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Angered by the need to continually pick up garbage off the side of Adams road near the Dog Ranch, Karen Munroe organized last weekend’s island-wide Earth Day clean-up. “Our roads are a giant garbage box,” she says.

Louise McIntosh with Bowen Waste says that Saturday’s special waste day brought approximately 30 tonnes of junk to the recycling depot. “That’s pretty typical,” she says. “Add to the 30 mattresses and 20 appliances brought in.

The Union Steamship Company (USSC), Bowen Dog Ranch and Michelle Nelson were all nominated for Excellence Awards through the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce.

For years, NDP Sea to Sky candidate Michelle Livaja commuted to a full-time job and taking on university courses. “So I feel the pain of the commuter,” she says, adding that she also understands the struggle just to make life work here.

After more than two decades, the 95 foot boat Black Eyes made a permanent departure from Mannion Bay last Sunday.

Visitors to Cape Roger Curtis have been known to keep their eyes on the ocean, and every now and then, when a whale flips its tail or a pod swims by their hopes are fulfilled.

A little more than a year ago, representatives from Metro Vancouver met with members of Bowen Island’s municipal council to launch a planning process for Davies Orchard.

To state the obvious, childcare is expensive. According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, childcare costs in British Columbia are among the highest in Canada. In 2016, Premier Christy Clark’s government invested $11.

Now that, hopefully, drier weather is on the way, work on the Snug Cove House site is expected to begin on Monday.

In November, the Mayor’s Council on regional transportation approved a $2 billion transit improvement plan for Metro Vancouver. Part of that plan, funded by the region, will go in to service improvements on Bowen Island.