Oceans Protection Plan Offers No Environmental Protections for Southern Gulf Island Waters
The federal government hosted its regular Oceans Protection Plan (OPP) conference in Vancouver on February 22 and 23rd. Canada’s OPP is a broad cross ministry, industry and government initiative aimed at growing Canada’s economy and supporting job growth,...
South Coast Ship Watch Alliance Launches New Website and Social Media About Anchorages
The voices of community groups alarmed with the onslaught of bulk cargo ships anchoring throughout the Southern Gulf Islands just got louder. The South Coast Ship Watch Alliance includes Gabriolans Against Freighter Anchorages society (GAFA) and other groups from...
GAFA Hoping to Take Anchorage Fight to New Levels
It’s hard to believe but it was exactly 4 years ago this week that Gabriolans learned, through the Sounder, about the plan for five freighter anchorages along the NE shores of Gabriola. The joint...
Gabriolans Against Freighter Anchorages Presents The Film Sonic Sea: Sounding the Alarm on Ocean Noise
(Media Release from Natural Resources Defense Council) Beneath the surface of our oceans lies a finely balanced, living world of sound, most of which we never hear topside. But to whales, dolphins and other marine life, sound is survival, the key to how they navigate,...
GAFA presents ‘Freightened – The Real Price of Shipping’
Join GAFA on the 18th of March at the Community Hall from 2-4 for the screening of Freightened - The Real Price of Shipping. This eye-catching documentary reveals in an audacious investigation the mechanics and perils of cargo shipping; an all-but-visible industry...
Government’s Non-answer on Gabriola Anchorages Speaks Volumes
OTTAWA Sheila Malcolmson, Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Ladysmith, asked a direct question about new bulk anchorages proposed just off the coast of Gabriola Island, but it was met by a non-answer from the government. This morning in Question Period, Malcolmson...
Write a Letter
Who should I write to: Any decision to designate anchorages around Gabriola Island must be approved by the Federal Minister of Transport, Marc Garneau. The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and The Minister of Environment and Climate Change should be involved too. Note...
Locals want voices heard as Feds form freighter anchorage plan
September 5, 2017 - 5:30pm | By Ian Holmes | Nanaimo News Now NANAIMO — A national strategy being developed to overhaul where and how large freighter ships can anchor has the attention of people on Gabriola Island. A previous plan by the federal government's Pacific...