In the Community

Setting high expectations and goals for oneself is easy but to have the awareness, dedication and expertise to actually achieve them is something Fawn Gill, owner of The Gym here on Bowen (www.thegymonbowen.com), has definitely mastered.

When I won the Every Kid's Dream contest and went to the game on January 21, I had so much fun. I can remember it all like it was one second ago.

Joanna Quarry is often seen volunteering her time and expertise as a Sun Run Coordinator, the BIFC U-8 girls soccer coach and the Ultimate team coach for IPS.

"The thing is to be in your heart and not your head," I am told as I stand in the cozy and intimate candle-lit studio of Healing Song; a unique sound therapy practice on Bowen Island.

On December 28, 2011, 33 people spent the day counting birds in Bowen's various habitats and on the water surrounding us.

Thank goodness it's passed and we have survived Blue Monday. You haven't heard about Blue Monday? It fell on January 23 of this year. According to a non-too-scientific study, it was the most depressing day of the year. Seriously, a guy named Dr.

Imagine having your family routine interrupted by memory problems: having trouble counting change to buy a newspaper, or becoming disoriented on a familiar route behind the wheel of a car.

On Saturday, January 14, the Bowen Island Community School hosted a successful seed exchange and salewhich featured seeds harvested and packaged by students as part of the 2010-2011 Grow to the Market Program, which ran thanks to facilitator DaphneFa

Bowen Island ranks fifth among small rural Canadian municipalities when it comes to the number of residents who derive an income from the arts.

Ah Paris. City of Lights. Few can resist its historical, cultural, and romantic allures. I am one of them, a diehard Francophile, living on the southeast bank of Bowen Island.