Author

Gabrielle Drolet

Gabrielle Drolet is a freelance writer whose work has appeared The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Walrus, Teen Vogue, and more. You can find her on Twitter @GabrielleDrolet

Know Your Neighbour

Salt Spring-based romance novelist Karina Halle has published more than 60 novels—but can't escape 'porn' snobbery

By Gabrielle Drolet

Jul 20, 2022

Halle's most recent work, The Royals Next Door, has been optioned for a movie

Business

Victoria businesses, slipping through the cracks, are pleading for federal financial aid

By Gabrielle Drolet

Apr 5, 2021

COVID subsidies based on previous earnings leave out new and newly expanded businesses like Bear & Joey, Hey Happy, and The Vicious Poodle

Know Your Neighbour

David Beck lives anonymously in Brentwood Bay—don't tell his millions of fans.

By Gabrielle Drolet

Apr 1, 2021

The TikTok star goes (mostly) unnoticed in his hometown, despite earning a living making hugely viral videos