News

Rachelle Stein-Wotten Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Gabriola Sounder When the damaged Descanso Bay emergency wharf on Gabriola will be replaced and up and running is unknown as of mid-September, according to the Regional District of Nanaimo. The regional...

Rachelle Stein-Wotten Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Gabriola Sounder A request for a reduced speed zone and crosswalk at Huxley Community Park is still under review by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. In the spring, the Regional District of...

Derek Kilbourn Sounder News The Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department is hiring an external consultant to conduct an Operations Review. Fire Chief Will Sprogis and Training Officer Kitt Stringer presented a proposal to Trustees at the Aug. 3 meeting of the Gabriola Fire...

Derek Kilbourn Sounder News The Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department will no longer be issuing exemptions for contractors and developers to continue doing work when the island is in shutdown conditions. Paul Giffin, Chair of the Gabriola Fire Protection Improvement...

Derek Kilbourn Sounder News The Emergency Wharf in Descanso Bay (adjacent to the ferry dock) will be out of service for an unknown length of time, after being damaged by a log on Wednesday last week. The emergency dock is owned and maintained by the Regional District...

On Friday, August 19 Island Health will be holding a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Gabriola Island for children age 6 months to 11 years.   Health Canada recently approved the Moderna Spikevax mRNA COVID-19 vaccine formulated for children between the ages of 6...

Ferry passengers need a bill of rights, similar to those given to air passengers in Canada in 2019. BC already has a Taxi Passengers Bill of Rights. (Effective in 2013) No one disputes that BC Ferries is in a staffing crisis. But the fact that they’ve had over 125...

Photo courtesy Libby Gunn, Gabriola Land and Trails Trust (GaLTT.ca) Islands Trust Conservancy Press Release Gabriola Land and Trails Trust (GaLTT) has received a $6,000 Opportunity Fund grant from Islands Trust Conservancy to help them meet an overwhelming demand...

Derek Kilbourn Sounder News The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) still considers the five anchorages proposed off Gabriola’s north-east corner to be potentially available. Captain Shri Madiwal with VFPA presented at the June Trust Council meeting on a public...

Derek Kilbourn Sounder News The Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department is planning an Evacuation Scenario this coming August, and is seeking community members in the Strand and Whalebone areas to take part. Kitt Stringer, Training Officer for the GVFD is planning the...

Sounder News Gabriola Trustee Scott Colbourne, along with Saturna Trustee Paul Brent have made a Request For Decision (RFD), asking the Islands Trust Council request the Lieutenant Governor in Council for the Province of British Columbia to conduct a review of the...

Rachelle Stein-Wotten Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Gabriola Sounder Incremental progress continues on Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools’ long-range facilities plan (LRFP). The board of trustees received a progress report on the 2021-31 LRFP at its May 25...

Sounder News A walk/run in memory of Jay Dearman will be a fundraiser in support of Child, Youth, and Family support services on Gabriola. Dearman was killed in 2018, when he was running on Berry Point Road and was struck by a vehicle. A local tradesperson and...

2018 photo, taken on the site of where the Huxley Skatepark has now been built.(L-R) Grey Switzer and Gaye Maulson-Smith, wearing their Ride Free shirts, presented Area B Director Vanessa Craig of the Regional District of Nanaimo with a cheque for $8,000 to be put...

Sounder News Dr. Francois Bosman of Gabriola has been presented with the Above and Beyond recognition from the Rural Coordination Centre of BC. RCCbc presents the annual BC Rural Health Awards at its BC Rural Health Conference, which was held in person for the first...

Derek Kilbourn Sounder News The Housing Agreement for the proposed Affordable Housing development on Paisley Place has passed second and third readings at the Gabriola Local Trust Committee. At the core of the discussion amongst Trustees was - once again - how...

Alison Douglas Gabriola Museum On Sunday, May 22, at 1:00, the Gabriola Museum launched its self-guided history tour to celebrate International Museums Week. The purpose of this week is to emphasize museums as “an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of...

Sounder News Gabriola Fire Chief Will Sprogis is wanting to see BC Emergency Health Services (BC EHS) convert the current model used at the Gabriola ambulance station to what is termed in BC EHS as an ‘Alpha’ station. Currently, Gabriola Station 153 is known as an SOC...

Rachelle Stein-Wotten Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Gabriola Sounder Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools staff recently held two sessions with student representatives to collect their input and concerns on the annual budget and other topics. Wireless internet...

Vanessa Craig Director, Electoral Area B Regional District of Nanaimo Huxley Community Park celebration May 28th! Mark your calendars! The celebration for Huxley Park skatepark and Phase 2 improvements is scheduled for Saturday May 28th between 12:30-1:30. There will...

Debbie Marshall Sounder News In less than 15 minutes in a Nanaimo courtroom, a case was decided involving a Gabriola man facing three charges involving the sexual abuse of a minor.  Originally set to stand trial on May 16, 2022, the man was charged with sexual...

Sounder News The Gabriola Medical Clinic announced this on May 2 that two long-term locum physicians will be joining the practitioners this May and August to provide interim care for patients of Dr. Ramak Shadmani and Dr. Maciej Mierzewski, who are leaving the Clinic...

Gabriola Fire Protection Improvement District TRUSTEE ELECTION and Annual General Meeting WEDNESDAY, May 11, 2022 Albert Reed Memorial Fire Hall No. 1 730 CHURCH STREET, GABRIOLA, B.C. Voting will open at 3pm At the Gabriola Fire Protection  Improvement District...

Sounder News Dr. Tracey Thorne of Gabriola has been recognized this year with a Community Award from the BC Achievement Foundation - which recognizes extraordinary British Columbians who build better, stronger and more resilient communities. Premier John Horgan and...

Sounder News BC Ferries will be hosting a public feedback session prior to a Gabriola Ferry Advisory Committee meeting this coming Monday, May 9. The meeting will be held at the Gabriola Agi Hall. The Drop-In session is from 12pm till 1:15pm.  The FAC meeting will be...