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Patient lists being equalized amongst physicians to ensure space is available for everyoneDerek Kilbourn Sounder News With the addition of Drs. Ramak Shadmani and Erin Cusack, there are now five primary health practitioners at the Gabriola Medical Clinic. With more...

The 25th Annual Thanksgiving Studio TourCarol Fergusson Executive Director Gabriola Arts Council In our last press release we stated that vaccine passports were going to be required to visit studios on the Studio Tour because Island Health had told us this to be true....

Fishing Report for September 29, 2021Bob Meyer bob@silverbluecharters.com  This past week was difficult fishing. There are small schools of Chinook in very specific spots that are feeding on selective bite times. We had productive fishing at Thrasher twice, fishing...

NDP candidate Lisa Marie Barron elected MPDerek Kilbourn Sounder News Lisa Marie Barron is the new Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Ladysmith, as confirmed over the past weekend once over 8,000 mail-in ballots were counted. Barron was in the lead after election night...

Warrant issued for arrest of driver from 2020 hit and runSounder News A warrant has been issued for the arrest of one Kelly William Jordan. Charges have been sworn against Jordan resulting from a hit and run incident on Gabriola Island on June 28, 2020 - in which a...

A day, and night, for grief, and gratitudeMitch Miyagawa Submitted Article “Grief is the midwife of your capacity to be immensely grateful for being born.” - Stephen Jenkinson Grief is meant to be shared in community, and yet we have so few opportunities or spaces to...

National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, Sept. 30 at the Gabriola MuseumGloria Filax, Chair, GHMS Truth & Reconciliation Committee Orange Shirt Day, also known as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, has been designated a federal statutory holiday as of...

RDN to replace trees taken down for Huxley at a minimum ratio of 2:1Islands Trust staff report the Regional District of Nanaimo has finalized it’s tree replanting plan for the redevelopment of Huxley Community Park. This was the final requirement from the Islands...