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Surrey shuts down city-run daycares; looks for temporary hospital space

Pandemic measures deepen in B.C.’s second most populated city

Mar 19, 2020 2:21 PM Read more >

Copper Spirit Distillery is making hand sanitizer

When life gives you lemons (or excess amounts of non-consumable alcohol) make hand-sanitizer. That’s the case for Candice and Miguel Kabantsov of Copper Spirit Distillery.

Mar 19, 2020 1:48 PM Read more >

Toilet paper hoarding flushes out bidet market

“All of a sudden, it’s a bidet thing”

Mar 18, 2020 4:16 PM Read more >

Bowen Island Municipality activates virtual emergency operations centre

Bowen Island Municipality has activated a virtual emergency operations centre to coordinate its response to the COVID-19 pandemic as of March 18.

Mar 18, 2020 12:59 PM Read more >

Here's what Bowen Islanders are doing to help one another: COVID-19

We intend this to be a resource for islanders, if there's something we haven't included please email [email protected].

Mar 18, 2020 8:53 AM Read more >

Artisan Office is offering free courier service to those in self-isolation

'This is basically also to reassure people that if they are in that situation, that they are in their home or they feel like they need to be in their home, that they can get everything that they need to get by.'

Mar 17, 2020 6:47 PM Read more >

Don’t forget to clean your vehicle to help prevent COVID-19

Soap and water cleans a lot more than hands

Mar 17, 2020 2:12 PM Read more >

Sea-to-Sky RCMP, which includes Bowen, suspending non-essential services

As of March 16, Sea to Sky RCMP, which includes the Bowen Island detachment, has closed its offices and suspend non-essential services due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Mar 17, 2020 12:46 PM Read more >

Coronavirus: How COVID-19 spreads, how to avoid it

How is the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, spread? • Droplets spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes. • Close personal contact such as touching or shaking hands.

Mar 15, 2020 11:06 AM Read more >

What's cancelled on Bowen and how businesses are adapting to COVID-19

Please note: this story is now out of date –– see the updated version of this story here . We will update this list of cancelled events and modified services and events daily. Know of developments? Email [email protected].

Mar 13, 2020 1:47 PM Read more >

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