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Lynn Hartle and Shelagh MacKinnon worry that the "beautification" of land on the North West corner of Bowen Island Trunk Road and Miller Road will leave community groups without a place to advertise their events.

The time has come for pre-manufactured homes, said Councillor Gary Ander on Monday at a meeting focused on housing solutions for Bowen Island.

On Saturday, members of Bowen Island Rotary set up outside the Snug Café to collect donations for World Polio Day and to talk with passersby about the global battle to eradicate polio.

A fundraising campaign to build a new playground for Bowen Island children kicks off this week after municipal council approved the lease and final land use details October 11th.

Pressure from the Squamish Nation chiefs and council has led Woodfibre LNG to change its planned cooling system for its plant on Howe Sound.

Agrologist Wendy Holm launches campaign to stop the Site C Dam

The public comments heard at this week’s council meeting all offered support for a new proposal for Snug Cove, the creation of a three and a half-story apartment building with the space on the first floor dedicated to a community medical centre.

An old television set, a snowboard, an electric saw, rebar, a battery case not to mention lots of styrofoam and debris from wrecked docks, these are just a few of the items collected at a community beach clean-up of Pebbly Beach on Sunday.

At a meeting hosted by the Economic Development Committee (EDC) on Tuesday evening, Edward Wachtman and Sheree Johnson told more than sixty owners of local businesses that they contribute to the very unique story of Bowen Island.

The call came in on Tuesday evening: adult chum were spotted swimming up the fish ladder and into Bowen’s fresh water lagoon.