In the Community

JWT Architecture and Planning, a Bowen Island based design firm, has been named as a finalist in the International Living Building Challenge design competition to design carbon neutral, net zero energy, affordable housing for Alaska's Aleutian Island

In the heart of Snug Cove, situated upstairs at 439 Bowen Trunk Road, is the office of Alan Mills - owner and operator of the Technology Shop and Bowen Freight.

Along-time islander has announced she will be leaving Bowen and moving to the United States, her family's ancestral homeland.

The little planter in the yard of the Bowen Island Montessori School (BIMS) attracts a lot of attention this spring morning and the children gather around to take stock of the blossoms and the leaves.

The 2012 Operation Clean Sweep kicks of with Pitch-in Canada week from April 23 to 30 and the community is invited to participate.

It was her first competition and Liliana Belluk-Orlikow had been nervous. But when she heard the other six cellists in her category perform, she knew she had a chance to win. "Some of them were better than others," Liliana said.

The club's open garden for the month of April is at the home of Linda Hargrave at 1236 Miller Road. The garden will be open from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 22.

On Sunday, April 29, renowned marine biologist Dr. Alexandra Morton will speak at 1 p.m. at the Gallery at Artisan Square.

Mary Buckerfield White remembers the stories well, and with pleasure. This is evident in her voice and her laughter as she speaks about her new book Buckerfield, the Story of a Vancouver Family.

Last year at one of Bowen in Transition's training sessions, the issue of food security on our island came up. Kim Kasasian suggested for Bowen in Transition (BIT) to sponsor a project to increase food security by helping people obtain fruit trees.