Experience Card fees put disproportionate burden on low income residents
For those able to find enough to top up their Experience Card every time it needs it, the system works. For BC Ferries, who collects those dollars in their financial accounts, building interest, the system works. For those who struggle to find an extra $20 a week,...
Correspondence should be in Fire Board agenda
As covered in last week’s Sounder, Trustees of the Gabriola Fire Board debated at their Dec. 3 meeting about whether they should be publishing correspondence in their agenda. They absolutely should be publishing full correspondence received from members of the public...
There’s no win to be had at the Fire Board table
The Fire Board is an elected body. Politics at that table should be led with the focus that the Board is entrusted by the public to make choices for our community’s needs for fire and emergency response. Decisions by the Trustees should be based on this goal for the...
New ships. Same capacity problem.
Meet the new ships. Same as the old ships. At the very least, the new Island Class vessels coming to the Gabriola route in 2026 will have the ability to run on electric power only. This will be dependent on BC Ferries being able to install charging stations at both...
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