We’ve so many writers on the island (Iain Lawrence, Katherine Gordon, Joelle Anthony…. how many others can you list off the top of your head?) and so many readers, too. If you’re a writer or a reader, this seems like the kind of thing you might like. From Wired: The Benefits of Being Bilingual. Samuel [...]
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Have you been to Folklife Village in the last few days? And, if so, did you notice the new thing? It’s this, a stone carved by Nancy Crozier and called Judy’s Root. This overview photo has Village Foods in the background to give you an idea of where the carving is: in one of those [...]
From the Daily News: Ferry users guarded over impact of recent changes. Amendments made to the Coastal Ferry Act this week were greeted with enthusiasm Thursday by local stakeholders, while the conspicuous absence of other suggested measures, such as restraints on fare increases, were largely treated with guarded optimism. [continue] The article quotes three Gabriola [...]
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By now you’ve probably heard of Phillip Vannini, who lives on Gabriola, teaches in Victoria, and wrote Ferry Tales: Mobility, Place, and Time on Canada’s West Coast. Today the Bowen Island Undercurrent has an article on Philip and his work: Mind the gap (or not). It includes this bit: Vannini inquired about the various signs [...]
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Sylvie bicycled around Gabriola yesterday, in memory of her husband, Robert Milman. (See the Gabriola Sounder article about her ride for details.) This sign appeared on a North Road tree. I hope Sylvie saw it!
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The Vancouver Sun has another article on one of our favourite Gabriola writers, Iain Lawrence: Man and beast struggle together in story ‘too sad to be published’. Gabriola Island children’s author Iain Lawrence was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature for 2011, a $20,000 prize presented by the Writers’ Trust of Canada. The [...]
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Have you seen the new book by Phillip Vannini? … the ethnographer and Gabriola Island resident has travelled to every small community serviced by ferry on the coast, clocked 250 ferry rides and conducted some 400 interviews with ferry users on their relationship with the system. Vannini, a Royal Roads University professor, has formalized his [...]
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We visited the Nanaimo Cemetery a while back, and came across George Taylor’s grave. Does his name ring a bell? George was a Gabriola pioneer, and Taylor Bay is may have been named for him. Here’s a photo of his tombstone:
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Remember reading about the made-on-Gabriola stun gun last year? Here’s an update from the Daily News: Inventor charged for personal zap device. The inventor of a high-voltage handheld stun device goes before a judge today in a legal battle over whether the device is a dangerous weapon. Gabriola Islander David Norman faces a charge of [...]
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Gabriola writer Iain Lawrence has won another award, which won’t surprise you at all if you’ve read his books. The Canadian Children’s Book Centre announces: Iain Lawrence wins the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature. Toronto – November 2, 2011 – Last night in Toronto’s Isabel Bader Theatre, the Writers’ Trust of Canada announced the [...]
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Hey, look – two Islands Trust candidates have invited Gabriolans to meet them for coffee and a chat. Here’s the schedule: Sheila Malcolmson: Friday, November 4th: Mad Rona’s, 4:30 to 6 pm Saturday, November 5th: Robert’s Place, 2:30 to 4 pm Tuesday, November 8th: Harvest Thyme, 2:30 to 4 pm Saturday, November 12th: Silva Bay, [...]
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A short drive around Gabriola will remind you that we’ve got an election coming up: Eric Moeller has campaign signs here and there, and Jordy Alexander has lots and lots of signs up. (Odd, though, that Jordy didn’t respond when the Flying Shingle asked him for information. I wonder what’s up with that.) Now look [...]
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Here’s some great news for Gabriola trail users from GaLTT: Tuesday, October 18 at 1pm, GaLTT will sign its first trail licence agreement GaLTT will celebrate the signing of its first trail licence agreement, allowing public access on a trail through privately held forest land off Barrett Road. GaLTT and the Cornish family will sign [...]
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Here’s the list of people who are running in the fall 2011 election. For the position of RDN rep for Gabriola: Jordy Alexander Howard Houle (website: howardhoule.wordpress.com) Eric Moeller (website: www.gabriola.org/moeller) For the positions of Islands Trust Trustee for Gabriola: Jeremy Baker (Jeremy is no longer running for this position.) Sheila Malcolmson (website: sheila-malcolmson.ca) Maggie [...]
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This is one of the unusual characters hanging around at Folklife Village this week. I think there are three, but who knows? Maybe more have appeared since I went by. A sign outside Gabriola Artworks explains: Demonstration of life-size casting by sculptor Linda Richter. Saturday August 20th, 10am. To promote the Gabriola Theatre Festival. local [...]
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The Gabriola Sounder has identified the victims of the stabbing yesterday: Nanaimo RCMP Forensics are presently examining the scene at Harrison Way, where Elaine Schwartz, age 50 and her 18 year old son Trevor Schwartz were found. Trevor was airlifted to Victoria General hospital and is recovering from his injuries. He regained consciousness earlier this [...]
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Gabriola’s 707 Acre Community Park will have official trailmarkers soon. People who are in charge of safety-related things on Gabriola say we need them, and the Gabriola Parks and Open Spaces Advisory Committee has come up with trail names to put on the signs. (Flying Shingle article: Parks committee proposes trail names. The Gabriola Sounder [...]
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Who are those people who throw cigarette butts out their car windows when driving along North Road – and elsewhere on Gabriola, too? What on earth are they thinking? I’ve always wondered. Today I saw a driver do this, and was surprised to see the name of a local business on the back of her [...]
