In the Community

It's Heritage Week and what better way to learn about Bowen Island's history than to take a walk through the cove. On Saturday, February 25, from 10 to 11 a.m., walk leader Will Husby will meet interested islanders outside the Snug Cafe.

Heritage Week in Canada offers us a chance to celebrate our natural and cultural heritage and reflect upon our place in the natural environment.

Dorothy Lawson is full of witty remarks as she jokingly says, "It must be Heritage Week, this is where they bring out all the old stuff".

On Saturday, March 10, from 4 to 10 p.m., Bowen Island will participate in the Irving Layton nation-wide centenary celebration. The event will be held at Heather Haley's place at Cowan Point (call 778 861-4050 or email hshaley@emspace.

Willow Gilbert auditioned for the West Vancouver Strings Orchestra in June of 2010. She was accepted to play with this orchestra and just loves the experience. Willow has also played for a season with the Vancouver debut Symphony from 2009 to 2010.

This year, the youth curator program looked at the history of energy in B.C. Students were interested in a wide range of topics, including how we lived before electricity, and what type of transportation people used to get to and from the island.

The Gallery at Artisan Square will soon be opening its doors to the annual Mini-Gala fundraising event and exhibition.

Usually Bowen Island Golf Club tournaments produce an incredible performance by a competitor that allows him or her to stand ahead of fellow competitors and win the top prize.

At almost 5 feet 11, she usually towers over the wooden pulpit at the Bowen Island United Church but today Reverend Shelagh MacKinnon delivers her sermon from a more humbling height of her wheelchair - a true testament of her dedication to, and love

I've grown accustomed to seeing evidence of confusion at the depot: other plastics in the translucent milk jugs' bin.