251 voters showed up to the Elementary School on October 10 for advance voting. General Election Day will see voting open from 8am to 8pm at the school. Derek Kilbourn photo
B.C. Supreme Court decides in favour of Mudge Islanders’ riparian rights over Islands Trust bylaw
Joaquin Da Fonseca and Olinda Da Fonseca have won a key decision from the BC Supreme Court, in which their right to protect their property from erosion was upheld over the Islands Trust zoning regulations.
read more...Terminal timeline dependent on rezoning
BC Ferries is saying it could be up to 18 months before they are ready for construction of a new terminal on Gabriola Island.
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Arts & Events
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Farm to Table organizer Lynn Bowerman presents the $9,500 in proceeds to Derek Kilbourn, Treasurer with the Gabriola Skatepark Fundraising Association, to be used towards the Keep on Pushin’ Campaign. The campaign’s goal is to raised $72,000 by April of 2019 for the Regional District to then use to build a skatepark at Huxley Community Park. With the Farm to Table contribution, Keep on Pushin’ has passed the halfway mark and is at $38,412. Sarah Holmes photo
Sounder Events Calendar starting October 17, 2018
A list of what's happening on Gabriola this week, month, and year!
read more...Two pianos for the price of one
Mark Anderson and Michelle Mares, both world class solo pianists have joined forces to form the piano duo, DuoCorde. They follow in the footsteps of past famous piano duos joining both their personal and professional lives.
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After almost a decade of volunteering and working towards the establishment of public transportation on Gabriola, Fay Weller has retired from the GERTIE Board. Submitted photo
Fishing Report for October 17, 2018
Clyde brought to my attention that the local Chinook daily limit is back to two starting October 1st. Since the majority of mature Chinook are up river, the need for conservation is lowered.
read more...Fishing Report for October 10, 2018
There are still some nice 8 to 12 pound feeder Chinook from Grande to the waterfall, at Entrance, and Thrasher. We’ve been fishing the Grande to waterfall zone, bottom bouncing in 140 to 160 feet of water using Watermelon spoons, and Blue Meany hoochies.
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