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For this month’s Repair Workshop series, we’re hosting a clothing swap alongside our clothing repair station. Bonus: minor alterations will be available too. For the swap, everyone is invited to bring a maximum of 10 articles of clothing from your closet. Kids clothes are welcome too. Choose items that you would be happy to receive, …

GIRR will be closed in observance of the statutory holiday of Good Friday on April 7th. Both the recycling depot and the ReDirectory will resume with regular hours on Saturday, April 8th. Commercial recycling will take place as usual on Thursday, April 6th. Remember that we’ll also be hosting a Clothing Swap with Repairs & …

We weren’t expecting a snow day in March! But given that our entire driveway and recycling area remains covered in a blanket of snow, we anticipate being closed Friday March 3rd. With rain and mild temperatures in the forecast, we are planning to be open as usual on Saturday March 4th at 9:30. Same applies …

Dig out your dull and dusty hand tools for our first repair workshop of 2023. On Saturday March 11th from 11 am to 2 pm we’ll be set up outside of the ReDirectory. Bring us your tools: knives, axes, shears, pruners, scissors (pretty well any blade that is not serrated) and our repairer Ian Maday …

After launching our GIRR Repair Workshop series in 2022, we are happily making preparations to host more workshops. Our goal is to offer a theme specific repair session in the spring months of March, April and May, with more to follow in the fall. At this time, we are seeking community members who are experienced …

We are very pleased to let you know of a couple of changes to recycling categories at the depot. These changes simplify both the collections (easier for you to sort) and the processing (easier for us to manage), so it’s a win win scenario for us all. As of January 2023, Recycle BC has combined …

Hello neighbours! We hope you are staying warm, dry and safe during this very cold and snowy weather. As there is approximately a foot of snow at GIRR, with more expected Thursday evening and on Friday, our operations will be dormant this week and will start up again as usual on Friday, December 30th at …

An update to yesterday’s post: we will be open Friday, December 2nd with limited capacity. The roads in the area are clear, though there is snow on our driveway. Parking and walking areas at the depot have been sanded. As the conditions here are not optimal, please come expecting to take care and operate at …

In observation of Remembrance Day,  GIRR will be closed on Friday, November 11th. Both the recycling depot and the ReDirectory will resume with regular hours on Saturday, November 12th. Commercial recycling will take place as usual on Thursday, November 10th. Remember that we’ll also be hosting a Textiles Repair Workshop on Saturday November 12th at …

Our final 2022 instalment of GIRR’s Repair Workshop Series is on the theme of textiles! Bring your articles of clothing and textiles in need of some mending love to the Galiano South Community Hall. Sit in on the repair and learn some tips from our expert sewers & repairers, Linde Zingaro and Anna Keefer. What: …