Update: the young man has been found, and is fine. Whew! (Link to relevant blog post at island blog removed, as the blogger there has deleted the missing person post.) If you live on Gabriola, perhaps you could keep an eye out for a young Gabriola man who’s gone missing. Details about him, including his [...]
Phillip Vannini lives on Gabriola, and teaches at Royal Roads University in Victoria. Here’s an article from Goldstream News Gazette about a project of his: Plugging into the unplugged. A Royal Roads University professor is plugging into the unplugged world of people living off the grid after receiving a $500,000 research grant. RRU school of [...]
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From the Daily News: Friends of Michael Brophy hope justice finally served. Friends of the late Michael Brophy applauded the B.C. Court of Appeal for a decision to order a new trial for two men acquitted of manslaughter in the harrowing and notorious death of the young Gabriola Island man. [continue]
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We’ve had more cold than we expected on Gabriola lately. It’s a shock to us, especially since our dahlias were blooming two weeks ago. We see callow young ‘uns taking short-cuts through the Gabriola forest wearing things that can’t possibly be warm enough. I don’t know these kids, but I want to wrap them in [...]
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I’ve come across an interesting blog called Reflections on the Water: Conversations about the Salish Sea. Today’s post there is Living on Island Time: Gabriola Islander Sheila Malcolmson. Other content includes interviews with a Coast Salish elder, a fisherman and biologist, a scuba diver, a tug boat captain… oh my.
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This alarming news was published on November 15th, 1948. NANAIMO, BC, Nov 15 (CP). –The story of an 11-year-old girl’s audacious strategy in frightening off a shotgun-wielding assailant who slew her brother was told Sunday night by British Columbia Police here. The girl, Anita Piper, said she hid under her brother’s automobile when the slayer [...]
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Do you swim on rainy November days? This Gabriola swimmer apparently does, and then walks home afterward, wetsuit-clad and intrepid-looking. There’s nothing like watching somebody climb out of the sea in November to make one feel like a wimp.
Remember the day when the Google Street View car drove around Gabriola? I do, because I knew right away what that vehicle was, and it drove past while I was not wearing very much. (!) Thank heavens I was still in the car. And sure enough, I can go see my car on Google Street [...]
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If you live on Gabriola, you’ve probably been to a concert put on by Lulu Performing Arts. Lulu should get top marks for marketing, if you ask me – her Lulu’s Lager beer is available on the island, and sales go to support the society. Now Lulu’s gone further, and is more widely-reported, too. The [...]
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Oh look: Statistics Canada’s community profile for Gabriola. The information comes from the 2006 census. Now, before you peek, take a few guesses about things like Gabriola’s population, median income for various types of households, number of dwellings, and population density per square kilometre for 2006. Then go take a look and see how accurate [...]
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From the Victoria Times Colonist: Hundreds decry Gulf Islands governance. A Sunday afternoon protest on Saltspring Island over governance of the Gulf Islands drew more than 300 people to Centennial Park in Ganges, protest organizers estimated. Given that it was cloudy and threatening to rain, we were quite surprised that many people came out, said [...]
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Looks like Cliff Cornell won’t be moving back to Gabriola. From the Daily News: Deserter leaves Canadian dreams behind. U.S. Army deserter Cliff Cornell won’t return to live in Canada after all. He now has a good job and plans to get married and settle down in his native Mountain Home, Ark., this fall. Gabriola [...]
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There’s a new Gabriola blog on the scene, so yay! It’s called Microfishing. The blogger is enjay, who is blogging under the name skadhu. You’ll have come across enjay if you read the comments on this blog. (Or perhaps you remember enjay’s potato box design, hmmm?) Enjay’s interesting, observant, and right here on Gabriola. I’ll [...]
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Cycle route planned for Gabriola, says the News Bulletin. I guess they just noticed. They say: A group of Gabriolans want to make their island roads more friendly for cyclists and walkers and have a plan to make it happen. The ad hoc Gabriola Transportation Committee created a report – Shared Roadways – Gabriola Island [...]
Update, August, 2010: The Flying Shingle reports: Gabriola Health Care Society accepts Rooks land offer. The Gabriola Health Care Society (GHCS) has accepted an offer of free land on which to build a community-owned medical clinic from Dr. Bob Rooks of Potlatch Holdings. GHC Foundation President Brenda Fowler said at a general meeting Tuesday at [...]
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A couple of statistics caught my attention in a June 7 article in The Daily News and referred to in Gabriolan.ca on the same day – History of Gabriola’s Quinsam ferry. During fiscal 2008-09 the MV Quinsam carried 823,578 passengers and 386,595 vehicles. Was the Quinsam the only vessel on the Gabriola-Nanaimo run during this [...]
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From the Daily News: Group of residents from small Islands begin petition to demand a provincial review of the Islands Trust. Some Gulf Island residents are collecting signatures to petition for a provincial review of the Islands Trust Act, saying the legislation is outdated and follows a rigid pro-environmental policy. (…) Gabriola Island resident Jeremy [...]
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From the Nanaimo News Bulletin: House fire displaces Gabriola Island family. A burning candle left unattended is to blame for a fire that has displaced a family from their home on Gabriola Island. Just after 3 p.m. Tuesday, a neighbour on Clarendon Road noticed smoke pouring from the living room of the single family dwelling. [...]
