The Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department says it is set to enhance its training capabilities thanks to a generous $40,000 grant ...

Rags – are they clean and absorbent? Damaged tea-towels, bath towels, cotton and/or hemp t-shirts are all serviceable and ...

The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) board of directors is endorsing a letter to BC Transit and the Minister of ...

This will result in an 8.6 per cent increase from 2024. For Electoral Area B taxpayers, there were three significant changes ...

The Garden Club’s April speaker is Norm Wagenaar from Naturescape West Coast Gardens. He’ll be discussing ecological approaches to gardening using native plants and looking after your pollinators. The ...

The Nanaimo Ladysmith Public School calendar committee has been busy working on school calendars for 2026/27, 2027/28, and 2028/29. School boards have the authority to set the calendar for schools in ...

This past month, the Islands Trust Council approved a budget of $11.2 million for 2025-26. This represents a 5.8% increase over the previous year’s budget to the existing local trust area tax base.

Peter Luckham, outgoing Chair of the Islands Trust Council, has written to federal ministers asking for an expansion of the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act (WAHVA) program in the Islands ...

Creating a local response to trade tariffs was the topic of discussion this past Friday morning, as Gabriola Chamber of Commerce hosted a number of Gabriola businesses and organizations to a round ...