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Let out your Bowen Queen steam in this survey

Let out your Bowen Queen steam in this survey

Though we're mere days from the Queen of Capilano's return (Feb. 21), one islander wants to make sure BC Ferries knows exactly what Boweners have endured over the past month of Bowen Queen service.
IDLC proposes moving to Evergreen Hall but some neighbours aren't happy at the prospect

IDLC proposes moving to Evergreen Hall but some neighbours aren't happy at the prospect

Though the debaucherous days of the Union Steamship Company-built Evergreen Hall are long gone (it was built as a clubhouse in 1941) the old building still has a controversy or two left in her.
Is on-island composting feasible and other muni morsels

Is on-island composting feasible and other muni morsels

Get the odourless details of the composting on Bowen feasibility study
Donor wants to buy three Cape Roger Curtis lots for a park but developer says lots aren't for sale

Donor wants to buy three Cape Roger Curtis lots for a park but developer says lots aren't for sale

The three unsold waterfront lots in question are to be part of a larger rezoning plan says Cape on Bowen CEO Candy Ho
Surrey Board of Trade hosts Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi

Surrey Board of Trade hosts Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi

The three-term mayor says underinvesting in cities comes with great peril; Canadians need to be better at understanding one another
Surrey councillor remedies oversight of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Surrey councillor remedies oversight of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Two weeks after Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum commemorated the death of Kobe Bryant on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, councillor Laurie Guerra read a post-dated proclamation to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau,
Surrey mayor calls Uber a ‘bully’ after city loses court case

Surrey mayor calls Uber a ‘bully’ after city loses court case

Doug McCallum says Uber should have waited for a regional licensing framework for ride hailing, which was approved by him and other mayors on January 30 – two days after Surrey’s bylaw officers started fining Uber and its drivers
Free, drop-in career advising help available on Bowen

Free, drop-in career advising help available on Bowen

The library has sorts of resources: books, workshops, the med shed and once a month, it has a career advisor. WorkBC career advisor Janice Zlatarits comes over to Bowen one afternoon a month to offer free drop-in advising in the library’s flex room.
UPDATED: Judge chides City of Surrey, halts ticketing of Uber vehicles

UPDATED: Judge chides City of Surrey, halts ticketing of Uber vehicles

City must pay company's court costs, judge rules
City of Surrey lawyer downplays Mayor Doug McCallum’s role in fining Uber

City of Surrey lawyer downplays Mayor Doug McCallum’s role in fining Uber

Councillor Linda Annis says bylaw officers didn’t craft a ticketing campaign against Uber drivers on their own