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Turning old clothes into new favourites: Modern Mending

Turning old clothes into new favourites: Modern Mending

With her new Etsy shop Caroline Hurd wants to make people rethink how they consume clothing and fashion
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Ron Woodall's editorial cartoons: April 2018 to May 2021

Ron Woodall's editorial cartoons: April 2018 to May 2021

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Bowen's getting a community economic development plan (so what is a CEDC plan?)

Bowen's getting a community economic development plan (so what is a CEDC plan?)

The province announced last week that Bowen will receive nearly $100,000 from the Rural Dividend Program
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Bowen's first pot shop, Happy Isle Cannabis Company, opens Friday

Bowen's first pot shop, Happy Isle Cannabis Company, opens Friday

Behind frosted windows, in pharmaceutical-esque packaging, are the first grams cannabis that will be legally sold on Bowen. Friday, the Happy Isle Cannabis Company opens its doors, or at least flicks on its open sign.
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Bowen's April police statistics

Bowen's April police statistics

Bowen Island responded to 59 calls for service in the month of April.
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Island Discovery Learning Community will now offer grades 10, 11 and 12 on Bowen

Island Discovery Learning Community will now offer grades 10, 11 and 12 on Bowen

The changes come with revamped grades eight and nine curriculums
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Tacos return to the Bowen Island Marina dock

Tacos return to the Bowen Island Marina dock

Tacos are replacing toast at the Branch on Bowen.
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Bowen's Morris dancers, the Black Sheep, return for May Day tradition

Bowen's Morris dancers, the Black Sheep, return for May Day tradition

It's Morris dancing tradition to dance up the sun at dawn (on Bowen 5:15 a.m.) on May 1.
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Port on the hook for $24 million compost conundrum

Port on the hook for $24 million compost conundrum

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority hopes to eventually convert land in east Richmond to warehousing to ease industrial land crunch
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Convicted fraudster begins fight against proposed ban from B.C.’s capital markets

Convicted fraudster begins fight against proposed ban from B.C.’s capital markets

West Vancouver resident Aly Babu Mawji — who was convicted of illegal market manipulation in Germany and also happens to be presently embroiled in an investigation of an alleged illegal share distribution scheme — faced a preliminary hearing at the B
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