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...
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...
Volunteer for GAFA today & stop the anchorages!
From diesel emissions, to bilge water draining, to nightly generator running and bright lights, the cost to our human and environmental well being is being felt every day by us all. If you feel as we do, please join us in our fight to rid Gabriola of the existing...
Canadian governments calls for citizen input. Here are more opportunities to be heard
The Federal Government is reviewing the Harper government's changes to the Fisheries Act and you can have your say. Thriving fish populations and healthy fish habitat are important to the well-being of Canadian society. Our fish need a healthy environment to live,...
Malcolmson asks PM, Liberals to axe Gabriola bulk anchorages
Here is the full letter from Sheila Malcolmson, the MP for Nanaimo-Ladysmith, to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Transport Minister Marc Garneau regarding five bulk freighter anchorages being proposed for the northeast coast of Gabriola Island. You can access a PDF...
“No Freighter Anchorages” message taken directly to Ottawa
In two separate events this month, Nanaimo/Ladysmith MP Sheila Malcolmson and members of Gabriolans Against Freighter Anchorages took concerns about proposed commercial freighter anchorages off the NW coast of Gabriola Island, directly to decision makers in Ottawa. On...
Scientist Statements in Support of Request for Reconsideration of DFO Decision
Dr. Richard Beamish, C.M., O.B.C., Ph.D., F.R.S.C. Emeritus Scientist at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, BC "The area off the Strait of Georgia side of Gabriola Island is productive rearing habitat for a number of species including important commercial and...