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Your chance to represent Gabriola!

If you want to be an Islands Trust or Regional District of Nanaimo representative for Gabriola, this is your chance. File your nomination papers by October 14th, get people to vote for you, and you’re set! Our election day is Saturday, November 19th, 2011. Successful candidates will serve a three-year term. According to the candidate [...]

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Island Trust Meeting, November 22nd

The next Islands Trust Community Information Meeting on Gabriola will be on Monday, November 22, 2010 at the Gabriola Women’s Institute Hall. The meeting will run from 4pm to 7pm. Details:

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Island Trust Fund seeks advisory panel members

You’ve heard of the Islands Trust Fund, right? They are the conservancy arm of the Islands Trust. They manage some of Gabriola’s special places: the Elder Cedar Nature Reserve, the Coats Millstone Nature Reserve, and three land covenants. Well. The Islands Trust Fund is looking for people to serve on Regional Conservation Plan Advisory Panels. [...]

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Affordable housing for island residents

These days there’s a lot of talk about affordable housing on Gabriola. Considering that, I thought you might like to hear what Salt Spring Island is doing about affordable housing: they’ve got an organization called Salt Spring Island Land Bank. An Islands Trust press release, Stage set for new affordable housing on Salt Spring Island, [...]

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Islands Trust Act – good thing, or needs change?

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are collecting signatures to petition for a provincial review of the Islands Trust Act, saying the legislation is outdated and follows a rigid pro-environmental policy.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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Gabriola Island Bicycle Route Plan

Interested in plans for cyclists on Gabriola Island? If so, you might want to take look at Shared Roadways – Gabriola Island Bicycle Route Plan. It’s just been posted on the Islands Trust website, in .pdf format. the document is here.

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