In the Community

In July 1980, I joined thousands of other citizens in welcoming Terry Fox to Scarborough Ontario, one of the stops along his cross Canada route for the “Marathon of Hope”.

Margaret Elizabeth Proudlock aka “Peggy” was born at Lions Gate Hospital on October 31, 1948. She grew up on a large property on Grafton Rd, with her parents Dorothy and Bob Proudlock and her younger sister Roberta and youngest brother George.

Retirement, says Earl Carroll, is freedom from having to get up every day at 8am. He will continue to putter, though, mostly in his workshop at the Union Steamship Marina or on his boat.

SEPTEMBER 8 Jenny Ritter Trio with Sarah Jane Scouten Gallery@ Artisan Square Tickets available at Gallery and Phoenix SEPTEMBER 10 BI Garden Club Open Garden 835 Hummingbird Lane, 1 - 3pm SEPTEMBER 11 (and every Monday) Men on the Rock (Bowen’s male

What is it about the focused effort of creating something beautiful with a group of like-minded people that is so quintessentially satisfying? Learning something you didn’t think you could and then having the time of your life nailing it (most of the

Grab your walking shoes and join us for a cultural tour of the Squamish Estuary, one of the largest estuaries in southwestern BC and habitat for hundreds of species of birds, fish and other marine life.

SEPTEMBER 6 & 13 Bowen Island Community Choir Fall Session Registration 7:15 pm Cates Hill Chapel SEPTEMBER 8 Jenny Ritter Trio with Sarah Jane Scouten Gallery@ Artisan Square Tickets available at Gallery and Phoenix SEPTEMBER 15 Last day to register

The Bowen Island Golf Club is not just a place to play golf. For members and non-members alike, our public golf course is a social centre.

This Saturday morning, the Little Red Church’s own Reverend Shelagh MacKinnon will be sitting proud in our traditional Citizen of the Year car. For 2017, that’s an even bigger honour because we can also call Shelagh “The Citizen’s Choice.