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Lots 62, 64, 65 and 68 on Rivendell Drive sat bare for years. The owner of these lots looked to a new kind of zoning on Bowen Island in the hopes that they would sell.

Last weekend, The Orchard Recovery Centre armed thirteen Bowen Islanders with their own Naloxone overdose kits and the knowledge required to use them if they find someone in an overdose situation.

On June 1, members of the C3 expedition departed Toronto on a 67 meter Canadian-flagged research icebreaker to travel and explore the length of Canada’s three coastlines. On October 22, the ship will stop near Gambier Island.

It is probably a happy accident, says Jana Honing, that the playground space at Bowen Children’s Centre (BCC) allowed her son Matthew to spend his pre-school days playing happily and independently with his peers.

It was more than three years ago now that the Caring Circle’s director, Colleen O’Neil first heard of the BC Community Paramedicine Pilot Program. “I saw this as a critical opportunity for Bowen Island,” says O’Neil.

On June 1, members of the C3 expedition departed Toronto on a 67 meter Canadian-flagged research icebreaker to travel and explore the length of Canada’s three coastlines. On October 22, the ship will stop near Gambier Island.

This fall, business owners in Snug Cove, including Glenn Cormier owner of the Bowen Island Pub and Daniel Heald, owner of the Ruddy Potato, have been asking council for help to find affordable rental housing for their staff.

An estimated $20,000 amount required for construction

Most readers will have heard by now that Metro Parks will act upon one of their two options for the Davies Orchard area: Option 1 will see the removal of six out of the ten remaining cottages at a cost of nearly $ 800,000.

Tim Calder says the desire to climb Mount Everest is more of a life-wish than a death-wish, ultimately, a bid to get the most out of life.