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Answering Bowen’s COVID-19 questions: highlights of BIHCF’s first virtual town hall

Answering Bowen’s COVID-19 questions: highlights of BIHCF’s first virtual town hall

Bowen-related information about COVID-19
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Instagram, Facebook mute Vancouver drag queen

Instagram, Facebook mute Vancouver drag queen

Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige performances have sound cut
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Bowen council to consider lowering 2020 property tax increase

Bowen council to consider lowering 2020 property tax increase

Council to consider reducing the property tax increase from 7.6 per cent to 4.7 per cent
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Surrey’s new pandemic shelter highlights desperation of homeless people

Surrey’s new pandemic shelter highlights desperation of homeless people

City of Surrey, Fraser Health and BC Housing coordinated to open the North Surrey Recreation Centre one week after police intervened on squatters seeking shelter from COVID-19
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Surrey city council frays now in digital format

Surrey city council frays now in digital format

Mayor Doug McCallum pans property tax deferral motion and reminds council of new code of ethics
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Bowen RCMP's March statistics

Bowen RCMP's March statistics

The Bowen Island RCMP responded to 47 calls for service in March of 2020: 1 of those files was an impaired operation of a vessel investigation; 10 of those files were traffic related incidents; 2 of those files were fraud reports; 6 of those files we
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Don’t make Bowen Island part of your Easter plans, BIM asks

Don’t make Bowen Island part of your Easter plans, BIM asks

With the forecast calling for sunny skies and warm days for the Easter long weekend, Bowen Island Municipality issued a reminder Tuesday afternoon for visitors to stay away.
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Alleged death threats human rights complaint won't be heard

Alleged death threats human rights complaint won't be heard

One email contained image of Rambo killing many people
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How's Bowen doing with physical distancing? We checked in with the muni

How's Bowen doing with physical distancing? We checked in with the muni

As of Monday afternoon, Bowen Island Municipality has had four official calls concerning people not physical distancing said BIM’s interim manager of bylaw services Bonny Brokenshire in an email.
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What's in store for the Bowen Island ferry run? We talked to the FAC chair

What's in store for the Bowen Island ferry run? We talked to the FAC chair

No runs have so far been cut on the Bowen Island route
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