In the Community

It's a tight-knit community of boaters in Deep Bay and they say that they help one another as well as other community members. That includes keeping the beach clean and making sure the boats are OK in a storm.

Get ready for BowFEAST. A free workshop connects youth to gardens and food through 'Hack-Jam' Mozilla technology. The first workshop will be held on Monday, August 13, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Bowen Island Information Centre behind the library.

Amos and Baxter are very well-behaved when they drop in to have their photo taken. There's no yapping or nipping or playing shy.

With one month to go, plans for Bowfest 2012 are firming up. Tickets are printed, sponsors on board, permits issued and community members are giving their time and energies to final details.

Calling all canines! It's that time of year again. On Sunday, August 12, the place to be for pooches and people alike will be the USSC lawn for the 21st annual Dog Days of Summer.

Bowen Nature Club has had an even busier year than usual, with events ranging from talks about hummingbird flight, to invasive species walks, to the nature dive which took place in June.

It is a story about loss and about the wish that there is someone who will somehow be able to make it all better. Filmmakers Sam and Kailey Spear have tackled that subject in their film By my Side .

It's nearly that time again: time to gather your friends and family in the garden and host your own feast in your own waystarring as many Bowen- and B.C.-grown ingredients and libations as you can pull together.

He's received more than 70 letters of recommendations from colleagues, patients and patients' family members that detailed Dr. Paul Sugar's high level of care.

The 19th People, Plants and Places (PPP) tour went off without a hitch last weekend, with weather co-operating and allowing hundreds of islanders and visitors to see the outstanding gardens of the seven homes and two other island sites on this year's