Islands Trust approves $11.2 million budget for 2025-26
Sounder News This past month, the Islands Trust Council approved a budget of $11.2 million for 2025-26. This represents a 5.8% increase over the previous year’s budget to the existing local trust area tax base. The Trust expects an additional 2.5% increase in tax...
Fire Chief requesting Board approve full-time Captain position
Sounder file photo Jamie Ovens (left) is presented with the Deputy Fire Chief helmet by Gabriola Fire Chief Sprogis after being hired on to the GVFD in July of 2024. Derek Kilbourn Sounder News Gabriola Fire Chief Will Sprogis is asking the Board of the Gabriola Fire...
RDN requires dogs to be on leash in Huxley Community Park
Derek Kilbourn Sounder News Huxley Community Park is joining a list of locations on Gabriola where dogs must be on leash, per a change from the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN). This comes from a recommendation made at the February meeting of the RDN’s Parks and...
Beyond funny play at the Rollo next month
Bill Pope photo Gabriola Players – Don Moser and Wendy Phillips in Kristen Da Silva’s play ‘Beyond the Sea’. Four performances this month at the Rollo Centre. Gabriola Players Gabriola Players is very proud to be introducing islanders to the work of Canadian...
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