fishing.


Sunset at Xw cumi:lucun (Twin Beaches/Gabriola Sands Provincial Park). Derek Kilbourn, Gabriola Sounder photo
70th Annual Community Hall Salmon BBQ is August 23
Gabriola Island Community Hall Association Mark your calendars. Bring your friends and family. Something for everyone! This is the Big Kahuna. 70 years of your community hall supporting special events, classes of all different genres, weddings, birthdays, celebrations...
Fire Board commits to policy and financial management reviews
The first post-2025-election meeting of the Gabriola Fire Protection Improvement Board took place on July 2, 2025. L-R: Fire Chief Will Sprogis, Deputy Fire Chief Jamie Ovens, and interim Corporate Officer, Administrative Assistant Marjorie Colebrook, Trustees Diana...
Gabriola Transportation Society fights BCF policy prohibiting damaged EVs
Claudia Culley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Gabriola Sounder The Gabriola Transportation Society wrote a letter to BC Ferries earlier this month, citing concerns with the company’s new policy prohibiting electric vehicles that are damaged or not operational...
A sister and a mother reflect on how drug overdoses claimed the lives of their loved ones
Gabriola Sounder This is the third article in the Building Hope series about the poisoned drug crisis and its impacts on Gabriola Island. Part 1 of the series can be found here. For a list of resources and supports in relation to these subjects please visit...

Sunset at Xw cumi:lucun (Twin Beaches/Gabriola Sands Provincial Park). Derek Kilbourn, Gabriola Sounder photo
70th Annual Community Hall Salmon BBQ is August 23
Gabriola Island Community Hall Association Mark your calendars. Bring your friends and family. Something for everyone! This is the Big Kahuna. 70 years of your community hall supporting special events, classes of all different genres, weddings, birthdays, celebrations...
Gabriola Transportation Society fights BCF policy prohibiting damaged EVs
Claudia Culley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Gabriola Sounder The Gabriola Transportation Society wrote a letter to BC Ferries earlier this month, citing concerns with the company’s new policy prohibiting electric vehicles that are damaged or not operational...
A sister and a mother reflect on how drug overdoses claimed the lives of their loved ones
Gabriola Sounder This is the third article in the Building Hope series about the poisoned drug crisis and its impacts on Gabriola Island. Part 1 of the series can be found here. For a list of resources and supports in relation to these subjects please visit...
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