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Jennifer McGowan, Bowen Island’s Emergency Services Program co-ordinator, says that coming up with a solid evacuation plan for Bowen Island has been on her mind since her job started in January.

The Bowen Island Municipality’s Deputy Chief Election Officer, Hope Dallas, has declared the results of the referendum, with 81% of ballot votes cast in favour of Bowen Island Municipal Council adopting Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 441, 2017.

According to the First Quarter Results published by BC Ferries on August 14, passenger traffic levels are the highest they’ve been in 20 years, and vehicle traffic is up 4.4% from last year.

The municipality’s ability to move forward on the building of a new firehall will be left up to community members this coming weekend.

Community jumps in to help, but pet pays the price for being kept off-leash

Jen Loree and her kids drove South from Prince George on Highway 97 on Wednesday July 27 through a thick haze of smoke, shocked by the scene of wreckage left by wildfires.

Mayor Murray Skeels was first to hear the news of the decision by BC Timber Sales to pull Bowen Island out of the proposal for a new Forest Stewardship Plan on Monday morning,.

On Wednesday morning, Tom Johnson, Woodlands Manager with BC Timber Sales told The Undercurrent that BCTS is dropping Bowen Island from the Forest Stewardship Proposal for the Salish Forest Development Unit and cancelling Sunday’s planned open house.

Bowen Island’s newest member of the RCMP, Zhivka Ivanova started work on Bowen last week, which marks the beginning of her first long-term stint working in a small town Ivanova has been with the RCMP for 10 years, starting in Toronto, working in scho

On July 13th, Metro Parks reported graffiti damage to the undercover benches and area at the Bowfest Field in Crippen Park. The damage was caused some time throughout the night.