A Gabriola Island software engineer is taking on tech giants by creating her own community hub for the gulf island. Barnacle Exchange is an up and coming application developed by software engineer Jacqlyn Bender.
Courtenay city council voted to accept a staff report at their meeting on Wednesday that recommended that the city continue advertising on Facebook and Instagram as parent company Meta continues to block news in Canada.
Read MoreNanaimo city council voted down a motion by Coun. Paul Manly for the city to stop advertising on Meta social media platforms Facebook and Instagram yesterday.
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