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The Islands Trust has drafted a $7.86 million budget for the coming year and will begin its public consultation on it this weekend with an online survey.

A statistical analysis

Homeless Bowen Island residents will soon be able to find shelter in extreme weather conditions.

Plans to create a system of business licensing on Bowen Island were started back in 2000s, Maureen Nicholson told attendees at the Bowen Business Summit on Tuesday evening, but never got rolling.

At a special meeting of council, clean-energy policy advocate and Bowen Island resident James Glave said that the municipality can use the province’s new BC Energy Step Code to ensure that all homes built on Bowen Island will be more comfortable, mor

At 3am on Tuesday morning, Jon McNeil couldn’t sleep. Sitting on the couch, he looked at his phone and saw a coast-wide tsunami warning and immediately woke up his wife, Alex.

As many of you know, the newspaper industry is facing unparalleled challenges in today’s digital world. Many communities have seen their local papers close or faced with reduced publishing frequency or page counts.

A strong gust of wind caused a safety gate to blow off its hinges and land on the vehicle deck of the Bowen Queen ferry on Sunday morning, putting the vessel out of commission for a few hours.

As the new year begins, we wanted to take a moment to outline some basic information on your local RCMP Detachment and provide some numbers.

A year ago, it seemed like little could get in the way of plans to build a community health care centre on Bowen Island.