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Swim around Bowen part of training for a crossing of the English Channel in July

Zoom Zoom Bowen owner and operator Jamie Woodall says that she wants every business she runs to be as ethical as possible. This week, her commitment to that statement was confirmed by achieving the status of “carbon positive.

The mess of blackberries has been cleared and a fresh layer of gravel has been laid on the pathway down to September Morn beach, but it will be more than a month before anyone can head down to the shore and enjoy it.

At the beginning of the year, Municipal planner Emma Chow urged council to approve a request for funding that would fast track plans for a multi-use path connecting Snug Cove to Tunstall Bay to create a section of path around the corner at Charlie’s

At Monday’s council meeting, Murray Atherton, chair of Tourism Bowen, thanked council for its continued support.

Corinna Headley says she was supposed to plant the first crop of outdoor greens at Endswell Farm in mid-March, but unusually cold winter weather forced her into the farm’s greenhouse.

At last week’s council meeting, local artist Pauline LeBel noted that Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) calls on Municipalities to adopt the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a framework for their reconciliation ef

Recent news from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans left the President of Bowen Island’s Fish and Wildlife Club, Tim Pardee, and streamkeepers across the province both dismayed and confused.

Last week, the BC NDP and the BC Green Party announced their plan to work together and jointly fight the expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, put plans for the Site C Dam under review, and gradually meet the Federal target for carb

Bowen Islanders Bob Turner, Everhard van Lidthe de Jeude, and Michelle Catherine Nelson have all been nominated for the 15th annual Islands Trust Community Stewardship awards.