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After working on the Queen of Capilano for 21 years, and with BC ferries since 1981, Lynn Wakelin is heading into retirement. Wakelin says she started her job on the Queen of Cap after ending materinity leave with her daughter, who is now 22.

In North and West Vancouver, many owners of single family homes have received letters warning them that they will likely see increases of between 30 - 50% on the value of their properties when their assessment is delivered in January.

One day after the news that 13 people in British Columbia died from Fentanyl overdoses in one night, the Orchard’s Lorinda Strang called up fire chief Ian Thompson and gave him six Narcan kits and had a discussion with him on the need for all Island

Tow truck driver Peter Du Plessis says he’s lost track of the number of vehicles he’s moved since the snow started falling on Bowen Island.

According to the report submitted to council last week by planner Daniel Martin, the idea of allowing detached secondary suites - otherwise known as granny flats or laneway houses -has been under consideration since Bowen became incorporated as a mun

At 3:45 pm on Monday afternoon the Bowen Island Fire Department got a call from dispatch telling them to meet the RCMP on Hiker’s Trail to help out hikers on Mt. Gardner.

Islanders comment on proposed location of new fire hall, parking lot

More snow, and likely falling branches (the cause of the power outage today) is expected tomorrow. Tonight the water taxi departing from Snug Cove at 11:15 and back from Horseshoe Bay at 11:30 has been cancelled.

Now in its 45th year, the Bowen Island Children’s Centre (BCC) can claim to have put 3,080 children through its pre-school program.

On Tuesday of this week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave the stamp of approval to Kinder Morgan’s plans to expand the Trans-Mountain pipeline project calling it safe, necessary for creating middle-class jobs and ensuring Canada is economically str