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"No deal is safe"

Bowen Island council is allowing for some breathing room when it comes to the size of detached secondary suites residents can build on their property.

Sally Fitz-Gibbon’s dream for Islanders with disabilities to be able to enjoy Bowen’s trails has come to fruition. An all-terrain Mountain Trike, designed for people with mobility issues, rolled into the Bowen Island library last month.

A Burnaby man says he is going to buy a lottery ticket, after he fell 12 metres from a cliff and nearly drowned early Saturday in waters off Apodaca Provincial Park.

Discussion about Mannion Bay and a new bylaw aimed at cleaning it up drew strong emotions, forcing Mayor Murray Skeels to plead for order at a July 11 council meeting.

Tourism Bowen Island saw a 75 per cent spike in visits to its website the week after the new branding was unveiled. There was already some growth in online traffic as tourism season is in full swing on Bowen.

LNG, Internet connectivity and local youth employment were on the menu when MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones sat down with Bowen residents at Artisan Eats last Friday.

Residents will soon have another option for commuting into the cove: a park and ride on the west side of the island. Four parking spaces will be installed sometime in the next couple of months at the satellite fire hall at 1421 Adams Rd.

A campfire and open fire ban is now in effect for all of Bowen Island, including beaches, parks and trails. There is also a ban on backyard fires, tiki torches, fireworks, firecrackers and all open flames.

Snug Cove beach has reopened for swimming after retesting of the water this week by Vancouver Coastal Health found E.coli bacteria levels to be within an acceptable range. Elevated E.