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Bowen's farmers' market returns this weekend

Bowen's farmers' market returns this weekend

Bowen Agricultural Alliance’s Farmers’ Market launches its tenth year at Bowen Island Community School
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Watch for some neat stories from BIM’s Parks, Trails, and Greenways Advisory Committee

Watch for some neat stories from BIM’s Parks, Trails, and Greenways Advisory Committee

The Parks, Trails and Greenways Advisory Committee (PTGAC) has been providing advice and recommendations to council and staff for more than a decade.
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Voluntary no-anchoring zone instituted in Deep Bay to protect eelgrass

Voluntary no-anchoring zone instituted in Deep Bay to protect eelgrass

Eelgrass planted in Mannion Bay has shown more than 100 per cent growth, so Bowen Island Municipality and SeaChange want to make sure it survives
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What's with all that racket? Discerning Bowen birdsong

What's with all that racket? Discerning Bowen birdsong

May 8 is National Migratory Bird Day in Canada
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Don't dump and run: guidelines for dropping off items at the Knick Knack Nook

Don't dump and run: guidelines for dropping off items at the Knick Knack Nook

Here are some guidelines to assist you with decision-making when it comes to dropping off items
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Meet your Bowen Island neighbours: Oydis Nickle

Meet your Bowen Island neighbours: Oydis Nickle

This week's neighbour: Oydis Nickle
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Graduation day: chum release 2021 (photos)

Graduation day: chum release 2021 (photos)

Terminal Creek Hatchery volunteers celebrated Earth Day by releasing 100,000 chum fry
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Richard the tick dies: eulogy for a very ambitious tick

Richard the tick dies: eulogy for a very ambitious tick

The superstar tick spent months living in a plastic bag
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Duchamp weighs in on Bowen's lock-block wall: Woodall

Duchamp weighs in on Bowen's lock-block wall: Woodall

The first time he disembarked from the Queen of Capilano, Duchamp was awestruck by the majesty of the long undulating row of unadorned interlocking grey blocks which he took to be a minimalist metaphor for simple island life.
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See these stunning shots of Bowen river otters as prey and predator (photos)

See these stunning shots of Bowen river otters as prey and predator (photos)

It's the circle of life: otters as predator and prey around Bowen Island
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