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Case rate ticks up on Bowen Island/Lions Bay

Case rate ticks up on Bowen Island/Lions Bay

From the BCCDC data for the week of June 1 to June 7: The average daily rate of COVID-19 cases increased to three in Bowen Island/Lions Bay.
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B.C. nears 500,000 fully vaccinated, as new infections stay low

B.C. nears 500,000 fully vaccinated, as new infections stay low

Hospitalizations and ICU patient numbers are at new seven month lows.
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Cove Bay delay: why the new water treatment plant isn't yet online

Cove Bay delay: why the new water treatment plant isn't yet online

While the objective is to get the plant online as quickly as possible, director of engineering Patrick Graham is hesitant to put a date to it
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Meet your Bowen Island neighbours: Phil Kemp

Meet your Bowen Island neighbours: Phil Kemp

Our weekly Q&A continues
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Squamish Nation calls on B.C. government to halt old-growth logging in its territory

Squamish Nation calls on B.C. government to halt old-growth logging in its territory

'We demand that the B.C. government take immediate and sustained action to defer all harvest and development activities within areas of concern and to ensure that we as a Nation are included'
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Heads up students! Knick Knack Nook academic scholarships for 2021-2022 year

Heads up students! Knick Knack Nook academic scholarships for 2021-2022 year

The Kick Knack Nook is a volunteer organization dedicated to environmental and social sustainability and is looking for like-minded young people fired with the same commitment
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Here are the May Bowen RCMP statistics

Here are the May Bowen RCMP statistics

Bowen Island RCMP responded to 60 calls for service in May of 2021
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Active COVID-19 infections in B.C. fall in 34th consecutive data update, to 1,910

Active COVID-19 infections in B.C. fall in 34th consecutive data update, to 1,910

Four more die in B.C. from COVID-19, raising province's death toll from disease to 1,729.
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'Tis the time to speak up: Island Survey 2021

'Tis the time to speak up: Island Survey 2021

It's time to fill out the 2021 Island Survey
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Lions Gate Hospital, first in Canada to admit COVID patient, marks first COVID-free day

Lions Gate Hospital, first in Canada to admit COVID patient, marks first COVID-free day

The first COVID patient was admitted to the North Vancouver hospital at the end of January 2020. Monday marked the first day without a COVID-positive patient at Lions Gate.
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