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Bowen and New Zealand find island similarities

Bowen and New Zealand find island similarities

New Zealand's minister of conservation visited Bowen in November and met with council members.
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Second USSC marina float house lands in the water

Second USSC marina float house lands in the water

The Lady Rose has landed. A crane lowered the Union Steamship Company Marina’s second float home, intended to address Bowen’s housing shortage, into the water Friday morning.
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Bowen will be lit Saturday evening

Bowen will be lit Saturday evening

The festivities start at 6 p.m. at Village Square.
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Muni Morsels: Pot shop clears hurdle, ferry marshalling bylaw coming up

Muni Morsels: Pot shop clears hurdle, ferry marshalling bylaw coming up

The new joint in town: A pot shop on Dorman Road is a step closer to reality after council voted unanimously to grant the Happy Isle Cannabis Company a temporary use permit for their store.
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Latest Trust Me series instalment is tomorrow - the Jaybirds at Tir-na-nOg

Latest Trust Me series instalment is tomorrow - the Jaybirds at Tir-na-nOg

Fortunately for Bowen Island music lovers, Juno-nominated and Grammy-award winning mandolinist John Reischman loves to bring his band The Jaybirds to play Tir-na-nOg Theatre.
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Bowen's October police statistics

Bowen's October police statistics

Bowen Island RCMP responded to 47 calls for service in the month of October.
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Broad police vehicle data requests an ‘abuse of power:’ lawyer

Broad police vehicle data requests an ‘abuse of power:’ lawyer

RCMP requested vehicle bridge-crossing data with little information
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Here's all the holiday fun coming to Bowen over the next month

Here's all the holiday fun coming to Bowen over the next month

Concerts, craft fairs and Light Up Bowen, get all the information you need to celebrate a happy holiday season with your community.
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It just got a little harder to get lost on Mt. Gardner

It just got a little harder to get lost on Mt. Gardner

Bowen Island Trail Society spent last weekend putting up reflective markers to help people find the way up and down the peak.
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B.C.’s housing-market taxes will have to prove themselves soon with voters

B.C.’s housing-market taxes will have to prove themselves soon with voters

In this year of municipal elections in British Columbia, housing was consistently the top-ranked issue for residents of Metro Vancouver – with the exception of Surrey, where public safety was deemed more important.
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