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Bowen Islander named as NDP candidate for West-Vancouver Sea to Sky riding

Launched in June, the fictional Bowen-based family saga, The Dancehall Years, is one of five finalists for this year’s Ethel Wilson Fiction category of the BC Book Prizes.

Scientists from the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre recently extracted 60 day-old mussels grown off of Norma’s dock in Snug Cove as part of a wider program, named PollutionTracker, to measure pollutants in British Columbia’s coastal waters.

Vehicle fares on three BC Ferries routes will increase by 1.9% starting in April, but fares for route 8, Horseshoe Bay to Snug Cove, will stay the same alongside fares on all the other minor, northern and Horseshoe Bay sailings.

Erin Naismith, her husband Qurban, her daughters and her father have found a new home, but their sense of instability on Bowen Island remains as they know they will face uncertainty again in a year’s time.

When it came to replacing the Parks Department’s 2008 Ford 5500 Super Duty truck, the Manager of Parks and Environment, Bonny Brokenshire, took a number of factors into consideration.

On Monday morning, Car2Go sent users on Bowen Island a message informing them that the company has decided to discontinue service at Horseshoe Bay as of Thursday March 31.

Last November after the offer was made, Tourism Bowen Island made the decision to purchase the Bowen’s tourist brochure produced by Tim Rhodes and Darcy Buzzell.

Bowen’s greatest attribute is it’s community. It is fundamental to our sense of well being. It’s our collective priority.

After councillors raised objections based on process and concerns raised by Grafton Road residents and BIHORA, council agreed have municipal planner Emma Chow submit a funding application to TransLink to help pay for a pedestrian and cycling pathway