In the Community

BOWFEST FUN FACTS: THIS IS THE 39TH ANNUAL BOWFEST! IN THE EARLY 70S BOWFEST WAS HELD AT THE OLD HOTEL GROUNDS (ON THE DEEP BAY SIDE OF THE LAGOON), AND ONCE AT ART KNIGHT’S PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOW THE BOWEN NURSERY.

It will be a busy, fun filled Saturday, August 23rd starting with the Run For Rwanda at 8:30 followed by the parade at 10:30.

Autumn days will be here in a flash, meaning it’s it’s time to start planning your spring garden. The B.I Garden Club’s daffodil queen, Sheila Webster, is once again offering great deals for your spring bulb collection.

Congratulations to those of you that have decided to take this challenge, I have certainly had some great feedback this weekend with people that are getting on board.

FRIDAY AUGUST 15 Youth Centre drop-in 6 - 9 p.m. SATURDAY AUGUST 16 Bowen Island Summer Market Boardwalk in Snug Cove, 10 a.m. -5 p.m. Bowen in Transition Sustainability Tour 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.

Everyone in the community is invited to show off the best of what they’ve got in the garden at the Bowfest Country Fair Contest. By doing so, you will be a part of a decades-old community tradition.

Hey kids! What a great summer it has been, and it's not over yet! Bowfest promises to be fantastic this year, and the Rotary Run for Rwanda is on just before the parade.

In 1990, while enroute to Vancouver Island for a camping trip, Jenny and Kevin Gorsline and their friend Devon Wallis wrote a message with their names and the Gorsline’s address into a bottle, and dropped it from the ferry to Nanaimo.

Healthy communities keep questioning what it’s like to be together. They imagine new ways of engagement that move beyond your agenda versus my agenda. They develop partnerships that focus on collaboration rather than competition.

When Wayne Tatlow purchased his acre and a quarter of land a little less than three years ago, there was nothing on the property but blackberries and a small driveway. Coming from Canmore, Alberta, he had big dreams for the place.