Potential Lifelabs Strike
BCGEU has notified Lifelabs of their intention to begin job action as soon as Sunday, February 16, 2025.
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Feb 5, 2025
Snowfall began on Monday, February 3, with ferry workers keeping the decks cleared for morning travellers. Mainroad staff on Gabriola had been out brining the roads ahead oft time, and plows were still clearing Gabriola roads on Monday night. Sounder photo
LifeLabs workers issue 72-hour strike notice – action to begin this Sunday, Feb. 16
Sounder News Members of the B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) working at LifeLabs have issued 72-hours’ strike notice to their employer. This action follows months of negotiations and LifeLabs’ refusal to bring wages and benefits in line with the cost of living,...
Hot Lunch Program switches to reusable dishes
Nicole Knowles Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Gabriola Sounder The smell of homemade soup and biscuits filled the halls of Gabriola Elementary on Wednesday as the weekly hot lunch program was being served. Volunteers from People for a Healthy Community, led by...
Housing report predicts Gabriola needing 1,100 more homes in next ten years
Nicole Knowles Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Gabriola Sounder The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) board accepted a new provincially mandated report on housing needs, but says the report must better reflect the local context before it’s posted on its...
EV chargers go live at Mid-Island Co-op
Derek Kilbourn photo Mandy Mayville (Gas Bar Manager) and Jackson Tait with the EV Chargers now live at the Gabriola location of Mid-Island Co-op.Sounder News Mid Island Co-op announced recently that the EV chargers installed at their various locations have gone live....

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