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Muni Morsels: health centre and BIRCH get their land

Muni Morsels: health centre and BIRCH get their land

The following are briefs from the July 22 regular council meeting.
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Genus Capital ordered to repay $1.67 million to clients after compliance failure

Genus Capital ordered to repay $1.67 million to clients after compliance failure

Fine for misuse of ‘soft dollars’ the first issued by BCSC
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Water restrictions in KEB and Bluewater could lighten by the end of the week

Water restrictions in KEB and Bluewater could lighten by the end of the week

BIM found a significant water leak in the Bluewater watermain system Friday. After the leak was fixed, the Bluewater and King Edward Bay water levels recovered nicely and stabilized said BIM.
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Cove Bay water supplementing KEB and Bluewater reservoirs

Cove Bay water supplementing KEB and Bluewater reservoirs

Due to low water levels, BIM has supplemented the Bluewater and King Edward Bay (KEB) water systems with Cove Bay water.
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Updated: water service restored in Bluewater after three hours being off

Updated: water service restored in Bluewater after three hours being off

Water is running again in Bluewater homes connected to the municipal water system after a more than three hour service outage Friday. Bowen Island Municipality sent out an alert Friday morning at around 11:30 a.m.
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Country roads: Bowen now permanently eligible for Rural Dividend Fund

Country roads: Bowen now permanently eligible for Rural Dividend Fund

As an island in Metro Vancouver, Bowen has a foot in two worlds. So are we city or are we country?
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Bowen's new Copper Spirit Distillery producing organic liquor with a touch of human connection

Bowen's new Copper Spirit Distillery producing organic liquor with a touch of human connection

It’s within the crisp concrete walls of the newly open Copper Spirit Distillery that owners Candice and Miguel Kabantsov want people to forge new relationships with alcohol and one another.
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Bowen youth represent Canada at World Gymnaestrada

Bowen youth represent Canada at World Gymnaestrada

After a year of training and fundraising, the members of the Bowen Island Gymnastics Club have made it to Austria with smiles on their faces.
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Bowen Islander elected Football Canada’s new president

Bowen Islander elected Football Canada’s new president

Editor’s note: as Bowen’s soccer league is called Bowen Island Football Club, it behooves us to clarify that in this story we’re talking about Canadian football, played with the proverbial pigskin.
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Muni Morsels: no multiuse path construction this summer and asking for a Cove Bay loan

Muni Morsels: no multiuse path construction this summer and asking for a Cove Bay loan

The following are briefs from the July 8 regular council meeting : The multiuse path not taken: Phase one of the cross-island multiuse path won’t be coming to Bowen this summer.
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