Back to School Zone
Students go back to school this week, School Zone on North Road will be in effect starting September 3
September 4, 2024
GLOW Festival – The Gabriola Arts Council held the annual Glow Festival on August 29 at the Gabriola Commons Timber Frame. Workshops were held before the Festival opened for people to construct lanterns. The lantern parade included a trip through Folklife Village, and the Elementary School grounds before returning to the Commons for music and dancing into the evening. Photos by Jeanette Martin, Shutterjet Photography
Students head back to school at Gabriola Elementary
Sounder News As all students in BC head back to school this week, they will be entering into buildings where restrictions on personal digital devices have been put in place by the provincial government. This past May, Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools adopted a policy...
NDSS requests continue to dominate capital requests
Rachelle Stein-Wotten Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Gabriola Sounder Major and minor capital submissions for Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools include two for Gabriola Elementary School and multiple for Nanaimo District Secondary School. The board of education...
Spaces remain open for students in Before and After School care program launching at Gabriola Elementary
Derek Kilbourn Sounder News In June, it was announced that Gabriola Elementary was selected as one of the schools that will receive school district before and after school care for this coming 2024-2025 school year. According to media representatives with...
RDN requiring all properties – including commercial and Multi-Family – to have three-stream waste diversion starting Jan 2025
Derek Kilbourn Sounder News The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) is introducing a new waste diversion bylaw for all commercial, institutional, industrial and multi-family buildings throughout the region in January 2025. This new bylaw will apply to buildings with...
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